| View from the economic top |
Half Moon Bay Review/Mark Noack, 12/12/13. "City looks to fuel economy, action plan approved for improving business."
| Our farmland is our tourism economy |
Half Moon Bay City Council members last week heard the ideas
as part of a $19,500 action plan designed by the Half Moon Bay
Coastside Chamber of Commerce and Visitors’ Bureau to give the city’s
economy a shot in the arm. The plan is funded as part of the
Measure J half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2012. City leaders
pledged earlier this year to invest $225,000 of the proceeds into the
Chamber in order to work on economic development. The Chamber expects to
bring on an economic development coordinator to work on the plan over
the coming years.
| Lost in farmland maze |
Bosch’s suggestions also returned to a common theme from
past studies in marketing Half Moon Bay around its farming heritage. She
advised that the city needed to play up local events like farm dinners,
wine tastings and cooking classes. A calendar of culinary and
agriculture events should be tested for next summer, she said. Bosch emphasized that her study was
tailored to Half Moon Bay through surveys, focus groups and interviews
with local business owners. The council unanimously approved the study." Read article.
Note photographs: Butterfly from Positively Panicked.com; cow with 6-foot horns from Boston.com; walking through corn maze from Mass Hole Mommy.com.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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