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Chefs Aim High During Santa Cruz Restaurant Week
Business Oct 02, 2009, by Traci Hukill
It was just a matter of time before Santa Cruz joined the ranks of cities across the country celebrating local culinary talent with Restaurant Week. In New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Diego, chefs were joining together for a week each year to entice diners out of their routines and into cosmopolitan restaurants where they might discover exotic new flavors and textures. And those cities are not the cradle of sustainable produce or home to unique viticultural appellations.
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Holiday Inn Proposed for Watsonville
Business Oct 02, 2009, by StaffSan Jose-based company moves quickly after Fairfield Inn approval in Santa Cruz.
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Santa Cruz Takes LEED Further
EnvironmentBusiness Oct 02, 2009, by Austin Sardella
The LEED certification system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is expanding from single buildings to neighborhoods, and Santa Cruz is in the vanguard. Twenty acres on the western end of Delaware Avenue, dubbed the Delaware Addition, have met approval to become a LEED Neighborhood Development-one of the first 25 in the nation.
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Local GDP Slips
Business Sep 25, 2009, by StaffSanta Cruz is feeling the recession. Numbers released yesterday by the by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis show that the county’s per capita GDP was $32,887, down from $33,674 in 2006.
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Goodbye, Wachovia! Hello, Bank of the West!
Business Sep 25, 2009, by StaffSan Francisco-based Bank of the West announced that it has purchased the Pacific Avenue branch of Wachovia Bank for an undisclosed price.
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Propping Up Capitola
Business Sep 24, 2009, by StaffOnce, 41st Avenue was the pride of Capitola. In the past 10 years, however, this has all changed, and taxable sales have dropped 24 percent.
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Local Home Prices Begin to Drop
Business Sep 18, 2009, by StaffThe median home price in Santa Cruz county has begun to dip, after rising steadily since February.
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City to Reconsider Fairfield Inn on Westside
Business Sep 17, 2009, by StaffThis summer, when Santa Cruz planning commissioners rejected plans to build a new Fairfield Inn on the Westside, off Highway 1, they said that the design was “cheap” and “ugly,” hardly the way they wanted to greet tourists about to enter Surf City. But at least one councilmember is considering approval over planning commissioners’ objections.
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Community Foundation Breaks Ground on New Center
Business Sep 14, 2009, by StaffThe Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County has broken ground on its new $9.3 million center in Aptos. When completed in 2010, the 10,000-square-foot center will be a hub for philanthropic activity throughout the region.
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Santa Cruz Cyclists Light Up The Roads
Business Sep 07, 2009, by StaffIt’s a simple idea but it solves a major problem. Even when bicycles have a light for night riding, motorists coming toward them from the side often have a hard time noticing them. Three Santa Cruz cyclists found the perfect solution.
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