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2022 State of the Valley

2022 State of the Valley

By Brittney Sherman

Since 1995, Joint Venture Silicon Valley has published the Silicon Valley Index, a nationally recognized publication that tells the story of Silicon Valley. The Index indicators measure the strength of our economy and the health of our community, highlighting challenges and providing a data-rich foundation for decision making.

The State of the Valley is an old-fashioned “town hall” meeting. This year’s State of the Valley was held at Stanford University and included a briefing of the Index by Russell Hancock, a panel discussion with Michele Lew from The Health Trust and Jim Wunderman from Bay Area Council, and a keynote presentation from the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson. Performances by the Stanford Taiko, Stanford Talisman and a poetry reading by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Tshaka Campbell, highlighted the spirit of togetherness.

The City of Morgan Hill was honored to attend and be a part of the 2022 State of the Valley. Get your copy of the 2022 Silicon Valley Index (jointventure.org) HERE

Have questions? Contact City of Morgan Hill Economic Development Director Matt Mahood at Matt.Mahood@morganhill.ca.gov


 
January 2022 eNewsletter

January 2022 eNewsletter

By Brittney Sherman

Happy New Year Morgan Hill Business Community!

We hope you are off to a positive start to 2022. In this eNewsletter, you will find information about key efforts that impact our business community, including:

-Quarterly Sales Tax Update,

-Housing Element Plan,

-Industrial Preservation & Optimization Policy Town Hall,

-Downtown Lane Reduction and Place-Branding Update, and

-Business Resources.

Read the January 2022 eNewsletter HERE and reach out to the team if you have any questions or want to connect with us. We look forward to working with you in 2022 and thank you for continuing to "Choose Morgan Hill."


 
What is the Housing Element?

What is the Housing Element?

By Brittney Sherman

Join us in shaping the future of housing in Morgan Hill!

The City is in the process of updating the Housing Element of the General Plan for the 2023-2031 period as required by State law. The Housing Element establishes policies and programs to address Morgan Hill’s existing and projected housing needs for all economic segments of the community. The first step in this process is to ask community members what they see as Morgan Hill’s most important housing needs. Please complete this 10 question survey HERE to provide us with your input. All responses are confidential.

We encourage you to be a part of the housing conversation by attending the Housing Element Plan Virtual Townhall Meeting on Thursday February 10th @ 530PM. The meeting will include discussions on the existing and upcoming Housing Element, housing needs of the city, the cities Sites Inventory, housing policies, and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) requirements. Review all 2021 Housing Conversation Workshops HERE.

Have questions? Contact City of Morgan Hill Housing Director Rebecca Garcia at Rebecca.Garcia@morganhill.ca.gov



 
Morgan Hill Supports Businesses and Community with Launch of Place-Branding Grant

Morgan Hill Supports Businesses and Community with Launch of Place-Branding Grant

Morgan Hill announced a Place-Branding Partnership Opportunity designed to support businesses and community through the COVID-19 pandemic. This is one of several business resiliency efforts supporting the City’s economic recovery plan to help with the beautification of outdoor dining spaces, activating vacant store fronts with temporary art, community announcements or businesses that may have lost their leases; and creating interesting ‘place-making’ street activations that will create a welcoming, fun and interesting environment.


 
Morgan Hill Approves an Economic Recovery Plan

Morgan Hill Approves an Economic Recovery Plan

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Morgan Hill has responded by developing an Economic Development Recovery plan.

On May 29, 2020, the City Manager and City Attorney announced actions exercising their discretion to ease enforcement of certain City regulations in order to encourage economic activity and to speed up recovery from the shelter in place orders.


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