Economic Development Presentations and Reports

Economic Conditions

• Current Economic Conditions (PDF). Presented by Michael Caplan to Council, Berkeley, February 10, 2009.
  Economic Development Update (PDF), Presented by Michael Caplan to Council, Berkeley, October 21, 2008.
• Economic Development Update (PDF), Report to Council, March 17, 2008.
  

West Berkeley

• West Berkeley Enterprise Zone Seminar (PDF), Presented at the Berkeley Bowl West Community Room, on March 24, 2010

• Need to Improve Location and Retention of Technology Start Ups in Berkeley (PDF), Report to Planning Commission, October 28, 2009.

• Overview of West Berkeley Economy: Opportunities and Challenges (PDF), Presented by Michael Caplan to Planning Commission, June 1, 2009.
• West Berkeley Employment and Development Trends (PDF), Report to Planning Commission, June 4, 2008.

East Bay Green Corridor

• The Green Corridor: Leveraging Berkeley’s Regional Strengths (PDF). Presented by Michael Caplan at the Good Jobs/Green Jobs Conference, Washington, DC, February, 4, 2009.

• The Green Corridor: Leveraging Berkeley's Regional Strengths (PDF) Presented by Michael Capland and Michael Cohen at the California Town-Gown Conference, San Luis Obispo, CA, October 10, 2008.

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