Features: One Giving Tree, Shopping Locally, Infrastructure: Communications, Healthcare in South County, Downtown Happenings, Gracie’s Christmas Home, Marc Fenichel, Sid Espinosa, George Chiala, Rotary Bridge & Slide, San Martin Chamber of Commerce, Transformational Learning, Ravioli Making, Janeke Jobsis-Brown, Gilroy’s 2040 General Plan, County Roads, Katherine Filice, Lion Ranch Winery, Gilroy 1st Phone Company, Dining with the McKay’s at Milias, Isola Kennedy, SVCT Awards, Holiday Eating, Stress and Loss…and more.
What's Inside this Issue
- 10 One Giving Tree MAKING THE HOLIDAYS A LITTLE BRIGHTER
- 14 Tis the Season BENEFITS OF SHOPPING WHERE YOU LIVE
- 18 Infrastructure: Part Five COMMUNICATIONS: ON AND OFF GRID
- 26 Healthcare in South County THE CHALLENGES & SERVICES
- 42 Making Things Happen COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP IN ACTION
- 48 Downtown Happenings NEW BUSINESSES TAKE CENTER STAGE
- 52 Embracing Beauty CHRISTMAS, GRACIE GARCIA’S WAY
- 56 A Lifetime of Music MEET HARMONICA MAN, MARK FENICHEL
- 60 From Gilroy to Microsoft SID ESPINOZA SHARES HIS STORY
- 72 The George Chiala Legacy COMMUNITY BENEFITS FOR YEARS TO COME
- 90 Rotary Funds for Parks NEW SLIDE AND BRIDGE BUIL
- 96 San Martin Forms Chamber BUSINESS ASSOCIATION SPRINGS TO LIFE
- 102 Building International Relations TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING
- 31 Community Digest AROUND SANTA CLARA VALLEY
- 39 Health Wise OVEREATING DURING THE HOLIDAYS
- 40 Cooking for Fun RAVIOLI, JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
- 55 Authors’ Corner MEET JANEKE JOBSIS-BROWN
- 58 Gilroy City Beat A LOOK AT THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN
- 65 A County Update COUNTRY ROADS THAT TAKE US HOME
- 66 School Days MASTER PLANS & POSITIVE CLIMATES
- 69 The Relationship Dance COPING WITH LOSS DURING HOLIDAYS
- 71 Morgan Hill City Beat A YEAR IN REVIEW — 2016-17
- 78 Artfully Yours LOCAL ARTIST GETS NATIONAL RECOGNITION
- 80 Theater Scene SOUTH VALLEY CIVIC THEATER AWARDS
- 82 The Vine A Q&A WITH KIM ENGELHARDT
- 84 Aging With an Attitude UNDERSTANDING THOSE THAT ARE THERE
- 88 Manners Matter GIVING THANKS DURING THE HOLIDAYS
- 92 Historically Speaking GILROY’S FIRST TELEPHONE COMPANY
- 94 Dining Out With Friends McKAYS JOIN US AT THE MILIAS
- 98 It’s Your Swing GETTING THE RIGHT SET OF CLUBS
- 101 Holiday Stress Relief REMEMBERING THE SIMPLE THINGS
- 104 Then and Now POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST