Far-reaching initiative propels job creation, innovation, and infrastructure investment across California’s Central Coast
A transformative new chapter is launching for California’s Central Coast. The State of California has awarded $9.5 million to REACH and a coalition of regional partners to establish Space Vandenberg—a bold new initiative to strengthen the region’s leadership in the global space economy while creating high-quality jobs, expanding innovation, and bringing new investment to the region.
Backed by years of cross-sector collaboration under the Vandenberg MOU—a regional-state-federal coalition kicked off in 2020—the funding will launch a dedicated entity to accelerate growth at and around Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB), now the world’s second-busiest spaceport…