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Santa Maria Valley, Calif., Celebrates Strawberries.
Byline: Frank Nelson
Apr. 14--Strawberries enjoyed a bonanza year in California during 2003 and Santa Maria, the third largest production area in the state, is preparing to celebrate.
The 17th annual Strawberry Festival is being held from April 23 to 25 at the Santa Maria Fairpark. Running 11 hours each day, the festival includes a strawberry pavilion that features a strawberry farmers market, a chef demonstration, educational exhibits plus berry displays and tastings.
As a prelude to the festival, the strawberry industry recognition dinner is being held at the Elks Lodge tonight. Organized by the Santa Maria Valley Chamber of Commerce Hispanic ...
- Santa Maria to surpass Santa Barbara's population.(NORTHERN CALIF)(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: The Kiplinger California Letter May 7, 2003 700+ words
Santa Maria will surpass Santa Barbara in population by 2008 to be Santa Barbara County's largest city, with nearly 100,000 residents. The main reason: Santa Maria's median home price is $500,000 lower.
- Santa Maria in the lead North County businesses, homes driving region's growth.
- Newspaper article from: Santa Barbara News-Press (Santa Barbara, CA) January 12, 2006 700+ words
...Economic Forecast. "This year, Santa Maria will surpass Santa Barbara in population," he told...presentation. People moving into Santa Maria over the next four years will...more than 102,000, while Santa Barbara's remains stagnant at roughly...
- Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., Shop Talk Column.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 4, 2003 700+ words
...service." SELECT IN SANTA MARIA: Santa Barbara-based Select Personnel...agency, has moved its Santa Maria office into a new...opened its first Santa Maria office in 1989...expanded or relocated Santa Barbara County businesses...
- VOLUNTEERS INVITED TO JOIN SANTA MARIA 'PROJECT CLEAN WATERWAYS'
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 5, 2009 700+ words
SANTA MARIA, Calif., Sept. 4 -- The city of Santa Maria issued the following news release...pollutants downstream. The City of Santa Maria has partnered with Santa Barbara County for "Project Clean Waterways...
- Santa Barbara News-Press, Calif., business briefs column.
- Newspaper article from: Santa Barbara News-Press (Santa Barbara, CA) October 7, 2005 700+ words
...opened his first salon in 1993. SANTA BARBARA CHOCOLATIER JESSICA FOSTER...doubled our retail space in Santa Barbara." Mr. Jensen also has stores in Solvang and Santa Maria. SANTA BARBARA BREWING CO. and head brewer...
- SABA TO ACQUIRE SANTA MARIA, CALIF., OIL REFINERY
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 19, 1994 700+ words
...the purchase of an oil refinery and the contiguous 372 acres of undeveloped fee land located in the Santa Maria Valley area of Santa Barbara County, Calif. Commenting on the 10,000BOPD refinery, Ilyas Chaudhary, president and chief executive...
- Santa Barbara, Calif., Nonprofit Teaches Hungarian Women to Be Entrepreneurs.
- Newspaper article from: Santa Barbara News-Press (Santa Barbara, California) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) January 25, 2002 700+ words
...the WEV program on a trip to Santa Barbara. In each city, 20 women...Guadalupe, San Luis Obispo, Santa Maria, Santa Barbara and Ventura. WEV began 15...75,000 from the city of Santa Barbara and $225,000 in matching...
- Santa Maria invites you for a rancher's barbecue.
- Magazine article from: Sunset June 1, 1987 700+ words
Santa Maria invites you for a rancher's...right in Southern California. Santa Maria, 60 miles north of Santa Barbara, has a barbecue tradition reaching...is grown exclusively in the Santa Maria Valley. The tiny town of Betteravia...
