Welcome to Thrive! Morgan Hill!




Thrive! Morgan Hill is a local group of residents who are engaged with issues that affect the quality of life in our community. Our mission is to work constructively with the wide array of Morgan Hill community interests to find solutions to some of the challenges facing our city. We favor options that balance the community, economy, and environment.


We are currently focusing on...

Downtown Morgan Hill Redevelopment

On April 21, the City Council voted to select Barry Swenson Builder (BSB) as the Redevelopment Agency’s business partner to revitalize two blocks on Monterey Street in Downtown Morgan Hill. 

BSB has held two Community Engagement meetings on June 30 and July 8, 2010, to get the public’s input on architectural style preferences and what types of stores they would like. The next community meeting... 

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High Speed Rail

The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) is officially studying two alignments for the Morgan Hill area: one on the east side of Highway 101 and one on the west side following the UP Railroad tracks (see sidebar for maps of these alignments). Both alignments call for aerial structures through most of our city. The aerial structures are to be approximately 30 feet in height with a clearance of between 17 and 22 feet. The trains are expected to run roughly 20 times per hour at the top speed of 220 mph. At present, the CHSRA has not yet provided the public with data on the negative impacts (noise, vibration, debris, visual impact) the proposed speed and schedule would entail in Morgan Hill...

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Planned Development of the Southeast Quadrant

The City Council is currently planning development on some of the remaining prime farmland in our Southeast Quadrant (Tennant Ave east of the hwy 101 to Maple Ave). Development on these lands runs counter to sound growth policies and responsible fiscal management of our tax dollars. 


There is plenty of vacant and underutilized land within our city limits to accommodate future growth for decades to come, according to an Industrial Land Market Study commissioned by the City Council and completed in December 2006. Development on these lands will cause unnecessary sprawl and put an additional burden on stressed city services...


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