Month: September 2017

Known for his charitable mindset and passionate interest in American culture and urban design, California-based entrepreneur Kenny Slaught celebrates the impact of impeccable architectural trends and traditions on Santa-Barbara’s construction scene. The Spanish inspired buildings, explained Slaught, and the specially designed archways and structures stretch throughout this small coastal town of the Golden State, according to his blog at KennySlaught.com. He further elaborates on the history of constructional upsurge in Santa Barbara and recognizes how architectural trends shifted as the government tried to smooth the massive housing growth over a century.

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The annual symposium allows teachers, musicians, and local not-for-profits to connect with students and residents of the city to discuss the state of arts education in Santa Barbara. This important program provides the foundation for enacting better, more focused programs in the future. Additional education outreach initiatives include collecting instruments for students in need, grants to community programs that wish to make use of resources at the Santa Barbara Bowl, explained Kenny Slaught, and scholarships for college students studying in the performing arts. The foundation also funds a children’s program at Cottage Hospital and many in-school and after-school programs, most notably in neighborhoods affected by the concert season at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Additionally, the Notes for Notes program provides students with free instruments and music lessons, and a large volunteer committee facilitates these education outreach initiatives.

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Hospice of Santa Barbara serves not just for those facing terminal and chronic illness, but also provides support to their families. Many of the programs at the organization are built for children struggling with the impending or recent passing of a family member. Kenny Slaught notes that about 20 percent of children experience the death of a loved one prior to turning 18, and one in 20 children facing the death of one or both parents before prior to adulthood. Hospice of Santa Barbara has been working to provide individuals in these situations with complimentary support via numerous programs and help these individuals cope with grief so they can avoid or mitigate depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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A white-hot housing market has many West Coast buyers finding that they need to pay excessively high prices for older, less fashionable homes. Kenny Slaught notes that home prices have been steadily rising since 2008, with common reference, the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller home price index, revealing that Los Angeles home prices reached their highest point during April of this year since October 2007. Having moved beyond simply recovering from the recession, Southern California’s larger metropolitan areas are approaching their former peaks. Slaught says the turnaround is due to a number of factors, including interest rates, job growth and supply and demand. As current 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages hover around 3.5% or less, these enticing numbers are nearing 3.31 percent (the record low hit in November 2012) and are encouraging many to buy. Historically low rates, coupled with strong employment numbers, such as a 2.4% gain in Los Angeles County and a 3.5% rise in Orange County, note why values have appreciated in an extraordinarily fast-paced manner. And even though home prices fluctuate considerably statewide, inflated asking prices on higher-end options are second only to Hawaii. The feverish demand for housing cannot currently be met by the slim supply available, with many first-timers forced to pursue condominium-style units: available and within a more modest price range.

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