November 21, 2024
Tag: Garden Street Hotel

250-Room Funk Zone Hotel Gets the Go-Ahead
Plus: Biltmore renovation allowed to proceed; city to help remove Las Alturas landslide house; the county Planning Commission rejected a cannabis project for the first time; Cost Plus World Market could be around for three years; Tunnel Trail reopened; the history of Goleta's Encina Royale neighborhood; Milpas Street improvements likely. 2
October 3, 2024

Debate Rages Over the 250-Room Garden Street Hotel
Other recent news: Debunked rumor that the Bidens bought in the Santa Ynez Valley; District 1 candidate forum recap; Funk Zone art gallery closed; city councilmember Alejandra Gutierrez's poor attendance; criticism for cannabis stink abatement plan; Goleta library to close for up to two years; Mission Creek restoration; Cottage Health to create employee housing; what's next for Andersen's Pea Soup in Buellton. 3
February 26, 2024

New Company Offers Helicopter Tours of Santa Barbara
Plus: Lemons washing up on local beaches; 16-passenger bikes are back in the Funk Zone; road to Ojai closed because of a rock slide; Kings of Leon and Rebelution to play the Santa Barbara Bowl; updates on Vuori and RH; an amusing hat from a new brand called Santa Ynez Country Club; another look at the 250-room hotel proposed for Garden Street. 9
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According to the layout slide, it looks like an 8” wide public multi-use trail, not an 8’ wide. Hopefully that’s a typo. — Chattersby
The huge atrocity of a building, going up in Magnolia Plaza, which looms over the neighborhood, is such an eyesore for this area!! It blocks… — Mike
Looking forward to it.
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The style is "Chip and Joanna go to Montecito" — Andrew P
Graduated from Brooks Film School, Montecito in 1980 - return to visit often - sign me up! — RC SHAFER
And the community is very much still active. It is fun, diverse, and a bunch of nice people. — Cris S
no, it is an inholding (private parcel). — Cris S
What a healthy and nice way to expose people to this beautiful part of Santa Barbara. I would rather see a healthy retreat than an… — Cris S
So if they get funding, permits and anyone wants to pay top dollar to be off the grid( in a less than spectacular place) they… — Steve
Isn’t this land owned by the Forest Service? — Maria R