Category Archives: The 2008 Race for 8
Siskiyou County in 2008
This article from Mt. Shasta News sheds some interesting light on the local issues and concerns in Siskiyou County as they gear up for their 2008 Enterprise Zone application: The pros and cons of an Enterprise Zone will be discussed during a town hall meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. at the [...]
The 2008 Race For 8
My prediction is that there is going to be a much higher degree of competition for the 8 Enterprise Zone slots that are available for designation in 2008 than there was for the 23 slots in 2006. Even if there are only two applications for each slot, that is still an entirely different dynamic than [...]
New EZ Application Released
HCD has released the new application for Enterprise Zone designation. I received mine via email, and I do not see it posted to their website yet. They have, however, created a web page detailing two workshops they will be holding to discuss the application process. There will be one workshop in Sacramento on July 9 [...]
HCD Update From Santa Clarita
I was just in Santa Clarita for an Enterprise Zone workshop featuring presentations by Jason Crawford of the City, Frank Luera of HCD and Marcia Richards of FTB. It was very well organized and had a nice turnout. Lots of PowerPoint. It is very clear that there is a great deal of enthusiasm in the [...]
Salinas Mayor Wants Enterprise Zone
According to The Monterey County Herald, Salinas Mayor Dennis Donohue is interested in having Salinas and other parts of southern Monterey County designated as an Enterprise Zone. In his “state of the city” address he announced he was going to ask his City Council for $750,000 to put toward a revitalization plan that includes an [...]
CAEZ Update
I just returned from an intense three day CAEZ meeting in Sacramento. Most of the time was spent setting the agenda for the coming year, but we also managed to get some substantive updates on what’s happening in the Capitol. Frank Luera provided the HCD update and fielded a lot of questions. Foremost on peoples’ [...]
Siskiyou EZ
Here is a nice article in the Siskiyou Daily News about my friend Tonya Dowse: Dowse is completing her fist year as director of the SCEDC this month and has already expanded her influence beyond Siskiyou County. She is on the board of directors of the California Enterprise Zone and chair of its governmental affairs [...]
