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East Bay Green Corridor grows, cash pours in
Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by GMS Editor in Berkeley
Carolyn Jones, Chronicle Staff Writer
Saturday, June 27, 2009
The sun is shining on the East Bay’s green business climate these days, as federal stimulus money pours in and more cities and schools join a regional push for green-collar jobs.
“Our region is becoming the Silicon Valley of the green industry,” said Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums’ spokesman, Paul Rose. “We want the East Bay to be a model for our state and for the nation.”
The East Bay Green Corridor, which held its second annual summit on Friday in Oakland, said it has attracted more than $76 million in federal stimulus funds for research, job training, weatherization and other environmentally themed projects.
In addition, seven other public entities have joined the consortium: El Cerrito, San Leandro, Albany, Alameda, Cal State East Bay, Peralta Community Colleges and Contra Costa Community Colleges. They join Berkeley, Oakland, Richmond, Emeryville, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, which formed the East Bay Green Corridor in December 2007.
The purpose of the consortium is for the cities and schools to attract green businesses to the region, develop a solid green-collar workforce, share marketing costs and standardize across the region policies such as solar financing plans and green building standards. It also allows them to avoid duplication of services, such as green job training programs.
