Chamber News

Save the date! The Chamber’s Annual Meeting & Regional Business Awards will be held on Friday, February 2, 2023, at 11:30 AM at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort’s outdoor rotunda. The afternoon will include lunch during the Annual Membership Meeting where the 2023 Executive Officers and Board Members will be formally installed and the outgoing Board…

In Goleta, we thank Councilmember Roger Aceves for his years of service to the community and look forward to working with incoming Councilmember-Elect Luz Reyes-Martin. We look forward to continuing to work closely with Councilmember James Kyriaco. Despite the Chamber’s opposition to the implementation of a news sales tax in Goleta, we will continue to…

Join us at the Santa Barbara Zoo on November 17 for the Business-2-Business networking breakfast sponsored by ExxonMobil, as well as the opportunity to meet some of our newly elected and re-elected officials. The theme this month is Giving Thanks and Fall Vibes. The cost for the event is $30 for members and $40 for non-members. Members can…

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Buellton Chamber of Commerce, Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce, Santa Maria Chamber of Commerce, Santa Ynez Chamber of Commerce, and Solvang Chamber of Commerce, will host the State of the County on Wednesday, November 30, from 3 to 5 PM at Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront…

The Chamber released the October Data Dashboard. The monthly dashboard showcases data trends related to real estate, workforce, sales tax, tourism, cannabis revenue, crime, homelessness, poverty, and COVID-19 throughout Santa Barbara County and the South Coast. Click here for the full October 2022 South Coast Data Dashboard. Please reach out to Dustin@SBSCChamber.com with questions and/or suggestions.

Last week the Chamber held a Childcare Roundtable with U.S. Congressman Salud Carbajal and State Senator Monique Limón. The Roundtable brought together businesses with an interest and/or experience in providing childcare benefits to their employees as well as some of the great local organizations working on solutions to the shortage of affordable childcare in our…

The Chamber applauds the Goleta City Council for moving forward with the Hollister Avenue Old Town Interim Striping Project, which will begin in the summer of 2023. This project will reduce Hollister Avenue from four lanes to two in Old Town, allowing for increased parking, increased bicyclist safety, and increased walkability. All these changes are…

At the October Public Policy Committee meeting, the committee welcomed guest speaker Brittany Zajic with Keep the Funk, a Santa Barbara Funk Zone based organization focused on preserving the character of the Funk Zone. Zajic spoke to the group regarding the SoMo Funk development project and the potential impacts of the project to the area,…

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce will honor Goleta’s Finest at the annual community awards gala on December 17. If you know someone deserving special recognition for their activities in the community, here’s your chance to nominate them for these prestigious awards. To ensure that your recommendations are considered, please submit a completed nomination…