"We also very much hope our valley's historic major employers return to their pre-pandemic employment levels as the economy improves." While the hospital's employment levels have remained somewhat constant from last year to present, other industries have suffered, including Santa Clarita-based Princess Cruises, as well as Six Flags Magic Mountain, whose operations spent more than a year halted. Six Flags has since been given the green light to reopen, allowing the park to make strides toward rehiring furloughed employees, and while Princess Cruises lost nearly 800 employees, the company recently announced it would be hiring for approximately 200 positions, as the company prepares to return to the seas this summer. "Despite the significant impacts of the COVID shutdown orders, other companies grew during COVID and expanded in or relocated to the Santa Clarita Valley," said Holly Schroeder, CEO and president of the SCVEDC.