This came across my email today:
QuoteThere's a general sense in Oakland we are rooting for each other, says Seth, which sparked applause from California Capital & Investment Group prez and CEO Phil Tagami (cheers from the crowd ensued). The collaboration that exists in Oakland is born out of necessity, Phil says, because there are always so few of us. Nothing significant gets done with one person's effort, he says, and any project worth mentioning can take hundreds of city and port employees and state officials. (It takes a village to make a city.) Oakland is willing to welcome and embrace having more people, and in order to cross pollinate ideas and get projects off the ground, the city freely shares information. He admits he'd rather hear from voices around the room than himself, because he wants to know what Oakland needs
Thought it was interesting.
Sure it does.
This may not be the forum but I have always wanted to ask what it would take to bring fundrise to Jax. Do Lake or Field have any insight, since those guys were Vanguard Scholars as well?
Quote from: simms3 on May 07, 2014, 07:21:42 PM
This came across my email today:
QuoteThere's a general sense in Oakland we are rooting for each other, says Seth, which sparked applause from California Capital & Investment Group prez and CEO Phil Tagami (cheers from the crowd ensued). The collaboration that exists in Oakland is born out of necessity, Phil says, because there are always so few of us. Nothing significant gets done with one person's effort, he says, and any project worth mentioning can take hundreds of city and port employees and state officials. (It takes a village to make a city.) Oakland is willing to welcome and embrace having more people, and in order to cross pollinate ideas and get projects off the ground, the city freely shares information. He admits he'd rather hear from voices around the room than himself, because he wants to know what Oakland needs
Thought it was interesting.
Quite interesting I think too. Is there more to the article? Would enjoy reading the rest.
No it was a Bisnow recap, so mainly just quotes by people. I can pull more in a sec...
Quote from: ProjectMaximus on May 07, 2014, 07:39:18 PM
Sure it does.
This may not be the forum but I have always wanted to ask what it would take to bring fundrise to Jax. Do Lake or Field have any insight, since those guys were Vanguard Scholars as well?
I know the guy that started Fundrise. He was in my 2013 Next City Vanguard class. I met up with him and a few others in DC a few months ago for drinks. I'll be back up in DC in July.
Another quote, as promised:
QuoteOakland is on fire right now for a basic and intuitive reason: In the past 10 years the Bay Area's center of gravity and VC dollars have shifted north and somewhat eastward, says Mission Bay Development managing principal Seth Hamalian. There's no better city to capture that activity and job growth than Oakland, he says. Natives and longtime residents like himself have a strong sense of Oakland pride, and real estate people sense something special that's not always acknowledged. When the MLB evaluated ballpark options for the A's and found no viable sites in Oakland, a band of volunteers joined Seth to come up with a professional presentation to show there are, in fact, multiple options. That shows this town can rally very quickly to protect what's its own, he says.