SEPTEMBER 2016
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/CITYDANCE DEBUTS ON CESAR CHAVEZ PLAZA
#DTSJ
On September 1, 2016, Plaza de
César Chávez in the heart of Downtown San
José will be transformed into a festive dance party with a live band, professional Salsa instruction, food trucks and a beer and wine garden. This will be the first of eight Thursday evening events through October 20.
The series was developed by the City of San
José
Office of Cultural Affairs after Mayor Sam Liccardo and District 3 Councilmember Raul Peralez gathered input from downtown employers on their interest in additional social and entertainment opportunities for their workers in the Downtown area. Based on Chicago's long-standing and highly successful SummerDance model, CityDance San
José is designed to provide a fun, engaging after-work experience for downtown workers. The beer and wine garden and the food trucks will offer refreshment for purchase, while the learning, the dancing and the spectating are open to the public and completely free.
Each CityDance event starts when the dance floor opens at 5:30 pm. One hour of dance instruction in that week's genre starts at 6 pm, and open dancing to a live band runs from 7 to 9 pm. The first week's genre is Salsa. In following weeks, the line up includes Country Two Step, Bollywood, Tango and even the Hustle. See the
complete program including genre,the dance instructors and the exciting live, local bands that will accompany the dancing.
For more information, contact
Tina Kapoor, Business Development Officer, OED.
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OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEWS
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/SJECONOMY DASHBOARD LAUNCHED
#SJfacts
How is the San José economy doing? With the release of OED's new online dashboard, you can see for yourself.
Our goal is to provide city leaders, businesses and residents with convenient access to local economic data, for informed discussion and policy-making.
OED will update the dashboard quarterly and publish regular blog posts on economic trends, starting with
this August 2016 snapshot.
The dashboard was developed using volunteer talent from
Code for San Jose, a local Code for America Brigade.
For more information, contact
Michelle Thong, Business Development Officer, OED.
Screenshot of two indicators from the new dashboard
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/ BLAGE ZELALICH NAMED DOWNTOWN MANAGER
#DTSJ
The Office of Economic Development has announced the appointment of Blage Zelalich as Downtown Manager. She was most recently Deputy Director for the San José Downtown Association.
As Downtown Manager, Ms. Zelalich will serve as the City's lead for Downtown management, working with City Departments and Downtown stakeholders. As the steward of the Downtown vision and strategy, she will be coordinating policies and programs that impact Downtown employers, retailers and workforce.
"Blage's leadership and extensive set of positive relationships throughout the Downtown community will help accelerate our collective efforts to realize Downtown's clear potential as a true urban center for the San José metropolitan area." said Kim Walesh, Director of the Office of Economic Development and Deputy City Manager.
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/ GRAND OPENING FOR NEXTFLEX HEADQUARTERS
One year ago, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter came to San
José to help launch a unique manufacturing
The award was for $75 million in federal funding over a five-year period and was matched by more than $96 million in cost sharing from non-federal sources, including the City of San
José, private companies, universities, several U.S. states, and not-for-profit organizations.
The next step - on August 31, NextFlex's national manufacturing hub at 2255 Blach Place, San
José, will be formally opened, with representatives of the City of San José, US congressmembers Zoe Lofgren and Mike Honda, and representatives of the companies and universities that are members of the Manufacturing Innovation Institute.
The event will also provide a showcase for members to demonstrate NextFlex innovations that are transforming powerful, yet traditionally bulky or rigid electronics into formats that bend, stretch, fold, and conform to objects, machines and people - whether a newborn's or a warfighter's body, a vehicle, a building, and so much more.
For more information, contact
Chris Burton, Senior Business Development Manager, OED.
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#NSJ
The City of San José is actively encouraging commercial developers to include street-level, public-facing retail space in their developments, and Samsung's new headquarters in North San J
osé has taken the challenge.
The
Silicon Valley Business Journal reported that the ground floor of Samsung's striking new headquarters will soon be featuring a Peet's coffee shop and a Honey Berry ice cream parlor.
The
Business Journal was impressed that, unlike most other office complexes, the food retailers in the Samsung building are located just steps up from the sidewalk of North First Street, benefiting both employees and the public.
For more information, contact Reena Brilliot, Business Development Officer, OED.
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/ ELECTRONIC PLAN REVIEW SERVICE EXPANDED
As promised in the spring, the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement (PBCE) has expanded its electronic plan review service,
San José Eplans
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Initially only for high-rise projects, the service is now open to any commercial
or industrial project.
