By Emily Alvarenga, Signal Staff Writer
After a year of turmoil for many businesses in the Santa Clarita Valley, the SCV Economic Development Corp. released its list of the area’s largest employers.
At the top of this year’s list is Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital, which, after a yearlong pandemic, comes as no surprise, with the hospital moving from No. 5 to No. 1 on the list.
“As a medical center for the Santa Clarita Valley, we are pleased to play such a significant regional economic role, and we are tremendously proud of how our nearly 2,000 employees have worked so heroically during the past year,” hospital spokesman Patrick Moody said. “We also very much hope our valley’s historic major employers return to their pre-pandemic employment levels as the economy improves.”
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Construction and planning continue for development projects around Maricopa.
A permit was issued for commercial electrical work at 41535 W. Shea Way, Building A, to activate a fiber-optic internet, video and phone service feed replat of lots 18 and 19 at the Maricopa Power Center at Oasis at the Wells.
New conduit, pole bases and light poles will be installed for sidewalk lighting from Hogenes Boulevard and North Orchid Avenue north to West Rainbow Drive. The $100,000 project will be done by Maricopa Electric LLC.
A car storage facility will be constructed at APEX Motor Club, 22408 N. Ralston Road, Building 100, for $378,000 by Hensler LLC. A temporary meter will also be installed so Electrical District No. 3 can provide power. The land is owned by Apex Land Co.