Matt Artz has a good blog post about the meeting at Warm Springs tonight. He basically says that the consultants are recommending they develop the area as I’d suggested, not what Anu nor Mayor Wasserman had in mind. Matt’s sense of humor isn’t lacking here.
Matt Artz’ blog post about Warm Springs
I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to this meeting.
This is great news for Fremont!!
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2023511120100520?type=marketsNews
I just posted a position paper on the future of the NUMMI site. The conclusion is below. The full text can be found here.
NUMMI provided Fremont and the surrounding area with several thousand manufacturing jobs. We need to focus our efforts on replenishing these manufacturing jobs.
I gave a speech on May 1st about NUMMI and the possibility of bringing green jobs to Fremont. The event was called “NUMMI 2010: A Tribute” and was held at the Clean Tech Institute in Fremont. The event brought together NUMMI workers and a number of representatives from the green technology sector. It was noticeable that there were no representatives from the City of Fremont at this event.
The full text of my speech, which I figure is good enough for a position paper on the subject, can be found here.
At the City Council meeting on Tuesday, April 13 a number of people made comments that were critical of the City’s handling of the NUMMI closure. Matt Artz posted on his blog that it was “Bacon Vs. the Council“. The discussion is pretty interesting. With the exception of a couple of people, the sentiment in the comments is well behind me. First, people are correct to point out that the Council is saying I said “The City did nothing to save NUMMI” when that’s not what I said. Secondly, people are noting that Council didn’t do much to save NUMMI, nor did they do a good job deciding what should be done next.
Just for the record, here is the full text of what I said: