SLO 101
SLO is in this county.
What is San Luis Obispo County?
This was the year that SLO was officially incorporated as a town.
What is 1856?
The SLO Mission, officially called the Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, was founded in this year.
What is 1772?
According to SLO County’s 2023 Annual Crop Report, agriculture in SLO county recorded a record production value of this monetary value (+/- $100 million).
What is $1.1 billion?
These are the names of each of the Nine Sisters located throughout SLO county.
What are?:
Farmers Market is on this day of the week.
What is Thursday?
According to the 2020 Census, SLO’s population was at this number (+/- 1,000 people).
What is 47,191?
This is the three-letter airport code for the SLO Airport.
This building on Cal Poly’s campus is recognized as a fallout shelter.
What is Building 10/Erhart Agriculture Building/Aglish?
This SLO landmark was once a Chinese joss house and is now part of the city’s historic Chinatown restoration project. (And is owned by a Cal Poly lecturer)
What is the Ah Louis Store?
This is the name of the sandwich spot named after a street in SLO.
What is High Street Deli?
According to SLO County’s 2023 Annual Crop Report, this was the top commodity produced in SLO county.
What are wine grapes?
This is the square mileage of San Luis Obispo (+/- 2 square miles).
What is 13.3 square miles?
This famous music supply company creates everything from guitar strings to full electric guitars right here in SLO.
What is Ernie Ball or Ernie Ball Music Man?
This department head from this department was the guest speaker at our last meeting.
Who is Dr. Scott Steinmaus from the Plant Sciences department?
As you look west from Cal Poly’s campus, these are the names of the two prominent mountains that stand out across the landscape.
What are Cerro San Luis (Madonna Mountain) and Bishop’s Peak?
This is a food vendor in SLO County that sells rather unique donuts.
What is SLODOCO?
This is the name of the local summer baseball team here in SLO.
What are the SLO Blues?
These are the cities that Ambassadors went to as a part of the unconventional route to get to FFA National Convention.
What was San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Phoenix, Boston, and Indianapolis?
According to SLO County’s 2023 Annual Crop Report, these many heads of cattle and calves were present in SLO County (+/- 1,000 head)
What is 42,315 heads?
This is the name of the street that Firestone Grill is located on.
What is Higuera Street?
Ambassadors toured this agriculture facility in the fall owned by a Dean’s Advisory Council member.
What is Wolff Vineyards?
This is the full name of the rodeo complex on Cal Poly’s campus where Poly Royal was hosted at.
What is the Cotton Rosser Rodeo Complex?
This individual established a construction company that would be instrumental in repairing the section of Highway 101 that runs right through SLO, where a rather flashy hotel would also be built.
Who is Alex Madonna?
This is the name of the incoming dean for the College of Agriculture, Food, and Environmental Sciences.
Who is Dr. Brian Horgan?