MBEP IN THE NEWS 2026 2025 2024 2023 2026 9/22/26: Lookout Santa Cruz: Summit on economic opportunities for local arts 9/19/26: Monterey Herald: Monterey Bay Economic Partnership’s AI summit calls for local action 9/17/26: Pajaronian: Watsonville and the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership will host an Arts Summit 9/17/26: Times Publishing Group: AI Disruption Expected to Unfold Gradually, Economist Says 9/15/26: Monterey conference airs concerns over artificial intelligence 9/15/26: Lookout Santa Cruz highlights Women in AAM Report 9/11/26: Monterey County NOW: The dangers and opportunities of AI are pondered at a forum. 9/7/26: eVTOL Insights Publishes 2026 edition of its Women in AAM Special Report 9/4/26: Area Development: Building an Airport Network Before the Aircraft Arrive 7/30/26: Monterey Herald: Monterey Bay’s next harvest isn’t in the fields. It’s in the data. 6/26/26: Housing Trust: Housing Is Economic Infrastructure 6/23/26: Tahoe Daily Tribune: Tahoe electric transportation event to feature electric flying car 5/28/26: Hoodline: Sleepy Hollister Airfield Becomes Ground Zero for California’s Flying Taxi Future 5/28/26: Costar: California farm town becomes testing ground for flying cars, air taxis 5/6/26: Lookout Santa Cruz: 2026 Regional Economic Outlook to be held on May 15th 4/28/26: Monterey Herald: Let’s talk plainly about Advanced Air Mobility 4/22/26: Monterey Herald: MBEP CEO Goraya Testifies in Support of AB2017 for Two Muslim Holidays 4/22/26: MSN: Monterey LIFT Summit showcases next generation of aviation 3/30/26: Monterey LIFT Summit showcases next generation of aviation 3/18/26: Monterey Bay Economic Partnership secures millions for agtech innovation 3/12/26: New California Bill will Recognize Eid as an Official State Holiday 3/7/26: MBEP awarded 464K grant for for broadband access in tri-county region 3/6/26: Guest Column | When Women Exit the Workforce, the Economy Pays the Price 3/4/26: Air taxi manufacturers and others in the industry are bullish on 2026. 3/2/26: Regional grant helps expand broadband access in San Benito County 2/28/26: MBEP Commemorates Black History Month 2/27/26: California greenlights $3.29M in CASF Broadband Adoption Account grants 2/22/26: New Workshops Open Pathways to Public Art for Santa Barbara County Artists 2/22/26: Monterey Bay Economic Partnership CEO named to California Forward Board 2/21/26: Rep. Panetta hosts roundtable in Monterey on economic impacts of possible offshore drilling 2025 12/29/25: Santa Cruz Works: 2025 Unwrapped 12/16/25: Monterey Herald: Monterey Bay Economic Partnership named 2025 Neighborhood Builder by Bank of America 12/16/25: Santa Cruz Sentinel: MBEP named 2025 Neighborhood Builder by Bank of America 2024 6/26/26: Housing Is Economic Infrastructure: How the Monterey Bay Region Is Building a Stronger Future 6/23/26: Tahoe electric transportation event to feature electric flying car 5/28/26: California farm town becomes testing ground for flying cars, air taxis 2023 6/26/26: Housing Is Economic Infrastructure: How the Monterey Bay Region Is Building a Stronger Future 6/23/26: Tahoe electric transportation event to feature electric flying car 5/28/26: California farm town becomes testing ground for flying cars, air taxis
