Your community newspaper brought to life.
Good Morning SLO is our platform for sharing ideas, news and inspiration. A monthly program that brings community leaders, business owners, nonprofit executives and staffers together, and enables us to reconnect, engage and learn from each other.
Our goal is to provide insight into business, community and legislative issues and share the stories of those making a difference. We want audience members to leave with ideas and information about how to better their personal and professional lives.
Good Morning SLO happens on the fourth Thursday of every month except November when it is on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.
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FEATURED PRESENTERS
Nuclear Engineer, Jim Hopf, joins us to share “everything you need to know about small modular reactors” in five minutes or less! This will be a great introduction to some of the topics discussed at our June 26 Insight Studio that features Jim and two other thought leaders discussing the future of clean energy technologies.
The team from HASLO, Michelle Pedigo and Michael Burke, is here to share an update on the exciting construction project going on at Monterey and California. The project, Balay Ko on Monterey, delivers vital affordable housing to seniors and the waiting list is already active!
Farm Bureau Executive Director, Paul Clark, takes to the stage to share the latest information about a significant sector of our local economy, agriculture. Come learn more about how strawberries, grapes, cattle, avocados, and more move the needle on our local economy.
Have you filled up lately? Cal Poly Professor of Finance, Hamed Ghoddusi, joins us to talk about how surging gasoline prices do and don’t impact California’s gas tax, which is a major source of transportation funding. You may want to ride your bike to this month’s Good Morning SLO!
Did you know that some people know and love SLO because we produce premium bell peppers right here on the Central Coast? Discerning chefs across the nation know the name Talley Farms and for a good reason. Michelle Foster takes to the stage to share details about one of our region’s most coveted crops.
Before the State of California set our 2045 statewide net-zero carbon goal, the City of SLO had already set a more aggressive and aspirational vision of net-zero by 2035. Lucia Baesemann and Bob Hill join us to check in on our progress as they undertake an update to the City’s Climate Action Plan. Just one more reason to walk or ride your bike to Good Morning SLO!
Festival Mozaic returns July 15–Aug 1, featuring a preview with Conductor Thomas Davies and local vocal ensembles for a powerful performance of The Sacred Veil at the PAC on July 30th.








