Chamber News

As a benefit to our members, your organization can use the Chamber Job Portal resource as a recruitment tool for your company. 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 labor problem in our community, but we can provide…

The chamber presented the State of the City from Goleta to Carpinteria on Wednesday, April 27th at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. This was a one-of-a-kind luncheon featuring presentations from Mayors and city staff from Goleta, Santa Barbara, and Carpinteria. “This does feel historic to have brought them all together in one event so that our…

The Chamber released the April Data Dashboard on Monday, April 25th. This monthly dashboard aims to showcase the story of our region’s economic development and recovery through an aggregate of community data points. The dashboard includes data from Goleta, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, and Santa Barbara County areas, relating to the local workforce, real estate, taxes, tourism, homelessness, poverty,…

The Chamber is proud to be a sponsor of the South County Economic Summit on May 4th at the Granada Theater put on by UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project. Guest speakers include Peter Rupert, Executive Director of the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project; Jagdeep Singh Bachher, Chief Investment Officer and Vice President of…

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce is proud to present the State of the City – From Goleta to Carpinteria on Wednesday, April 27th at 11 AM, hosted at the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort in the Grand Ballroom. For the first time ever, we will bring together all three Mayors on the South Coast for a…

The Chamber is proud to be a sponsor of the South County Economic Summit on May 4th at the Granada Theater put on by UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project. Guest speakers include Peter Rupert, Executive Director of the UC Santa Barbara Economic Forecast Project; Jagdeep Singh Bachher, Chief Investment Officer and Vice President of…

Join us for the annual We Love Our Members Business-2-Business Breakfast event on April 28th at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Renew your membership by April 26 to be entered to win amazing prizes. One grand prize winner will walk away with a $400 Southwest voucher! You do not need to be present to win. Red &…

Join us for the annual We Love Our Members Business-2-Business Breakfast event on April 28th at the Santa Barbara Zoo. Renew your membership by April 22 to be entered to win amazing prizes. One grand prize winner will walk away with a $400 Southwest voucher! You do not need to be present to win. A special thank…

The Chamber is excited to announce that the Carpinteria Mixer will be held at Island Brewing Co. on Wednesday, May 11th, 5 PM – 7 PM. We hope you can join us! This will be a great opportunity for the business community to develop business contacts, network, and connect with members. Complimentary entry for members, $20…

The Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber’s Visitor Center team welcomed cruise ships back to Santa Barbara on March 16th, the first return since the program was halted because of COVID-19. The visitor centers have since served five cruise ships in sixteen days. Two ships had a passenger count of 2,000, and three had 1,200. Not all destination…