July 23, 2021 - Mo Shakouri, director of Joint Venture's community broadband initiative will moderate a panel of experts on July 27 when the Wireless Communication Alliance hosts Broadband in Underserved Rural Areas. The event will focus on broadband deployment in rural areas. Broadband is critical in developing and deploying innovative solutions, like precision agriculture, education, health, cleaner energy, self-driving vehicles, and much more. According to the FCC, 22.3 percent of Americans in rural areas and 27.7 percent of Americans in Tribal lands lack coverage from fixed terrestrial 25/3 Mbps broadband.
July 21, 2021 - Joint Venture has announced the appointment of Quency Phillips as executive director of the new Building Back Better initiative. The effort is providing backbone support to a variety of recovery initiatives that are working to reduce the stark inequities magnified by the pandemic. Phillips most recently led community engagement for Google Development Ventures’ $15B Silicon Valley development portfolio.
July 21, 2021 -Palo Alto's City Council voted June 22 to allow three additional wireless communication facilities, a move that will improve connectivity for Palo Alto residents. The decision capped a permitting process that lasted more than one year.
July 19, 2021 - Joint Venture’s Building Back Better initiative is conducting a survey and needs help from the community. The information gathered will provide a robust resource for stakeholders and help to map recovery opportunities. The database will help to inform funders and regional leaders on how to plan and budget for what is ahead by understanding the overall recovery, the resource allocation, and the inter-relationship of organizations.
July 19, 2021 - At the tender age of 12, Lily Mei was coding software. But when a teacher accused her of not actually being the author of a particular program, he ignited in her a competitive edge that continues to burn brightly. She has no qualms about going against the grain, taking a firm stand, and inviting others to work together.
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The 2021 Silicon Valley Index: Tale of Two Valleys
Joint Venture CEO Russell Hancock summarized the major findings from the 2021 Silicon Valley Index at the annual State of the Valley conference held online February 23-24. The report showed the region in a state of bifurcation with the tech sector mounting record numbers while the in-person economy shuttered. "We are not one but two Valleys," Hancock explained, with charts showing the nation's most pronounced income inequality and troubling racial disparities, even while Silicon Valley's driving industries filled a crucial (and highly profitable) role in the global pandemic.
Joint Venture’s 2021 State of the Valley conference was held entirely online this year over two consecutive days, February 23 and 24. You can view all the sessions on our YouTube channel.
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Unemployment Data Release - July 16, 2021
The Silicon Valley and San Francisco aggregate market cap has more than doubled, rising from $5.5 trillion to more than $12.6 trillion since spring of 2020, according to this data release from Joint Venture's Institute for Regional Studies.
IPO Data Release - July 15, 2021
The Silicon Valley and San Francisco aggregate market cap has more than doubled, rising from $5.5 trillion to more than $12.6 trillion since spring of 2020, according to this data release from Joint Venture's Institute for Regional Studies.
Economic Impacts to Residential Real Estate from Small Wireless Facilities - July 2021
This study focused on whether objective evidence in real estate sales records show residential real estate valuation impacts from small wireless facilities or “small cells,” concluded that small cell facilities do not have an appreciable effect on nearby property valuations. It was authored by David Witkowski, executive director of Joint Venture’s civic technology initiative and Ralph B. McLaughlin, chief economist and senior vice president of analytics at Haus.com.
Silicon Valley Commercial Space - Q1 2021
The Institute’s latest quarterly commercial real estate report prepared in partnership with JLL Silicon Valley showed a significant decline in commercial leasing activity and a rise in office space vacancies near transit stations.
Silicon Valley Index - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of Silicon Valley’s economy and the greater community, according to the 2021 Index, released by Joint Venture’s Institute for Regional Studies. From the health impacts of the virus, to its effect on employment, IPOs, childcare, hunger, and housing, the pandemic has plowed through every sector, often with long-term implications. As a timely addition this year, the Index includes a section devoted to the impacts of COVID.
Learn more about the Silicon Valley Index online at www.siliconvalleyindicators.org.
Research Brief: Food Insecurity & Distribution
The Institute’s latest research brief illustrates how the region’s residents have fared during the pandemic, outlining the impact of the decline in employment on regional food needs, and the rapid response of emergency food distribution efforts.
Silicon Valley COVID-19 Impacts: Transportation, Emissions & Air Quality
The Institute has released a report that examines the reduction in Silicon Valley’s regional ground and air transportation, declines in traffic delays, as well as the impact of those reductions on transportation-related injury crashes, regional air quality, and greenhouse gas emissions.
