Tag Archives: development

Yosemite National Park is currently working on developing alternatives for the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Merced Wild and Scenic River (MRP). This plan will provide the framework for management decisions regarding the Merced River and the Merced River Corridor in Yosemite National Park. The park contains 81 miles of …

As businesses throughout the Valley struggle due to COVID-19, many small businesses and entrepreneurs are turning to their local Small Business Development Centers, or SBDCs, for help accessing capital and reimagining their business models. Valley Edition Host Kathleen Schock spoke with Rich Mostert, director of the Valley Community SBDC and …

Fresno County has settled with a family of pistachio growers over unpermitted building on what the family contends will be the largest pistachio plant in the world. The County issued permits back in September to Ventana South, LLC and Touchstone PIstachio, LLC for the construction of 49 siloes in Cantua …

Ten years ago, the city of Merced was ground zero for the housing crisis in California. Just a few years before that, the University of California’s brand new Merced campus opened outside the city, which arguably drove the overdevelopment that set up the city to fall so hard during the …

With characteristic flamboyance, the Trump administration has set in motion a grand scheme to lure energy companies to explore for oil and gas across virtually all of America’s outer continental … Click to Continue »

The Mariposa County Economic Vitality Strategy has been revised to incorporate the comments and input received from the general public. An item has been placed on the July 18th Board of Supervisors regular meeting agenda to request adoption of the plan.

Researchers and professors will be speaking Saturday at UC Merced about family relationships and early childhood development for the fourth annual Symposium of the Child and Family. This year’s theme … Click to Continue »

City Manager Alex Terrazas on Wednesday recounted how the economic downturn eight years ago led the city to make significant cuts to municipal departments, including the Community and Economic Development … Click to Continue »

This column exists to answer readers’ questions. Lately, I’ve received a fat stack of questions about retail, construction and economic development. So, I’m going to give what answers I can … Click to Continue »

Residents of Bluff Drive and local residential developer Greg Hostetler are still at odds on a proposed subdivision of 231 single-family homes. The Los Banos Planning Commission on Wednesday told … Click to Continue »

The natural landscape of the American West is gradually disappearing under a relentless march of new subdivisions, roads, oil and gas production, agricultural operations and other human development, according to a detailed mapping study released Tuesday. … Click to Continue »

Members of the Merced City Council said the lack of an agreement is hurting the city The city and county have been negotiating for about a decade … Click to Continue »