"We're excited to offer this time- and resource-saving electronic plan submittal to a greater number of customers," said PBCE Director Harry Freitas.
Instead of bringing multiple sets of plans - sometimes weighing as much as 120 pounds in total - to the Permit Center at San José City Hall, customers who require plan review can submit their documents on digital media. Plan reviewers in the Building Division and Fire Department can open the electronic plans, make their respective comments, and get those comments quickly back to the customers.
Applicants interested in using San José Eplans should contact Marc Garcia,
or call 408-535-7822.
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/ NY-BASED WEWORK OPENS SAN JOSE FACILITY
#DTSJ
Adding to the growing number of co-working, incubator and accelerator f
acilities in San
José
, WeWork opened an extensive multi-floor complex of flexible office spaces, lounges and break areas, serving Downtown's rapidly growing workforce.
"There's a diversity of tech and older companies and public transit is accessible," said Jon Slavet of WeWork.
WeWork held the Grand Opening for its four floors of sleek, flexible and convenient office alternatives on August 2, at Valley Towers, 75 E. Santa Clara Street. The WeWork San
José
website has full details of the spaces available for individuals, teams or entire companies. NBC affiliate
KTNTV covered the opening event, which featured Mayor Sam Liccardo.
For more information, contact
Tina Kapoor
, Business Development Officer, OED.
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/ HISTORIC DISTRICT PROPERTIES CHANGE HANDS
#DTSJ
The
Silicon Valley Business Journal reported the sale of three well-known and historic downtown San
José commercial properties - including the former J.C. Penney building situated at one of the district's best corners - are under new ownership.
New investor to downtown, Westbrook Properties now owns
the Saratoga Capital building at 52-78 E. Santa Clara St., built in 1880; the stately, 1928-built 325 S. First St., home to the Blue Chip lounge; and One North First St., which at one time was home to Penney's.
The Saratoga Capital building at 52-78 E. Santa Clara St. is 31,469 square feet and a gem in San José 's historic building portfolio.
It includes ground-floor retail and second-story office; the former Voodoo Lounge building at 14 S. Second St. was included in the sale.
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MANUFACTURING DAY, OCT. 7 - FIND OUT WHAT'S MADE IN SAN JOSE!/
#BuiltInSanJose
We're only a month away from Manufacturing Day 2016, a national movement meant to inspire the next generation of manufacturers. This year, Manufacturing Day falls on Friday October 7.
The City is working with a number of organizations planning events or tours, so keep an eye on sjeconomy.com for more information. If you are a manufacturer, please consider hosting an event or tour at your facility. You can access free event planning and execution resources created by the national co-producers at MFGDAY.com.
For more information, contact Chris Burton, Senior Business Development Officer, OED.
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ANN & MARK'S ART PARTY RETURNS FOR 7TH YEAR, 9/24- 10/1
#408Creates
Anne & Mark's Art Party transforms the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds into an Alice in Wonderland-themed art and entertainment happening, September 24 through October 1, 2016.
The arts extravaganza started as a private party and evolved into a fixture on the calendar of international arts events, never losing its basic commitment to artists of all types that call Santa Clara Valley their home. From fine art to fire art, the event includes spoken word, dance, cars, live painting, fashion and more.
The opening gala is Saturday, Sept. 24, with gallery viewing days on 9/25, 9/30 and 10/1. The event concludes with a closing bash featuring "Pivot: The Art of Fashion" on Saturday, 10/1.
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/ UA FLIES TO ORD AND EWR FROM SJC!
#MoreConnected
Translation: "United Airlines announces nonstop service between Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) and both Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)." The service will begin March 9, 2017.
United will operate twice-daily service to Chicago and one daily flight to Newark using Boeing 737-800 aircraft equipped with United Wi-Fi and inflight entertainment options. The two-cabin aircraft offers 166 seats including 16 in United First, 96 in United Economy and 54 extra-legroom Economy Plus seats.
The United flights increase travelers' choices from SJC: American Airlines offers three daily flights to Chicago O'Hare; Southwest Airlines has daily service to Chicago Midway; JetBlue flies once a day from SJC to JFK; and Alaska Airlines will launch daily service to Newark in March, 2017.
For more information, contact Joe Hedges, International Program Manager, OED.
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#WHYSJ
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In July 2016, San Jose's labor force grew to 559,600, up 2.3% from last year.
Source: California EDD.
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