In her weekly roundup of Santa Cruz County business, Jessica M. Pasko covers a homegrown bank’s key role in regional small business lending, a SoCal grocery chain setting up shop on Freedom Boulevard and other news, notes and numbers from local biz.
Santa Cruz County business roundup
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: New take on sports bras, biotech company raises $32M and Bank of America honors local nonprofit
In her weekly roundup of Santa Cruz County business news, Jessica M. Pasko reports on the Aptos mountain biker behind a new sports bra, a big funding round for Westside biotech firm Unnatural Products and numbers and events to know.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: BlenderCap gets retail deal, RTC names interim director, Community Credit Union preps for move
Two former Apple engineers operating out of Scotts Valley will have their invention in stores across the country, the Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission has a new (interim) boss and facts, figures and dates to know across local business.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Watsonville packaging company marks 100 years, another delay for crab fishermen
In this week’s Santa Cruz County business roundup, Jessica M. Pasko traces the history of Watsonville’s Sambrailo Packaging, has word of another delay for commercial crabbers and charts comings and goings in local biz.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: County’s digital wallet, downtown housing, Deloitte Fast 500
As we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and its lingering effects on economies everywhere, we’ll be taking a closer look at the movers and shakers, the growth of industries, and what’s really driving the Santa Cruz County economy. I’ll be spotlighting some of the biggest areas for opportunity, updates on local development and all things […]
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: ‘Sense of optimism’ on tourism, movers and Shapers & mark your calendars
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko talks with new Visit Santa Cruz County CEO Terence Concannon about the organization’s priorities, notes a key driver of the reshaping of post-earthquake Santa Cruz and runs the numbers on local business.
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New Visit Santa Cruz County CEO sets sights on international markets, expanded business travel, countywide efforts
Settling in as head of the private, nonprofit corporation focused on enhancing tourism and the local economy, Terence Concannon sees “a sense of optimism” post-pandemic, and is not only aiming to bring in visitors from emerging markets like Mexico and Brazil but also to help build South County’s tourism infrastructure — all without alienating county residents in the process.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Permanent parklet transition; funding for education-to-career programs
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko checks in on the progress of converting pandemic-era parklets to permanent structures in Santa Cruz, state funding for education and workforce opportunities, numbers to know and more.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Bad news for crab fleet, downtown food boom & numbers to know
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko talks to local fishermen about yet another delayed start to the Dungeness crab season, the latest openings and closings across the region and a $325,000 price tag for a fencing company that is up for sale.
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Dungeness crab season delayed again this year, another blow to Santa Cruz fishing industry
Commercial Dungeness crab season had been set to open Nov. 15, but amid concerns about whale safety that have delayed the season in recent years, the California Department of Fish & Wildlife has pushed it back to at least Dec. 1. “For many fishermen, this means there’s no income right now,” one veteran says, “and they’re hanging by the threads.”