🌱 Patch AM: How will Gilroy’s new data center moratorium affect future development?

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In today's newsletter:

• How will Gilroy's new data center moratorium affect future development?
• Why activists say Gilroy's ICE facility pause is a major victory

Also on today's calendar: Root, Ripen & Release: Monthly Workshop with Sandy and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: When geese fly, one side is longer than the other. do you know why that is ? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, with a high of 79 and low of 53 degrees.
• Friday: Areas of low clouds, then sun, temps: high: 87, low: 54. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 84 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Gilroy City Council adopts moratorium on new data centers (gilroydispatch.com) — Gilroy City Council has imposed an immediate 45-day citywide moratorium on new data center applications while officials craft stricter zoning and environmental standards, leaving Amazon's already-approved Camino Arroyo project unaffected. During the pause, residents will have chances to weigh in on issues like water use, noise, power demand, and generator emissions before any future data centers are considered.
   

• Community celebrates court-ordered pause on construction of Gilroy ICE facility with rally, march (fightbacknews.org) — Gilroy residents recently gathered at San Ysidro Park to celebrate a court-ordered pause on construction of a planned ICE detention center in the city. Local and regional immigrant-rights organizers framed the injunction as a significant, though preliminary, victory and vowed to keep mobilizing in Gilroy while the broader legal challenge over the facility continues.
   

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Saturday September 19
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Friday September 18
• Root, Ripen & Release: Monthly Workshop with Sandy →
  Heart Space, 8060 Santa Teresa Blvd Suite 130, Gilroy
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• Heart Space Healing Sound Bath →
  Heart Space, 8060 Santa Teresa Blvd Suite 130, Gilroy
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Saturday September 19
• Festival Cultural →
  The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7999 Miller Avenue, Gilroy
• Anime Fan & Fitness Festival →
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• Anime Fan and Fitness Festival Fandom Anime Quest →
  Christmas Hill Park, 7050 Miller Avenue, Gilroy
• Anime Fan and Fitness Festival →
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• Garlic City Car Show & Harvest Festival →
  3050 Hecker Pass Highway, Gilroy
• South Bay Polo Fall Academy →
  South Bay Polo Club, 1290 Masten Ave, Gilroy
  9:30 am
Sunday September 20
• Table 4 Tonight: Gilroy | Dinner with New Friends small town edition →
  Restaurant of the Week, 1st Street, Gilroy
• Yoga Flow with Jessica →
  Heart Space, 8060 Santa Teresa Blvd Suite 130, Gilroy
  8:00 am
• Gilroy Farmer's Market →
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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• The first annual Tomato Tasting and Pasta Farm to table dinner was an excellent event.
  The Red Miller Barn Association raised 1.2 million dollars to restore this barn. The historic division at the county said it was one of the best… (Nextdoor Upper Mantelli)
• Has any body seen a white husky and Australian shepherd running down the neighborhood?
  We apparently are having trouble with our automatic gate and it was cracked open. (Nextdoor Miller Avenue South)

• Reach Medical Holdings posted a job opening for Aircraft Maintenance Technician - RW in Gilroy. Apply here.
• Walmart posted a job opening for Janitorial Associate in Gilroy. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Gilroy here.

🗞 Nearby News

Morgan Hill

• Heron Power's Solid-State Transformer Backlog Rests on Two Named Customers (energynews.biz)
• County, local officials celebrate ruling that halts ICE construction in Gilroy (morganhilltimes.com)
• DYCM bets on integrated US solar manufacturing as demand and policy shift (pv-tech.org)

San Juan Bautista

• DAILY DIGEST, 9/16: CA to spend billions on 'visionary' plan to boost fish habitat; New DWR director discusses water resiliency plans; How much water and power do data centers really use?; SoCal: Reth (mavensnotebook.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: because there are more geese on that side (Thank you jo L. for sending it in!)
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