Santa Barbara’s definitive community-centric approach is a result of the pledge to charity by the civic bureaucrats, businesspersons and inhabitants notes Kenny Slaught. The city’s continuing tradition of nonprofit activity and comprehensive giving is made possible through many charities, volunteer groups and community undertakings, and goes back to the year 1928 with the development of the… Read More…
In addition to being a famous tourist destination, Santa Barbara has now become a hub for new and developing businesses, said Kenny Slaught. Lots of encouraging, new companies have been shaped in recent years, and many, counting AppScale, LastLine, TrackR, and Salty Girl Seafood, have come straight out of the University of California Santa Barbara.… Read More…
With only a few years in the market, crowdfunding has quicky grown over 150 startups nationwide, specializing in real estate. Today, approximately 7% of the U.S population is an accredited investor. In a dense setting like Southern California, this number is 20%. Software platforms, such as CrowdEngine, RealtyShares, CrowdForce, among others, make it possible to… Read More…
New intuitive software and mobile applications, Kenny Slaught explains, give investors and builders a greater selection of lending and borrowing opportunities across a variety of real estate asset classes and geographies. California’s crowdfunding or peer-to-peer lending campaigns rose after the adoption of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act in 2012, which greatly democratized the… Read More…
Some of the most well-known Santa Barbara architecture features include, the nearly ancient Hotel Virginia, El Pueblo Viejo district in historic downtown and the two pink towers of the Old Mission, where retreats and festivals take place. The brightly colored tiles of the County Courthouse houses brilliant displays of murals and other striking attributes. Nearby… Read More…
Maintaining its natural charm, city planners enacted development controls to prevent demolition of Spanish Colonial architecture in 1925. The community was the first in the country to really think about the importance of historic buildings. Regulations were put in place and guidelines were designed to keep unique structures and park areas, and in 1960 Santa… Read More…
Within the wall of the dam, the engines room has 17 generators which generate all the energy, where 16 of them are large generators and two smaller ones operate as one single unit. These are used to provide hydroelectric energy to local communities. Kenny Slaught explains that the energy generated from the dam is divided… Read More…
Within the wall of the dam, the engines room has 17 generators which generate all the energy, where 16 of them are large generators and two smaller ones operate as one single unit. These are used to provide hydroelectric energy to local communities. Kenny Slaught explains that the energy generated from the dam is divided… Read More…
The structure was crafted during the American Great Depression period, between 1931 and 1936, costing the government $49 million dollars. The dam was initially named Boulder Dam, but was later switched to Hoover Dam in honor of the then-President Herbert Hoover, who made significant contributions to the construction of this prodigious project. With 221 meters… Read More…
Central Santa Barbara presents an opportunity for curious minds to appreciate how the architecture at that time was conceived. The design of buildings, and details indicating the relation each building had with the historical aesthetics of those times is also useful when learning the Hispanic architecture. For instance, a roof design has a colonial design… Read More…