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This interview provides an overview of our important work and offers ways that you can get involved in preserving our magnificent Courthouse!

The Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation Reaches Fundraising Milestone. The final phase of the Great Arch Restoration Project can begin once the fundraising goal is met

Iconic Mural Room offers bird's-eye views of Las Noches de Ronda performances below in the Sunken Garden.

“When you’re doing a historic restoration, you’re starting with an important structure. People are restoring it because it has value to its community or owner,” explained Kale. “As a lighting designer, your job is to make sure it’s even better than it was before.” Her mission is to balance that desire to duplicate the original ambiance against the introduction of new lighting technologies.

On Friday, October 14, the Courthouse lawn along Anacapa Street was transformed into a colorful miniature golf play area and party venue by the Courthouse Legacy Foundation and the Rotaract Club of Santa Barbara. Corporate teams competed on the professionally-constructed nine-hole course and then enjoyed a casual outdoor cocktail reception, tacos, and awards ceremony. On Saturday...

The La Fiesta Pequeña or Little Fiesta is actually a Big Fiesta when it comes to Santa Barbara’s celebrations of its Spanish and Mexican heritage. It’s the official kick-off party attended by hundreds filling the lawn in front of the Santa Barbara Mission with blankets and chairs and coolers. When the clock strikes 8 pm, the Mission bells ring out, and it’s time to turn the Mission steps into a stage and the dancing begins.

The Santa Barbara Courthouse Legacy Foundation welcomed more than 200 guests and celebrated Fiesta in style at a fundraiser held at the charming Santa Barbara County Courthouse.

During our 2nd Annual Miniature Golf Community Day, all children played free of charge. The Hannah family round proved quite eventful when parents MaryJoyce and Chris both hit a ‘hole in one’ on the fifty-foot putt, sponsored by Montecito Bank & Trust. They were the lucky winners of a gift certificate to the Biltmore Four Seasons for Sunday Brunch, TESLA Motors cap and t-shirt as well as a Courthouse Legacy Foundation Family Membership. We know where the Hannah family will be spending one of their Sundays!

Learn how the Courthouse Legacy Society plans to support general and future operations related to the preservation, restoration, documentaion and educational legacy of the Courthouse. On June 24, 2015, we officially celebrate our newly formed endowment fund, with a luncheon in the magnificently restored Mural Room. For additional details and information, please contact Jan Campbell, Senior Vice President of Philanthropic Services, Santa Barbara Foundation at 805-963-1873 or Linda Rosso, Executive Director, Courthouse Legacy Foundation at 805-770-7222.

We hope you will consider becoming part of Santa Barbara's future.

Read more about our Legacy Society in the Montecito Journal, Volume 21, Issue 29 on page 14.