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Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend (2nd District) will be the guest speaker at the August 13th SCCBC members’ breakfast to be held at Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Sutter Health’s main office, 2025 Soquel Drive in Santa Cruz. In addition to items raised by members in attendance, we will be discussing the following countywide issues with…

The County of Santa Cruz has released a draft version of the Sustainable Santa Cruz County Plan for public comment. The comment period will come to a close on Friday, August 18th (though this date may be extended into September), after which the Plan will go to the Board of Supervisors for discussion and revisions.…

The Santa Cruz County Business Council (SCCBC) welcomes South Swell Ventures and Petrinovich Pugh and Co. LLP to our membership. South Swell Ventures is an investment firm focused on investing in great entrepreneurs building sustainable technology, marine sciences, and farmtech companies in Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties. More information about South Swell Ventures.…

Note:  Each speaker’s PowerPoint presentation is embedded in the text below. Scroll down for access.   On Tuesday, July 8th, over 100 community leaders gathered at the University Center on UCSC’s campus as SCCBC and UCSC hosted their second annual Partners in Economic Vitality luncheon. Carrying on the theme set at the 2013 event of…

On Wednesday July 2nd the Santa Cruz County Business Council hosted a breakfast study session on the County Economic Vitality Strategy (EVS), which was also co-hosted by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce & Agriculture and the El Pajaro Community Development Corporation. The event was held at Watsonville Community Hospital (WCH) and…

Submitted by Robert Singleton, Policy Analyst During the recent Economic Vitality Strategy study session/luncheon on June 26th over 60 north county community leaders gathered to discuss the 100+ recommendations from the County’s first economic plan (EVS) in 20 years. In attendance were business owners from key industries such as hospitality, real estate, health and finance,…

By Robert Singleton, Policy Analyst, SCCBC On June 17th the Santa Cruz County Civil Grand Jury released a report on the water supply crisis affecting both the Santa Cruz Water Department (SCWD) and Soquel Creek Water District (SqCWD). Entitled “Desalination and Alternatives: Water for a Thirsty County”, the report provides an overview of the problems…