The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every part of our daily routines, leaving most of our community questioning what their “new normal” will look like once Shelter-in-Place restrictions lift in Alameda County. While we await the chance to engage in a larger variety of social activities, we know that Fremont-based small businesses are hard at work […]
Fremont’s General Plan, a long-range planning document adopted in 2011, outlines a vision to make the city more strategically urban. Appropriately, much of today’s planning conversations focus on “all things urban.” As the second largest city in the Bay Area (90 square miles!), Fremont has made great strides in accomplishing this goal. Over the years, […]
Last week, the City of Fremont and autonomous technology company Pony.ai launched a pilot program offering rides to and from the Fremont Amtrak/ACE Station and City Hall as well as the City of Fremont Development Services Center for a group of City employees via Pony.ai’s shared, on-demand, autonomous last-mile service. This public-private partnership is one […]
The California Main Street Alliance (CAMSA) is part of Main Street America, a national coalition of individuals and organizations united by a commitment to preserving and enhancing the built environment, celebrating local history and culture, and creating local economic opportunity through the National Main Street framework. The transformative national movement has been around for 40 years! […]
Get ready to roll! The City of Fremont has launched a bike share system in partnership with HOPR, a national micromobility operator. The new program offers a convenient option for Fremont residents, workers, and visitors to get around. It will now be even easier to bridge the last-mile gap between work, home, and public transportation. […]
Main streets and downtown areas play vital roles in cities’ communities, cultures, and economies. This trend holds true in Fremont, a City that knows its downtown and neighborhood commercial corridors as gathering spaces, representations of local history, and homes to many of the local businesses and establishments that add to its uniqueness and diversity. Fremont […]
With summer upon us, our streets are once again coming alive with various festivals and community events happening in our business districts. Whether it’s the Festival of the Arts, Street Eats, and pop-up vendor fairs in Downtown, or the annual dog show in Niles, one thing is clear, local events like these bring the community […]
Last week, Fremont was the focus of the Silicon Valley Business Journal (SVBJ)’s weekly print publication and the subject of a sell-out event called the Future of Fremont. The overlying theme explored “doing business in Fremont” and provided insight into one of the region’s most dynamic economies. The event kicked off with opening remarks from […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 generated a lot of buzz with the establishment of Opportunity Zones, designed census tracts of economic need that are intended to spur investment by facilitating the injection of accessible capital. With the IRS’ latest guidance, we now know that Opportunity Zones have the potential to be a […]
