September 3rd, the EconAlliance Infrastructure Forum hosted in Santa Maria at the Elks Lodge drew an audience of about 100 Northern SB County economic and infrastructure stakeholders and policymakers. After introductions at 10:30 a.m., the preliminary results of an EconAlliance Infrastructure Survey were presented by Victoria Conner, Initiatives Director for the organization.

Next, a Santa Maria Public Airport flights and commercial development update was presented by Martin Pehl, General Manager, Santa Maria Public Airport District, followed by a presentation from Rob Himoto, President, Santa Maria Valley Railroad/OmniTrax about new economic development opportunities. Click below to view presentation PDFs.

Following lunch, a Government Infrastructure Panel was convened. Panelists were: Shelby Arthur, Coordinator, Tri-County Broadband Consortium Pacific Coast; Brett Fulgoni, Director Public Works, City of Santa Maria; Fred Luna, Director, Project Delivery/Construction, SB Co Assn. of Governments; and Thomas Stevens, Executive Director, Space Launch Delta 30, VSFB. See BCPC and Vandenberg presentations by clicking buttons below.

Providing additional keen insights was an Industry Infrastructure Panel moderated by Hon. Bob Nelson, County Supervisor, 4th District. Panelists contributing to the conversation were: Phil Adam, CEO, Innovative Produce; Eric Daniels, External Affairs/Public Policy Manager, PG&E; Marvin Rodriguez, VP/Operations, True Precision Machining.

A summary of points and reminders for coming EconAlliance events closed the program by 2:00 p.m.