The Santa Maria Valley is located at the mid-point of California’s Central Coast, in beautiful Santa Barbara County. Santa Maria's population and services have grown steadily over the last 20 years, offering a large, strong and hardworking labor force supported by several higher education opportunities.

Santa Maria is home to thriving industries including aerospace, communications, high-tech research and development, energy production, military operations, and manufacturing.

Santa Maria Valley residents enjoy world-class wineries, a vibrant cultural scene, top-tier rodeo, rolling hills and 12 miles of Pacific coastline with the state’s tallest beach dunes, smog-free air and mild temperatures year-round. These attractions and more make the Santa Maria Valley an ideal place to live, work and do business.