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doesn’t always move past talking about the problem and into solutions. So, collectively we’ve coined this idea here. We like to say: “We get stuck admiring our problems.” So, it was decided that we need to be able to bring the right people together to drive some action and take some steps if we want to change the future in some way. So, regionalism is actionoriented and often private-sector led. For the most part, there’s economic development that happens across the Central Coast in smaller siloed pockets, but there’s not a unified private-sector voice or perspective. There are public/private partnerships, and there are chambers of commerce that definitely have brought a private sector perspective, but they’re focused on one local community. So, what we’re looking to do is to identify the things that are working and then bring people together to collectively put them into practice for the benefit of the entire region. Other than wine and tourism, where do you see opportunity here? I would say we have a lot of amazing assets, but there are two in particular that I would highlight. And I would say they’re not just Central Coast assets or even just California assets, but national assets really. And that would be Vandenberg Air Force Base and Diablo Canyon. Right now, SpaceX launches from Vandenberg, but when you think about the potential for private-company space exploration launches that could be done out there and all those jobs that go along with those missions, it adds up. There was a recent study by Bank of America that saw the private space exploration industry growing to $2.7 trillion within 30 years. That’s trillion with a “t.” For us, that can mean high-wage jobs, quality careers, and high-growth companies that could pop up all around the Central Coast as part of that industry. We’ve got a lot of potential in this area. And, I would say Diablo is similar. They have a desalination plant, and they have all this existing infrastructure, energy infrastructure; and we’ve been an energy producer on the Central Coast for the state for decades with Diablo, and there’s no reason why we can’t continue to be that. Not with nuclear, but there are conversations about renewables, such as solar and wind. There are all kinds of regulatory barriers and other hurdles, so it’s not something that’s going to happen tomorrow, but offshore wind, for example, could happen and we have the infrastructure at Diablo to be able to plug that power into the grid. There’s no reason why that couldn’t happen. So, when we ask ourselves, “What are the jobs of the future? What does an economically vibrant, prosperous community look like for the Central Coast?” Those two areas, Diablo and Vandenberg, will absolutely be a big part of that answer. What motivates you about this forward-looking work you do? My family, my two girls, are my motivation. They are five and seven years old now, and I think about 20 years from now, when my kids are 25 and 27; that’s the time in which they’ll be entering the workforce, and I can see if everything stays stagnant where it is now, I think it’s very likely that my kids will go somewhere else to go to college and won’t have the opportunity to return, to work here. That’s not an unlikely scenario. I want >> 42 | SLO LIFE MAGAZINE | AUG/SEP 2019
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