A little city to the northeast? We can manage that.
The modern Bay Area was built on bold infrastructure projects: the bridges across the Bay and the Golden Gate, SFO and BART are all proof of that.
But the backers, it turns out, are people who got rich in tech: venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Michael Moritz, philanthropist Laurene Jobs Powell and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among the group. There’s another way to look at the Flannery plan, though, which is that a new city close by would add to the region’s housing stock and economic activity. The City would also ultimately benefit from having another 200,000 people close enough to eat at its restaurants, visit its museums and perhaps even commute to its offices.
Ex // Top Stories U.N. Plaza farmers market move faces community pushback Pilot program taking its place will last longer than first announced, upsetting farmers and nearby residents Ferry service could work its way up the Carquinez Strait, or there might even be an additional bridge involved. But the group is wealthy: I still remember Moritz’s excitement 25 years ago at an event where he announced he was backing a startup with a funny name, Google, and, well, let’s just say that investment worked out for him.
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