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Popular for his passion in American history of arts and urban design, California-based entrepreneur Kenny Slaught appreciates the impact of perfect architectural trends and patterns on Santa-Barbara’s present-day construction industry. As Slaught highlights the Spanish inspired buildings and magnificently designed archways and structures stretched along this tiny coastal city of the Golden State on his blog at KennySlaught.com, he also explains the history of constructional proliferation in Santa Barbara and offers intelligence on how architectural trends evolved as the government tried to control the unhampered housing growth over the last hundred years.

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Famous architect George Washington Smith started the California movement known as the Spanish Colonial revival nearly 100 years ago. Smith left Harvard to eventually work as a bond trader, and once he became a wealthy businessman, he moved to Santa Barbara area anticipating a relaxing pathway pursuing his painting interests. However, he was taken by surprise when he learned that everyone loved the home he had designed, prompting him to continue creating architectural gems for other Californians. He preferred authentic materials from Spain and merged new and old world styles. Nowadays Smith’s works are adored for their simplistic beauty and thorough detail. He is known as a founding father to Santa Barbara, with many legionsof architects noting his artistic lead. Kenny Slaught celebrates the keen attention to details needed to design a structure of such artistic distinction.

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Known for his selflessness and passionate interest in American arts 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, notes Slaught, and the intricately designed archways and structures stretch throughout this small coastal town of the Golden State, according to his his blog at KennySlaught.com, he further elaborates on the history of constructional upsurge in Santa Barbara and recognizes how architectural trends evolved as the government tried to smooth the massive housing growth over a century.

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Kenny Slaught, founder and president of Investec Real Estate Companies, talks about the history of Santa Barbara’s Spanish Colonial architecture and how the city has worked to maintain its integrity. He addresses the different characteristics that make the design unique to other architectural styles, as well as touches upon the man, George Washington Smith, who made the style popular in California.

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California’s crowdfunding campaigns arose after the adoption of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup (JOBS) Act in 2012, which greatly democratized the ways, in which sponsors raise funds for real estate acquisitions and development. The new regulation permits the previously banned practice of promoting or openly soliciting private funding from accredited people and firms. Anyone with a net worth exceeding $1,000,000, not including ownership of their personal residences, or with an annual income of $200,000 or a home with $300,000 per year, if filed jointly with a spouse, can become an accredited investor. Kenny Slaught says that the amendments gave the go ahead to individual borrowers and lenders to engage in debt and equity financing, where loans generate income in the form of interest, but without an official financial institution acting as an intermediary. The online marketplace has generated a new avenue for property owners and funders to browse new investment offerings, perform due diligence, access dashboards to track financial performance of assets.

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When human lives are concerned, Kenny Slaught supports medical research and practice expansion for timely and holistic global health interventions. “These grants are meant to spur on new discoveries that could ultimately save millions of lives,” notes Chris Wilson, director of Global Health Discovery at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. “GCE winners are expanding the pipeline of ideas for serious global health and development challenges where creative thinking is most urgently needed.”

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As modern technology increases in popularity and overarching involvement in all spheres of human life, Santa Barbara entrepreneur, Kenny Slaught, acknowledges the usefulness of groundbreaking advancements in the property development market. As he emphasizes that technological achievements have brought America’s real estate industry into the digital age, the property management sector is now both more efficient and profitable. Slaught uses his blog at KennySlaught.com to further elaborate on the role of technologies in the housing industry.

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Kenny Slaught explains that Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) funds citizens worldwide to explore ideas that can evolve how humanity approaches persistent global health and development challenges. GCE is a $100 million campaign funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and was launched in 2008. Over 1,186 projects in above 61 countries have received GCE grants. All people from any organization can apply for the GCE grant program. There is a brief two-page online application and no preliminary data required. Initial grants of $100,000 are awarded twice per year. Successful applicants then have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.

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Amidst the increasing worldwide recognition of research and technology’s role in improving worldwide health care and human wellbeing, California-based real estate investor, Kenny Slaught, supports the practice of scientific innovations in solving international development needs. The holder of a degree in business and economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, he has also served on the UCSB Foundation Board of Trustees since 1996. The real estate developer has recently praised the University on his blog at KennySlaught.com, as the notable organization was announced the Grand Challenges Explorations grant winner last year in May.

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The yearly conference allows educators, artists, donors, and local not-for-profits to meet students and members of the community and discuss the state of arts education in the city. This significant initiative provides insight and direction for forming better, more focused programs going forward. Other outreach projects include a program to collect instruments to donate to students who need them, grants for local programs that wish to make use of resources provided by the Santa Barbara Bowl, and scholarships to college students pursuing the performing arts. Moreover, the foundation supports a children’s program within Cottage Hospital and a collection of in-school and after-school programs, particularly in neighborhoods feeling the concert season at the Santa Barbara Bowl, notes Kenny Slaught. The Notes for Notes program is meant to connect students with free instruments and lessons. A community volunteer committee is in charge of these educational outreach projects.

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