Local economics/economic development
Ventura’s last picture shows
Ventura County Reporter (May 15, 2008)
The land beneath one Ventura movie theater is up for sale, another faces stiff competition from a proposed theater in Oxnard, and a state-of-the art luxury cinema under construction as part of a major mall redevelopment in Thousand Oaks may have unexpected consequences for another nearby theater.
Economy’s ripples hit home
Ventura County Reporter (April 24, 2008)
Rough seas hit Ventura’s high-profile working artists project as doldrums surround Downtown.
Oxnard in the green
Ventura County Reporter (Oct. 18, 2007)
Good economic news joins traffic debate at forum.
Ventura County Reporter (Aug. 30, 2007)
“Five Hot Blondes” tart up a Midtown institution, but will it be enough to stop the wrecking ball?
Ventura’s dim future
Ventura County Reporter (June 14, 2007)
Income gap widens as young adults flee the city.
Midtown gets its knickers in a knot
Ventura County Reporter (Dec. 27, 2007)
With Diva open, neighbors split over business’s value.
Going Abroad
Mainebiz (May 24, 2004)
A small Portland retailer finds success in one of the new EU countries.
Land use and development controversies
Wal-Mart may revamp Ventura plans
Ventura County Reporter (June 5, 2008)
Big box retailer may limit scope to avoid environmental review.
Land donation could spur others
Ventura County Reporter (Jan. 3, 2008)
Parcel is hillside conservancy’s first
Political Gridlock
Ventura County Reporter (Nov. 21, 2007)
Depending who you ask, plans for a 64-acre mixed-use project known as The Village on the current site of the Wagon Wheel Motel are either a blessing for the city that could be killed by a proposed ballot measure known as the Oxnard Traffic Initiative, or the latest in a series of massive developments facing the city that could further bog down an already aggravating traffic nightmare.
Untapped potential
Ventura County Reporter (Sept. 27, 2007)
Assessing Ventura’s Midtown as city plans falter and residents’ frustration grows.
Venturans may vote on viewsheds
Ventura County Reporter (May 17, 2007)
Initiative would impose a moratorium on tall buildings.
Ventura Hills: Going, going, gone?
Ventura County Reporter (May 17, 2007)
Property sale could spark changes to iconic landscape.
Another Step into the future
Elyria Chronicle-Telegram (Jan. 26, 2002)
Ridgeville farms razed to make way for new stores.
Fines force winery to close
Ventura County Reporter (Dec. 27, 2007)
Old Creek Ranch was an Oak View fixture.
Pride’s releases at issue
Pacific Coast Business Times (Nov. 27, 2006)
A press release from a Camarillo-based body armor company suggests a level of product shipments higher than the number of sworn officers a Mobile, Ala. law enforcement agency says it has. The publicly-traded Pride Business Development Holdings also announced recently other deliveries to law enforcement and other customers in the United States and Mexico.
After the wipeout.
Pacific Coast Business Times (Dec. 23, 2005)
Creditor Group seeks bankruptcy for Greka
Pacific Coast Business Times (Nov. 25, 2005)
