SLO LIFE Oct/Nov 2020

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Aviadoros
Way
The name recently selected from more
than 200 submissions for the street
connecting ACI Jet’s new headquarters
to the SLO County Regional Airport.
Spanish for “aviators,” the name honors
the region’s history.
74
The number of local, community-based
organizations dividing up more than
$1.6 million allocated by the County Board
of Supervisors in August from General
Fund Support and Tobacco Tax Settlement
funding to benefit the community’s health
and well-being.
“Best in
the West”
For the twenty-eighth consecutive year, Cal
Poly was named the best public, master’slevel
university in the west by U.S. News
& World Report’s annual America’s Best
Colleges guidebook. It also puts Cal Poly
in the top “Best of the West” slot for most
veteran-friendly university.
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5
The number of brush fires reported at the
Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation
Area in August, leading to speculation that
someone could be starting the fires. They
ranged in size from about three-quarters of
an acre to eleven acres and occurred between
August 13 and 29. The causes of the fires
remain under investigation.
Card My
Yard
A new San Luis Obispo full-service yard
sign rental company that is “spreading joy
one letter at a time” by offering birthday,
graduation, seasonal, and just about any
other wording you might want to see on
a front lawn to help families celebrate
special occasions.
264
The number of Cuesta College students
receiving some 454 scholarships during
the institution’s annual fall scholarship
reception in August to celebrate 2020-
2021 recipients and donors alike. What
the number doesn’t include is just as
impressive: 978 additional students received
Promise Scholarships, which offer two full
years of fee-free education to SLO County
high school graduates.
CCCE
Monterey Bay Community Power’s
new name—short for Central Coast
Community Energy—and its new
strategy to achieve 100% renewable
energy by 2030, according to an
announcement in September that says
the agency wants to reflect its expanded
service area, up to twenty-nine cities and
four counties in California.
#ResilientSLO
An initiative launched by the City of
San Luis Obispo to gather information
from those who live or work in the city, to
identify strategies for building community
resilience to the impacts of climate change.
The intent is to build a roadmap for the
decades ahead.
“The Precision
Manufacturing
Bootcamp
opened up a
lot of career
opportunities
for me.”
That’s from Ariel Rasgado, a graduate of
the apprenticeship program that provides
students with base skills needed to go
straight into the workforce and fast-tracks
the on-the-job training process for local
employers. It’s sponsored by SLO Partners,
an initiative of the San Luis Obispo
County Office of Education to address
college and career readiness among the
county’s population. SLO LIFE