Business Briefs: GreenWaste receives environmental award
After a highly competitive and thorough application and
Nursery plants remain Santa Clara County’s most valuable crops
Nursery crops remained at the top in Santa Clara County, growing by 19% in 2021 to exceed $109 million in value, according to the 2021 crop report released Aug. 31.
Mushrooms, meanwhile, grew by 5% but remained in second place at $79,480,000, followed by bell...
The business of BBQ and brew
Think of the expression, "find what you love to do, and you'll never work a day in your life." It's a nice idea, but reality most often gets in the way, the bills after all, need to be paid.
For Eric Ingram, co-owner of...
Volunteers ‘heart bomb’ downtown
While most of the community was preparing to watch the Super Bowl over the weekend, the Gilroy Downtown Business Association was hard at work promoting its 2022 Vision Statement, "To return Downtown Gilroy to its historical significance as the Heart and Soul of our...
Downtown Gilroy seen as possible ‘opportunity zone’
Gilroy business leaders see a new tax incentive as a way to spur investment in the downtown corridor. But the clock is ticking on a timeline to take advantage of the opportunity.
“Opportunity zones” were created when Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act...
Values-Based Investing
Ethical investing, values-based investing, Bible-based investing; it goes by many terms. Whatever the expression, putting your money where your morals are is beginning to catch on with people of faith throughout the country.
County and its largest union reach tentative agreement three-year contract
Santa Clara County government’s largest union, Service Employees International Union Local 521, representing more than 12,000 workers, announced July 28 it had reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract providing an effective 13% in wage increases over three years.
The announcement came more than...
County installs solar panel array at San Martin animal center
The goats at the Santa Clara County Animal Services Center in San Martin have a new source of shade: an array of solar panels that generate power for the 37,000-square-foot shelter.
The county Facilities and Fleet Department completed the project last fall. It’s one of...
Garlic Festival returns to Gilroy this weekend
Gilroyans and garlic lovers are busy getting ready for the Gilroy Garlic Festival, returning in 2025 as a revamped, more intimate—yet still iconic—version of the fabled food fest.
The Garlic Festival takes place July 25-27 at Gilroy Gardens, with an attendance cap of about 3,000...


















