VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3
FALL, 2014
FEATURING • CORK COUTURE • The San Luis Obispo Collection held its 2nd annual Cork Couture luau-style on Saturday September 13th, infusing the
Court Street Terrace with an ambience of the Hawaiian islands. Our whole community—friends, family, cohorts and cronies—raised their glasses, savored nibbles and swayed to the music of local favorites Fialta. Walking the bamboo carpet while eager paparazzi snapped photos, the ladies wore flowers in their hair, and the gents rocked fedoras and aloha-print shirts. The terrace glittered under swags of fairy lights and bright swaths of sailcloth. Best of all, the event raised awareness and funds in support of one of SLO Collection’s favorite causes, Big Brother Big Sisters of SLO County. Hope to see you at next year’s fête!
ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: World-class office space in the heart of downtown San Luis Obispo
• THE 805 COLLECTIVE • • POLYPAY •
SLO OFFICE
Known for its best-in-class shopping and dining, the San Luis Obispo Collection also features top-shelf office space. The San Luis Obispo Collection brings together world class shopping, the city’s finest restaurants, upscale retail, museums and theater. San Luis Obispo, named the Happiest City in America, is the cultural hub of the Central Coast, which embodies the California lifestyle and offers locals and visitors alike historic architecture, sweeping vineyards, pristine beaches, charming beach towns and mountain ranges, and is home to Cal Poly University. In this issue of SLO Merchant, we highlight two groups of entrepreneurs who are both bringing their unique flavor and style to the SLO community.
805 COLLECTIVE AND THE CANA FAMILY How a few college friends set their sights on creating their dream office space in downtown San Luis Obispo
T
en years ago a few college buddies got together and
dreamed of finding a way to continue living in San
Luis Obispo while they grew their creative enterprises. They rented out a warehouse on South Higuera and got
busy creating art: Graphic Design, Video Production, Painting, Photography, Coding, Woodworking, Music,
and Web Design. As their businesses—805 Collective and The Cana Family—grew, the friends set their
sights on a studio more centrally located in the city they loved. Soon enough, they found the perfect downtown
space, and they tricked it out with art sourced from local artists and unique design elements, like desks re-
purposed from old upright pianos. 805 Collective focuses primarily on Web Development and Design and works
with all kinds of commercial clients, from Fortune 500
corporations to local companies. The Cana Family keeps a busy international schedule with both commercial and
lifestyle filmmaking. They also compose and record all
the soundtracks to their films. Both firms embody the
easy-going spirit of San Luis Obispo, focusing on the important things. (The Cana Family currently holds claim
to ‘best facial hair in the office.’) Their unofficial slogan
is ‘Every hour is happy hour.’ They invite you to drop by their new office and verify this!
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INTRODUCING JAMIE BARLETT AND POLYPAY
Woman-owned and San Luis Obispo-based, PolyPay—the brainchild of entrepreneur Jamie Barlett—recently relocated to Court Street.
M
ichigan to Saint Louis to Boston to Los
years continued to draw her back to the area.
San Luis Obispo. Ultimately, Jamie Barlett
offer the services of a company centered on
Angeles to San Francisco and finally—
found the best, like so many other business owners here.
Jamie is the President and CEO of PolyPay, a
When she felt she was totally equipped to
serving merchants with every possible tool
for their success, San Luis Obispo was the perfect location.
merchant processing business that began late
All PolyPay employees are Cal Poly graduates
999 Monterey Street in the spring of this year.
she started PolyPay, to dedicate personal
last year and established its official roots at
PolyPay is an Independent Sales Organization
(ISO), wholly owned by Jamie and is one of only a handful of women-owned ISOs in the
United States. As an ISO, PolyPay can provide competitive pricing, merchant support and customized payment processing solutions.
The Merchant Processing business was a natural fit for Jamie as she has a credit card
services heritage in her background. Her
previous fifteen years of business experience with a major consulting firm, plus high tech companies both in Silicon Valley and
Southern California pointed her toward serving merchants in a hands-on manner with
service at its core. Jamie has always enjoyed working with data and data analysis and along
with the inherent knowledge of the credit
card industry, PolyPay has emerged both as a service and a passion. Merchants can be
assured that their businesses receive handson attention with representatives of PolyPay
dedicated to their success: solving issues, answering queries and keeping merchants updated with the latest technology—a true imperative in 2014.
Jamie’s family had moved to San Luis Obispo
in 1999 and her visits after her undergraduate
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and each is trained, as was Jamie’s goal when
attention and service to their clients. PolyPay has also made a commitment to support
community services here and continues
to seek out ways to make PolyPay serviceoriented to customers and citizens.
OSOS ST
MORRO ST
CHORRO ST
Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa
Parking
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S A N L U IS OB IS
Moondoggies Surf Shop PO
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Sal’s Paradise SloCo Pasty Co.
White House Black Market
Bull’s Tavern
Express HIGUERA ST
Papyrus
GAP
Open Air Flowers
Salon Lux-Aveda Solstice Sunglasses
Chico’s Banana Republic
Sephora
The Apple Store
MONTEREY ST
Space Avail.
Pottery Barn Victoria’s Secret
HIGUERA ST
Abercrombie & Fitch Bali’s Yogurt
Sunglass Hut
Cal Poly Downtown
Pizza Solo Starbucks
Splash Café Seafood & Grill
Space Avail.
Space Avail. MARSH ST
Ian Saude Gallery
Powell’s Sweet Shoppe
Space Avail.
To Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Palazzo Giuseppe
Urban Outfitters
California Pizza Kitchen The Movie Experience
Barnes And Noble MARSH ST
Jamba Juice Chinos Rock & Tacos
OSOS ST
Parking
MORRO ST
GARDEN ST
CHORRO ST
Shoe Palace
Abercrombie & Fitch abercrombie.com
California Pizza Kitchen cpk.com
Ian Saude Gallery iansaude.com
Papyrus papyrusonline.com
Sephora sephora.com
Urban Outfitters urbanoutfitters.com
The Apple Store apple.com
Cal Poly Downtown calpoly.edu
Jamba Juice jambajuice.com
Pizza Solo pizzasolo.com
SloCo Pasty Co. slocopastyco.com
Victoria’s Secret victoriassecret.com
Bali’s Yogurt 805-594-1172
Chico’s chicos.com
Moondoggies Surf Shop moondoggies.com
Pottery Barn potterybarn.com
Solstice Sunglass Boutique solsticesunglasses.com
White House Black Market whitehouseblackmarket.com
Banana Republic bananarepublic.com
Chinos Rock & Tacos chinorocks.com
The Movie Experience themovieexperience.com
Powell’s Sweet Shoppe powellsss.com
Starbucks starbucks.com
Barnes and Noble barnesandnoble.com
Express express.com
Open Air Flowers openairflowersslo.com
Salon Lux-Aveda salonlux.com
Splash Cafe Seafood & Grill splashcafe.com
LEASING INFORMATION: Therese Cron Therese@copelandproperties.com 805.785.0511
Bull’s Tavern facebook.com/bullstavernslo
GAP gap.com
Palazzo Giuseppe palazzogiuseppe.com
Sal’s Paradise slosals.com
Sunglass Hut sunglasshut.com
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