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HEMP INC. HUGE FARM WILL REPLACE GILROY GAITS EQUESTRIAN FACILITY ON FRAZIER LAKE ROAD Erik Chalhoub Business Editor
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Robert Eliason
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors approved a proposal July 23 that will transform a former turkey farm and equestrian facility into a hemp processor. San Jose-based Pacific Bay Capital Group plans to construct a 275,000-square-foot San Benito Hemp Campus at 7800 Frazier Lake Road in Hollister on property owned by the Kevin Chambers Living Trust of Menlo Park. The 75-acre site is currently home to Gilroy Gaits, which offers various equestrian facilities, as well as personal storage for the owner. Located south of the Frazier Lake Airpark, the facility was originally constructed in 1988 as a turkey egg-raising farm. According to a report by county principal planner Taven M. Kinison Brown, the hemp campus would be home to facilities for hemp cultivation and hemp-derivative
LOOK INTO THE PAST Elijah Betencourt, 10, is awestruck by the interior of a 1936 Chevy at the annual Hollister car and street festival July 20.
Cars attract kids 33RD ANNUAL CAR AND STREET FEST CONTINUES TO DRAW BIG CROWD
Robert Eliason
Corvettes, ’50s classic Chevys and Fords, Barracudas and other big-fendered, big-engined cars joined Buick, Dodge and Ford cars from the 1920s and ‘30s on San Benito Street in Hollister July 20 in the 33rd Annual Street Festival and Car Show, presented by the Hollister Downtown Association. More than 200 old cars sparkled in the summer sun, and kids of all ages couldn’t get enough of the colors and chrome. The free event also featured two stages of live music, raffle prizes, new car displays, bargains galore from local merchants and restaurants, and the traditional free watermelon.
LITTLE MODEL Natalia Reyes shows off her traditional outfit, adding reflections for the shiny 1923 Model T at Hollister’s car show and street fair.
FCC grant will add fast internet SOUTHERN CALIF. FIRM TO ADD HIGH-SPEED WEB Staff Report
High-speed internet is on its way to sections of San Benito County that currently cannot access fast broadband connections. The Federal Communications Commission announced July 18 that it
had awarded nearly $83 million in funding for new rural broadband services in California. All of the first round of funding in California was awarded to GeoLinks, a Southern California company, which is given 10 years to provide highspeed internet connections of at least 100 Mbps in nearly 11,000 locations, following a competitive
auction. The California list includes $1,504,536 to assist in the development of high-speed internet services in the Hollister area, according to the FCC. The goal is to provide broadband services to “unserved rural California homes and businesses, stemming from last year’s successful Connect America Fund Phase II auction,” the FCC said in a
statement. Providers are to begin receiving funding this month. Nationwide, the auction last fall allocated $1.488 billion in support to expand broadband to more than 700,000 unserved rural homes and small businesses over the next 10 years. The FCC has already authorized two waves of funding in May and June, and funds
from those first two waves are expanding connectivity to nearly 100,000 homes and businesses that lack service. The July 18 action, which provides funding in 23 states, brings total authorized funding to nearly $803 million, or over half of the $1.488 billion allocated through the ➝ Internet, 2
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