Chamber News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2021

CONTACT:
Kristen Miller, President/CEO
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 805.967.2500       Ext. 108
Email: Kristen@sbscchamber.com           

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber Presents the Goleta State of the City, Friday, May 21st

GOLETA, CA – The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, from Goleta to Carpinteria, will host a virtual Goleta State of the City for release on Friday, May 21^st at 9 AM. The State of the City will be broadcast from Rancho La Patera and Stow House.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 17, 2021
CONTACT:
Joyce Donaldson, Chief Operating Officer & Carpinteria Liaison
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 805.967.2500 Ext. 106
Email: joyce@sbscchamber.com
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Chamber Jr. Carpinteria of the Year Scholarship REVEAL
Carpinteria CA – The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, from Goleta to Carpinteria is happy to announce that the Jr. Carpinterian of the Year Scholarship recipients have been selected. The Jr. Carpinterian of the Year will be announced and the three finalists will be honored on Monday, May 24th at 4 PM at the Seal Sand Box in Carpinteria.

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In response to the feedback received during our Roadmap to Recovery sessions, we are excited to help provide a resource by launching our Chamber Job Portal. Members can post open positions on our site and we will advertise to job seekers. We can’t promise a quick fix to this daunting problem in our community, but we can provide some assistance with this new resource.

HOW TO: You can create a job posting by logging into your member account through ChamberMaster, by clicking here, and entering your username and password. If you need help accessing your login credentials please email, stephanie@sbscchamber.com.

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At the beginning of May, the Chamber welcomed back
Chief Marketing Officer, Stephanie Armstrong, from her maternity leave. Stephanie and her husband, Karl, welcomed a baby boy, Oliver, in January of this year.  We are so excited for this newest addition to our Chamber family and offer our warmest congratulations to the Evers-Armstrong household.

In response to the need for help hiring across industries, the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce has launched an online Job Portal this week. During this crisis, we will be using our website to help our members advertise their jobs and to help local residents perform job searches.

To post an open position that you are hiring for please click here.

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce celebrated the grand reopening of the Santa Barbara Airbus with a ribbon-cutting last Thursday, May 6th. The Chamber is excited to see tourism numbers increase as visitors come to enjoy the South Coast safely.

“It’s businesses like this who have stayed together and stayed the course and pulled us into this recovery that we are all so ready for.” said Kristen Miller, President & CEO of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce.
To read the full press release, click here.

Last week the Northern Santa Barbara County United Way and County Chambers partnered with local experts on homelessness to host a virtual roundtable discussion to address the housing, homeless, and business impacts in our communities. Participants discussed the vacancies of businesses in the central business districts and the housing shortage. A presentation was given and a discussion was held on housing cooperatives that have been modeled to work in other cities and how addressing the homeless and housing crises are intrinsically linked.

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce presents the Goleta State of the City airing virtually on Friday, May 21st at 9:00 AM. Guest speakers include: Mayor Paula Perotte; Michelle Greene, City Manager; Mark Linehan, Wynmark Company; Arie Dejong, Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital and Donna Lewis, Goleta Union School District.
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsors: Cox & Montecito Bank & Trust

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 5, 2021

CONTACT:
Stephanie Armstrong, Chief Marketing Officer
Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce
Phone: 805.967.2500     Ext. 102
Email: stephanie@sbscchamber.com | marjorie@witmarkgroup.com

Chamber Celebrates Tourism Rebound at Santa Barbara Airbus Ribbon Cutting

GOLETA, CA – The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce and Santa Barbara Airbus invite media to join as we celebrate Santa Barbara Airbus’ reopening on May 6^th with service resuming to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). 

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