Continued - Successful Local Businesses offer up to 8 internships per year and have a paid relocation program for employees to encourage them to move to Santa Maria.
"tough-love" approach, to help with muscle rigidity, voice, balance, coordination and so much more.
Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company is very grateful for the City of Santa Maria's support of our company over the years. Though an economic downturn put a planned expansion on the shelf in 2014, local leadership still desires to obtain funding and build a new factory in Santa Maria! They hope to resume working with the City in the next 4 years as we prepare new arguments to our owners highlighting the benefits of a new $40 million factory in Santa Maria for Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench Company LLC.
Neuroboxing started in 2017 with 2 fighters and 3 classes a week in a small space in Santa Maria. Over the years, through outreach, speaking engagements and working with local doctors, the program has grown to 25-30 fighters and 6 classes a week, in a beautiful gym space located at Marian Hospital's Health and Wellness Center. In 2019, Neuroboxing transitioned to become a non-profit, enabling them to provide more community events and opportunities to those living with neurological conditions.
Neuroboxing Santa Maria Neuroboxing Santa Maria is a non-contact boxing and functional exercise program that enables people with certain neurological conditions, like Parkinson's Disease, to fight back by providing a lifestyle fitness program designed to combat the symptoms of neurological conditions many people experience and to improve their quality of life. Neuroboxing Santa Maria provides a fun, encouraging environment through a
With Covid, Neuroboxing had to make several adjustments. Classes were fully moved online in March of 2020, and continued that way for about 3 months, when we were safely able to re-open with the use of physical distancing, PPE, extra cleaning protocols and temperature monitoring.
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the local community and doctors in the area to provide service and education to the entire Central Coast. April is a Certified Personal Training who also holds certifications in Neuroboxing, Rock Steady Boxing, Box N' Burn levels 1, 2 & 3, Senior Fitness, PWR! Moves and Urban Pole Walking.
Neuroboxing’s founder, April Sargeant, is also the President of the Central Coast Parkinson's Association which works with
Chamber Connecting Microbusinesses with Grants The Chamber has partnered with the Santa Barbara Foundation in assisting the County in the distribution of the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program funding. Applications will open on March 7, 2022. Grants of up to $2,500, funded by the State of California, are available to eligible microbusinesses. To be eligible, microbusinesses must have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, earned $50,000 or less in 2019, have less than 5 full-time employees, have been open and operating since December 2019, and did not receive a grant from the California Small Business COVID-19 Relief Grant Program. In particular, this outreach seeks to identify microbusinesses that face systemic barriers to accessing capital, including but not limited to, businesses owned by women, minorities, veterans,
April Sargeant, Owner, Neuroboxing Santa Maria with City Council Member Etta Waterfield
individuals without documentation, individuals with limited English proficiency, and business owners located in low-wealth and rural, communities. A total of $500,000 in grant funding is available in Santa Barbara County. Grant funds may be used to cover the purchase of new equipment, investment in working capital, application for, or renewal of, a local permit, payment of COVID-19 business debt, or costs from COVID-19 related health and safety restrictions or business interruptions. If you know a microbusiness operator that may be eligible, please contact the Chamber so we can assist them with the application process. Completed applications will be reviewed on a first come, first served basis.
Interested in seeing your business name displayed on one of our next issues? Join the Chamber today by calling Membership Manager Cara Martinez at 925-2403, ext. 852 or email cara@santamaria.com.
Get free support for your business with the Chamber's Get Your Business Online program! Getting started with building your online presence can seem intimidating and overwhelming, which is why the Chamber here to help! With our "Get Your Business Online" program, we'll do an intake assessment of your current online presence and walk you through small, manageable steps that work best for your business to grow your online presence. Learn more and schedule your free intake assessment at http://santamaria.com/get-yourbusiness-online.
