Chamber News

On March 20, the City of Goleta received a letter from the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), which addresses the City’s most recently adopted revised 2023-31 Housing Element. In this new letter HCD calls for additional revisions necessary to comply with State Housing Element Law. During the Chamber’s review of HCD’s response…

Recently the Chamber held a South Coast Tech Roundtable on Energy Reliability and Resiliency. The Tech Roundtables are a quarterly meeting of South Coast tech and manufacturing representatives meant to provide networking and discuss a specific topic as it relates to the tech and manufacturing industry. The Tech Roundtable on Energy Reliability and Resiliency featured…

On March 8 the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission voted unanimously to support the initiation of the Chamber supported Solomon Hills project. Located just south of Orcutt, the proposed 4,000 residential unit project also includes commercial and open space zoning to meet the daily needs of the community and aims to act as a model…

On March 7 the Chamber was proud to launch the Roadmap to Recovery: The Road Home. This document is phase three of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber’s Roadmap to Recovery, which began during the pandemic and developed plans and action steps to help get businesses, large and small, reopened safely and focused on long-term…

Earlier this week members of the Chamber board and staff were proud to accept the Carpinteria City Council’s proclamation declaring April as Carpinteria Business Month. The Carpinteria business community has had a Chamber of Commerce working alongside the City to promote local business interests since 1912, and the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber is proud…

The Chamber is honored to have President & CEO, Kristen Miller featured alongside Visit Santa Barbara’s President & CEO, Kathy Janega-Dykes for an exclusive article in the March/April issue of Santa Barbara Life & Style. The dynamic duo explains the collaboration in launching the Hospitality Career Inspiration Campaign, which highlights personal stories of career development…

Congratulations to WitMark Group on winning the American Advertising Federation Coastal California Silver ADDY Award for the ‘Limitless’ Hospitality Inspiration Campaign. WitMark developed the Integrated Marketing Campaign for the Chamber in partnership with Visit Santa Barbara to reposition Santa Barbara’s hospitality and tourism jobs to an industry of promising career opportunities. View awards here.

The Chamber will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the grand opening of Santa Barbara Pickleball Shop on Wednesday, April 5 at 3 PM located at 835 N Milpas Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101. We hope to see you there! Are you looking for everything pickleball-related in one place? Look no further than the Santa…

Congratulations to two outstanding educators who have made a significant impact on their students, colleagues, and the school community as a whole. They will be honored at the Carpinteria Community Awards Gala on Saturday, April 1. Matthew McPherson is a Special Education teacher at Aliso Elementary School. He has been working in Special Education for 7…

We would like to thank nearly 200 members who have joined the 110% Club by continuously supporting the Chamber. Investing 10% over your annual membership helps Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce continue to provide relevant programs and resources to serve the needs of our members, as well as supporting advocacy, leadership, innovation and…