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March 21, 2019

Trust Automation to expand into larger facility in San Luis Obispo

This more than doubles the amount of space Trust will have for its engineering, manufacturing and business operations. The company says it will allow them […]

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March 13, 2019

Spotlight on: The Hourglass Project

Under the shared belief that the economy’s problems are too big for any individual community to solve on its own, a coalition of Central Coast-based […]

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March 8, 2019

Hourglass Project CEO James collaborating on Central Coast

Collaboration within a region is not new for Melissa James, the recently-appointed CEO of the Hourglass Project, a coalition of 13 chambers of commerce and […]

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February 19, 2019

Ty Safreno: Hourglass Project works for the economy, Central Coast

National politics generate a dizzying amount of polarizing sound on countless issues. But one constant, bipartisan agreement is that our economy has left too many […]

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February 19, 2019

Want high-paying jobs in SLO County? Start thinking regionally

Instead of competing for a bigger slice of the pie, we need to collaborate across all of our communities to create a bigger pie, one […]

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February 14, 2019

Melissa James to be first CEO of Hourglass Project

James, a Cal Poly graduate and native of Sacramento, has led regional economic development initiatives for the Economic Vitality Corporation …

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December 5, 2018

Central Coast super region touted by local politicians and business leaders

The idea is a simple one: Stop competing with your neighbors, share information, work collaboratively, and in turn foster growth. This is the sales pitch […]

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November 30, 2018

Central Coast communities collaborating on economic future

Bracing for the economic blow of the closure of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant, Central Coast cities have banded together and taken a cue […]

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