Dispatch’s new associate publisher
Jeannette Close has been named the associate publisher at New SV Media and will head up all advertising and circulation at the Gilroy Dispatch, the Morgan Hill Times and the Hollister Free Lance. She is based out of the Gilroy Dispatch office in downtown Gilroy.
Columbia Sportswear opens outlet
Columbia Sportswear opened its newest outlet retail location at Gilroy Premium Outlets Aug. 8. The new store is located at 8555 San Ysidro, Suite 135. For more information, visit columbia.com.
Veteran Gilroy retailer is optimistic
Dave Peoples is a “glass half full” kind of person, and if you’re going to say his retirement from Garlic City Mercantile is another sign of a dying downtown Gilroy, you better watch your tongue. He and his wife Marianne are retiring at the...
Gilroy Gardens earns a Brass Ring
Gilroy Gardens Family Theme Park was recently awarded the prestigious IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Cherry Jubilee, which was recognized as the Best New Food & Beverage Event. This award celebrates innovation, originality and impact in the global attractions industry and recognizes special events...
Customers love All Natural fruits
Nine years ago, people told Juan Carlos Guizar he was crazy to open a pushcart fruit stand at the Gilroy Outlets. The requirements there were too expensive and there were no other businesses like it in Gilroy.
But two years later, Guizar opened a second...
Big game, big business
At Nob Hill Foods grocery store in Gilroy, Super Bowl weekend means big holiday business even when a local team isn’t playing. There was a steady rush of customers all last weekend, and managers of other local stores agreed.
“It’s not as big as Christmas,...
City council considers Gilroy hotel tax increase
Gilroy officials are considering asking the voters to approve an increase of the city’s transient occupancy tax—commonly referred to as the hotel tax—up to a total of 13% of visitors’ short-term lodging rentals.
The current hotel tax rate in Gilroy is 9%, which officials noted...





















