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- 11/24/05 – San
Francisco Examiner
Christmas
Shoppers, Start Your Engines
Local retailers hope for a successful Black Friday. SFCED Executive
Director Dennis Conaghan comments on factors that will affect the success
of the nation’s biggest shopping day of the year.
- 10/26/05 - ABC7
KGO - TV
Companies
Leaving California Have Little Impact
In recent years, growing numbers of businesses have fled California
in search of less costly places to do business. However, a new study
by the Public Policy Institute of California says the impact was negligible.
SFCED's Executive Director Dennis Conaghan explains how companies' relocation
decisions are high priority concerns.
- 10/26/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Bring
Bus Rapid Transit
SFCED's Executive Director Dennis Conaghan supports new transportation
plans and proposes developing a BRT network.
- 09/11/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Company
Perks Alive and Well
While the most extravagant perks stopped when the dot-com era came to
an end, some companies chose to continue with the programs valued by
their employees. SFCED suggests the reasons for this trend in current
businesses.
- 08/15/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Mission
Street Sees Condo Boom
The area around the Transbay Terminal is hopping to life while plans
to renovate the station into a major regional transportation hub are
moving slowly. SFCED comments on the progressing events.
- 07/27/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Downtown
Losing Dominance in Region's Job Growth
San Francisco's job growth lagged behind the Bay Area from 1985 to 2000
as only one-third of the new downtown jobs anticipated in 1985 materialized
in the city. SFCED's Todd Ewing comments on the importance of this study's
findings.
- 05/29/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Close
Watch on Stem Cell Institute's Real Estate Effects
San Francisco's job growth lagged behind the Bay Area from 1985 to 2000
as only one-third of the new downtown jobs anticipated in 1985 materialized
in the city. SFCED's Todd Ewing comments on the importance of this study's
findings.
- 05/15/05 - San
Francisco Chronicle
Will
SF's Job Plan Be Big Box Office?
San Francisco is now not only recognized for its great tourism industry,
but rather the city's appeal comes through new innovation, investment,
and research. Particularly, the bid to become the HQ for stem cell research
has increased the city's visibility. SFCED Executive Director Dennis
Conaghan comments.
- 05/10/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
City
Comes Up Short In Promoting Tourism
Tourism is a major part of San Francisco's identity that generates billions
of dollars per year, but yet, it is an industry still overlooked. SFCED
Executive Director Dennis Conaghan explains this development.
- 05/08/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
Bay
to Breakers Aids SF Economy
San Francisco restaurants and bars can expect to win big during the
annual Bay to Breakers weekend. Last year's study, conducted for Bay
to Breakers, found that transportation, retail and lodging in San Francisco
also received a major boost during the one-of-a-kind footrace and its
associated events. SFCED comments on the events affects.
- 05/06/05 - Contra
Costa Times
S.F.
Awaits Stem Cell Panel's Vote: Decision Looms Large in Mission Bay.
No biotech firms wanted to commit to Mission Bay in San Francisco. They
were held back by pricing, parking, perception and payroll tax. SFCED
Managing Director Todd Ewing agrees that these "P's" prevented some
biotech firms from making a commitment at first.
- 05/06/05 - San
Francisco Examiner
State
Agency's HQ will be at Center of Growing Field
The California Institute
for Regenerative Medicine named San Francisco the winner at its board
meeting. SFCED comments on how this decision makes a positive statement
for San Francisco.
- 04/12/05 - San
Francisco Business Times
SF
Scores Highest in Race for Stem Cell HQ
San Francisco outscored all other cities competing for the headquarters
of California's stem-cell headquarters. SFCED Managing Director Todd
Ewing comments on San Francisco's strength in the premiere categories
to out-compete the cities.
- 04/03/05 - The
Examiner
Firms
tie up large office spaces
The largest companies are facing a tougher time finding new locations
in San Francisco.The market has tightened as many big players have moved
to secure their home base.
- 03/22/05
- San Francisco Chronicle
Joint
partnership working hard on corralling new jobs for S.F.
There's a
lot of ground to make up since San Francisco lost more than 60,000 jobs
during the 2000-2001 dot-com bust. But in the past year, a public-private
partnership endeavoring to bring employment to the city has helped secure
about 2,500 jobs, with a goal of attracting 16,000 new jobs by the end
of 2008.
- 03/22/05 - The
Examiner
Business
group sets goal of 16,500 jobs by 2008
The San Francisco Center for Economic Development celebrated Monday
its recent success in attracting new business to The City and announced
its ambitious plans for 2005
- 03/13/05 - San
Francisco Chronicle
Bay
Area's economy bruised but still strong
- 03/05/05
- San Francisco Chronicle
Another
biotech arrival
Sirna Therapeutics moving to S.F.'s Mission Bay area
A second biotechnology
firm is moving to San Francisco's Mission Bay area, lured by a city
tax break and Mayor Gavin Newsom's campaign to persuade biotech businesses
to locate in the city where the industry was born.
- 02/18/05 - San
Francisco Business Times
S.F.
seeks leading role in film industry
Film productions are tiptoeing back into San Francisco
after a long drought, but filmmakers and a new study says the city has
to do a lot more if it wants to regain its former starring role.
- 02/08/05 - ABC
7 KGO-TV/DT
San
Francisco's Lost Film Money
San Francisco
is arguably one of the world's most beautiful cities, place where tourists
flock. But a place many film makers are no longer attracted to. In Assignment
7, ABC's MONEYScope reporter David Louie looks at the millions of dollars
and thousands of job lost and efforts to turn the situation around.
- 02/18/05 - San
Francisco Business Times
S.F.
experiments with offer for stem-cell HQ
Leaders of
new institute ready to see what cities put on the table
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