Join the City of Morgan Hill in welcoming the new 2023 Bay Area Panthers team roster, coaches, dancers and front office staff! Food, live music, games, and prizes will be part of the celebration on Saturday, March 18th from 1-4 pm at the Morgan Hill Downtown Amphitheater, see you there!
Learn more about the Bay Area Panthers HERE.
Approximately 430,000 new employer identification numbers were applied for nationwide during the month of February. The number of business startups jumped in 2020, as employees left larger companies to focus on the development of their own companies. The number of February nationwide startups grew 1.9 percent over last month, with Western states leading the application growth at 8 percent compared to January. The largest gains in startups can be seen in the healthcare, wholesale trade, and professional services sectors. Over the next 8 quarters, the Census Bureau projects another 4.2 percent increase in U.S. business formations.
In an effort to reduce the barrier to entry into the restaurant industry, Santa Clara County officially launched the Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOS) program on Tuesday March 14. Small-scale home-based culinary operations can now submit applications to prepare, cook, and sell food out of a private kitchen. These “mini-restaurants” are offered reduced fees and reduced Health Department food facility standards, as a way to encourage minority growth in the food industry without incurring the overhead cost of a brick-n-mortar or food truck operation. MEKHOS operators are limited to producing 30-meals per day or 60-meals per week, employing one full-time employee besides family members, and generating maximum gross annual sales of $58,275.
To learn more and submit an application visit the MEKHOS website HERE.
The hospitality and leisure industry accounted for approximately 105,000 of the total 311,000 jobs added across the United States during the month of February. Food and drinking establishments led the February hospitality job growth, followed closely by the retail industry. Substantial pay raises for hourly construction workers helped boost the construction industry job creation with higher gains than most other sectors. While job creation grew during the month of February, so too did the unemployment rate by 0.2 percent. However, unemployment rates continue to remain close to the 50-year low despite continued inflation and economic uncertainty.
City of Morgan Hill biking, hiking, and family friendly activities were featured on the Cycle California! Magazine blog on March 2. The author experienced the City and all its offerings for the first time in 2022, while attending a familiarization tour organized by Visit Morgan Hill. The blog post describes Morgan Hill as easily accessible, weekend warrior worthy, and fun for the entire family. Read the full blog post HERE.
The “Office to Housing Conversion Act” is a state bill that would limit and potentially block a City’s ability to delay conversions from office-to-housing. The Act would block unnecessary review requirements, eradicate City zoning restrictions not supporting the conversion, and require 10% of the project to be affordable. To further spur conversions, the Act would also provide a grant funding mechanism through the "California Downtown Recovery Catalyst Fund.” In 2022, California approved a budget of $400 million to incentivize developers, however the combined challenges of labor shortages, materials, and retrofitting challenges have kept conversion projects to a minimum……for now.
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