SAVE THE DATE

Attention Manufacturer's- GMCIA Meeting
April 9, 2008 at 7:00 A.M.

Madera Manufacturer’s, please attend the upcoming Greater Madera County Industrial Association (GMCIA) meeting on April 9, 2008 at 7:00 A.M., located at the Madera Municipal Golf Course.

For more information, contact Shirley Driggs at 559-673-8496.

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Madera General Plan Update
Topic: Circulation
April 28, 2008
(time and place has not been released)

Over the next two years, the City of Madera will be holding a series of public meetings to help update the city’s general plan. The process of adopting or amending the general plan requires public participation. The next general plan meeting will be addressing the topic of Circulation on April 28th.

For more information please visit www.maderageneralplan.com or email info@maderageneralplan.com

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Madera County Unemployment Rate

The unemployment rate in Madera County was 9.7 percent in February 2008, up from a revised 9.3 percent in January 2008, and above the year-ago estimate of 8.5 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 6.1 percent for California and 5.2 percent for the nation during the same period. For more detailed information Click here

LOCAL NEWS

New Manufacture for Madera County
MCEDC Press Release

Rain Creek Baking Company will be relocating to Madera County and occupying a 165,000 square foot building located on W. Almond Ave that formerly housed Regency Thermographers. The Chicago based company is a division of Kronos Products, Inc. they specialize in making philo dough and specialized foods such as baklava. The company is expected to employ 60 full-time workers and 300 seasonal workers. The company would like to be in operation as early as June 1st. Click here for full press release.
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STATE NEWS

EPA says Central Valley air is cleaner
Central Valley Business Times

• Fourth year to meet “PM-10” standards
• A step in the right direction

The San Joaquin Valley has attained the “PM-10” air quality standard relating to coarse particle pollution, the US Environmental Protection Agency says. Air monitors throughout the eight-county San Joaquin portion of the Central Valley reported no regulatory violations of the PM-10 standard from 2003 through the end of 2006, the EPA says. Read More...

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Near recession for U.S. contraction for California predicted
Central Valley Business Times

NATIONAL NEWS

Employers Attack Health Care Costs and Find Success
New cost saving techniques help employers hold down increases significantly. 
Kiplinger Business Resource Center

Most employers will see health care costs rise about 7% next year, the same as this year.  While that’s far better than the double-digit increases of a few years ago, it’s twice the rate of inflation and taking a bigger and bigger bite out of business budgets and paychecks alike.  Read more...