The 805
How to revitalize State Street
Business owners, landlords and city officials came together earlier this week to discuss the future of Santa Barbara’s main shopping thoroughfare. About a third of the storefronts along downtown State Street are vacant.
By Jonathan Bastian • • 1 min readBusiness owners, landlords and city officials came together earlier this week to discuss the future of Santa Barbara’s main shopping thoroughfare. About a third of the storefronts along downtown State Street are vacant. Some people blame exorbitant rents. Others say homeless people and online sales are driving away shoppers. We take a look at some possible solutions.
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How to fill Santa Barbara’s emptying main street- 0:00How to revitalize State StreetYou’re reading this
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- 20:51‘Cuentos del Pueblo’ at the Community Arts Workshop
The full episode
1 of 4How to fill Santa Barbara’s emptying main street- 0:00How to revitalize State StreetYou’re reading this
- 7:28Adorable, likely inbred mountain lion kittens in the Santa Monica Mountains
- 14:02What it’s like to be a low-income renter in Santa Barbara
- 20:51‘Cuentos del Pueblo’ at the Community Arts Workshop