The North end of the Price Corridor is close to ASU. How does ASU come
into play?
Chandler has libraries. Why is this important?
The Price Road Corridor runs along the 101 and extends South past the
South 202. Lots of infrastructure. I do not know the cost of office
space, however it is probably not cheap and currently oriented towards
the very large company. I understand the Council is looking at how to
accommodate smaller companies.
What about an environment that fosters startups? What would be required?
Is public transportation all that necessary? If so why?
Housing is affordable and the neighbourhoods are nice.
On 2015-12-01 12:40, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
close by a lot of facilities, restaurants and such that tech people
like and/or demand, public transport, library, university, and loads
of office space. I have a nice office here for very cheap.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Keith Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
Why downtown? And why only downtown?
On 2015-12-01 12:07, Joshua Zeidner wrote:
there's been a long history of this in phoenix. they've tried to
grow
a 'tech scene' here but it never seems to stick to the wall. I know
a
bit about the various groups that attempted to form(Gangplank,
INGITE,
Refresh, etc.) and why they failed. There was also a tech incubator
about 10 years ago or so that was a huge failure. Also google tried
to
build a presence and failed.
the only area i can see this happening for real is downtown.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Keith Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I'm doing research on government subsidising tech companies to
entice them to move into a community. In this case I'm wondering
about the Chandler Price Road Corridor. I know someone on the list
must work in that area.
I discovered the Chandler Price Road Corridor existed a couple
months ago. Normally I would not be a fan of government spending
millions a year for multiple years to build a business environment.
In this case I am intrigued and am wondering if this is a case
where
local government can create a sustainable high tech business
environment.
I am wondering what ingredients will cause this environment to
survive after the initial contract period.
Some of my thoughts are housing, shopping, entertainment, and a
workforce that can be brought together to do things like build
chips
at Intel.
Does ASU aid this? What about skills learned at the Maricopa
Community College network of colleges?
At present the City of Chandler is only working with large
companies like eBay, Wells Fargo... etc. The City Council is
looking at this and may modify this requirement so smaller
companies
can build and occupy within this corridor.
One thing I have not read about is venture capital. Given the cost
of doing business in Silicon Valley, I would think a tech rich
environment might pull some from Silicon Valley.
What about Chandler Gang Plank? Could this come into play?
Please help me discover what I should be looking at and how to look
at it.
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
Keith
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