-June 28,2023-
Visalia may add 6 acres to Corp Yard
The City of Visalia is negotiating to buy nearly 6 acres on the east side of Ben Maddox – the current home of Visalia Lumber Co.The City would add to their multi-parcel corporation yard that extends south of Goshen Ave. The matter is listed on the city council closed door discussions this week
Tulare/ Visalia may get new hotels
New hotels are in the offing for both Tulare and Visalia according to public reports. In Tulare, a five-story138 room Hilton Garden Inn is being proposed on M St next to the Tulare Bethel Church on the east side of Highway 99.
In Visalia, a plan to build a four-story Marriott hotel on Cypress near Akers is being submitted that would increase the number of hotels on this block to three. The hotel would have 101 rooms.
Santa Fe Roundabout draws fast food project
The Visalia City Planning Commission will meet June 26, 2023 to hear requests to build two new projects.One is a request by Andrew Goodwin Designs to construct a 1,597 square foot commercial building with a drive-thru lane for the Lady’s Chicken and Rice quick serve restaurant located on the southeast corner of the East Houston Avenue and North Santa Fe Street roundabout. The eatery currently operates out of a food truck near Goshen offering their spicy Laotian dishes.
Downtown Visalia movie theater to be renovated for Golf Simulator Club
The second project to be heard by the Planning Commission on June 26 is a request by Supreme Construction, Inc. to convert the former Main Street Theater into an indoor virtual golf club with seven virtual golf simulator rooms, lobby, seating area, and full-service bar and dining area. The property is at 307 East Main Street and has been vacant since the Enchanted Playhouse group moved out in 2019.
Jobless rate climbs in Tulare County
The unemployment rate in Tulare County was 10.0 percent in May 2023, up from a revised 9.8 percent in April 2023, and above the year-ago estimate of 7.0 percent. This compares with an unadjusted unemployment rate of 4.5 percent for California and 3.4 percent for the nation during the same period.
Tulare County’s jobless rates climbed in part due to increased unemployment in agriculture with 600 fewer jobs year over year. Non-farm jobs were up almost 4000 year over year but that was less than the increase in the county’s labor force – up about 6000 in the year.
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