Tag: business_finance

Hobby Lobby, a 77,000-square-foot retail paradise for crafters, artists, scrapbookers, decorators, photographers and lots of other types of hobbyists, will open its new location in Morgan Hill in August.

Starting in July, it might get mildly more expensive to use Morgan Hill’s recreation facilities, but city staff say the increased use fees are needed to keep the buildings maintained and add more options.

With a 1.7 percent population increase, Gilroy saw the the second highest growth rate in Santa Clara County in 2011, trumped only by Morgan Hill, according to the California Department of Finance. 

After sitting empty for nearly five years, the Mervyn's building at Cochrane Plaza will soon be occupied by a new tenant.

The city submitted an application to the county to annex about 67 acres of property just southwest of Morgan Hill into the city limits.

Loans made by the Morgan Hill redevelopment agency to affordable home buyers at Madrone Plaza will not be jeopardized by the bank's partial takeover of the project, city staff said.

The City of Gilroy soon will open recruitment for a once defunct position tasked to spur local development and welcome new businesses, City Administrator Tom Haglund said.

The City of Gilroy has released a 25-page marketing plan in response to an online survey that netted almost 1,000 responses from residents and businesses last winter.