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By Edward Smith
GV Wire – May 7, 2026
The environmental plan behind what would be Fresno’s newest Costco got its first approval Wednesday, with revisions made to lessen the impact on nearby traffic. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – May 7, 2026
On Wednesday, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer at his State of the City event, lauded construction projects throughout the city, saying the building he promised in 2025 is well underway. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – May 1, 2026
The bid to build a new Costco in northwest Fresno returns to the approval pipeline this month. And, this time, planners in Mayor Jerry Dyer’s administration say the proposal will satisfy the traffic concerns of environmental groups, according to city documents. …
By Erik Galicia
The Fresno Bee – April 29, 2026
A new analytical report prepared for state lawmakers has raised concerns that the California High-Speed Rail Authority omitted details about its intent to relocate its future Central Valley stations from the draft of its latest business plan, a document meant to help legislators make decisions about the project. …
By David Taub
GV Wire – April 9, 2026
A Fresno judge dealt an environmental group a blow in its attempt to block a Highway 99 project. …
By Ben Hensley
The Business Journal – April 8, 2026
A new economic impact study finds that Valley Children’s Healthcare is not only a critical provider of pediatric care in the Central Valley, but also a major economic engine supporting thousands of jobs and more than $1 billion in annual activity. …
By Richard Berger
Globe St. – April 1, 2026
Fresno is the top hotspot for Generation Z to settle down and buy a home, thanks to the favorable economic conditions the area hosts, according to a report from Yardi's RentCafe. …
By Melissa Montalvo
The Fresno Bee – February 21, 2026
Despite a setback to a planned mega development in southeast Fresno, Mayor Jerry Dyer is committed to seeing it come to fruition. …
By Ethan Smith
The Business Journal – November 18, 2025
Coast Aluminum, Inc, a Hayward-based aluminum supplier, will break ground on a 163,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Fresno, marking a major expansion for the longtime metals supplier and helping secure its future workforce in the region. …
By Clint Olivier
The Fresno Bee – October 23, 2025
Ask a Fresno business owner why it’s so hard to grow here, and you’ll hear a familiar answer: It takes too long and costs too much to get projects off the ground. A big part of the problem is California’s broken environmental review system. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – September 22, 2025
When experts talk about how manufacturers can best bring their businesses to Fresno, the need for faster approval times is a common thread. …
By Dylan Gonzales
The Business Journal – July 30, 2025
Scannell Properties, a national developer, broke ground Wednesday morning on the $100 million Westgate Industrial Center, a landmark that local leaders say shows Fresno’s readiness for large-scale industrial growth. …
By Ethan Smith
The Business Journal – May 29, 2025
A major industrial project in southeast Fresno has overcome a legal roadblock to construction, combatting an environmental suit designed to prevent the project from proceeding. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – December 5, 2024
The Fresno City Council on Thursday rejected a $1 million plan five years in the making that would have determined land use in south central Fresno. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – November 22, 2024
Despite neither community advocates nor business interests supporting a plan dictating land use in south Fresno, a top city official pressured planning commissioners Thursday to send the document to the city council. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – July 16, 2024
For a university of renown, a new study from Fresno State comes with questionable conclusions. …
By Daniel Gligich
The San Joaquin Valley Sun – April 7, 2024
A major industrial project in southeast Fresno has overcome a legal roadblock to construction, combatting an environmental suit designed to prevent the project from proceeding. …
By Eva Moskowitz
The Wall Street Journal – October 27, 2023
America’s business community directs most of its political efforts at the national level, which it perceives to be the most relevant to its interests. But in many cities, particularly in the Northeast, local government leads the charge to regulate business, particularly with respect to employment. …
By Daniel Gligich
The San Joaquin Valley Sun – August 1, 2023
A new study revealed that a small area in south Fresno is responsible for more than $100 million in the city’s tax revenue. …
By Staff
The Business Journal – August 1, 2023
A small patch of land in Fresno plays an outsized role in the local economy — to the tune of $102.7 million in tax revenue and $13 billion in economic output. …
By Edward Smith
GV Wire – July 31, 2023
As a potential fight brews over the future of land use in south central Fresno, one economic study shows that while the area only makes up 7.5% of Fresno acreage, it generates 35% of the city’s economic output. …
By Ethan Smith
The Fresno Bee – July 29, 2023
Once again, this year was one for the history books as the City of Fresno approved a whopping $1.87 billion budget and a nearly $480 million general fund for the 2023-24 fiscal year. …
By Tad Weber
The Fresno Bee, July 14, 2023
Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama was at a community event when a man came up to chat.
“We have got to do something about this crime problem,” the man told the chief. Balderrama had a ready answer. …
By GV Wire Staff
GV Wire – July 14, 2023
A proposed relocation of the northwest Fresno Costco is bigger than originally proposed. In fact, it will have the largest footprint among all Costcos in the United States. …
By Amy Fuentes and Clint Olivier
The Fresno Bee – January 19, 2023
Despite high inflation and economic uncertainty gripping the nation, there are signs of optimism close to home. In fact, the city of Fresno is on the rise. That’s the takeaway from a recent report by the American Growth Project that examined the economies of the 50 largest cities in the United States. …
By Lee Ann Eager
The Fresno Bee – July 30, 2022
Finally, some good news. While record high gas prices, skyrocketing inflation, and another year of drought are having a severe impact on our community — hitting working families especially hard — there is a bright spot buried in, of all places, the Fresno city budget, which includes massive increases in sales tax revenue, thanks to Amazon and Ulta. …