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Have Local Businesses Solved Soquel Creek’s Water and Development Problem?
For those of you following the local housing crisis, it’s no secret that building anything in the Soquel Creek Water District is next to impossible, mainly because of one major constraint: water. The District, which covers parts of Live Oak, and all of Capitola, Soquel, and Aptos (basically everything from 41st Avenue to Watsonville) is…
Release of the 2017 Annual Report!
2017 was an incredible year for the Santa Cruz County Business Council full of incredible work and progress in advocacy across our landmark issues of housing, water, transportation, public safety, and economic vitality. To learn more about each project as well as many of our members you can find a pdf of our annual report…
Tyson Sayles of Ensemble Real Estate Investments Dream Inn Development Project Presentation
Last week for the Joint Transportation and Infrastructure/Government Affairs Committee of the Santa Cruz County Business Council heard a proposal from Tyson Sayles of Ensemble Real Estate Investments for the development of a new housing project in the current parking lot across from the Dream Inn – a project that will include affordable housing measures. His full presentation about the project can be found…
Don Groppetti Presents Santa Cruz Nissan Proposal to SCC Business Council
Santa Cruz County Business Council Member Don Groppetti presented his proposal for the new Santa Cruz Nissan and the intersection of 41st and Soquel, in Santa Cruz, last week for the Joint Transportation and Infrastructure/Government Affairs Committee. His full presentation about the project and the total impact can be found below: GAF SC Nissan Project Presentation
New Housing Project at UC Santa Cruz
New Housing Project at UC Santa Cruz By: Josie Buchanan Among the issues people consider to be driving the Santa Cruz rental crisis, the one that never fails to escape mention is the student population from UC Santa Cruz. It is a popular belief among residents that Santa Cruz is not able to sustain…