Final Project: Google Comes to Downtown San Jose, Pt. 2

Here is supplemental information to guide your research:

Project Overviews:

• "Inside San Jose’s Deal to Develop a Google Campus—Sans Tax Incentives" (CityLab) 
• "Google Transformed Mountain View, is San Jose Next? (San Francisco Chronicle) 
• "Google’s Growing Empire May Transform San Jose" (Finance & Commerce) 
• "A $220 Million Google 'Village' in the Bay Area's Largest City" (KQED) 
• "Google Could Buy $110 Million Worth of Land, Without Subsidies, for Mega-Campus 15 Miles South of its Headquarters" (CNBC)
• "Google’s Downtown San Jose Village “Main” Construction to Start in 2025, Property Purchases Continue" (San Jose Mercury News)
• "Nearly 70% of Voters Support the Expansion of Google into Downtown San Jose" (The Silicon Valley Organization)
• "Fear of Eminent Domain Leads Downtown San Jose Church to Sell to Google" (KGO-TV) 
• "Google Sets its Sights on One of Silicon Valley’s Most Diverse Cities and Residents are Scared" (HuffPost)
• "Who Gets to Live in Silicon Valley?" (The Atlantic)
• "How Google’s Future Campus Could be a Game-Changer for Silicon Valley" (Curbed)
• "Google’s San Jose Renewal Plan: ‘Grand Central of the West'" (San Jose Mercury News)

San Jose/Silicon Valley News:

• San Jose Mercury News
• San Jose Inside 
• The San Jose Blog
• Silicon Valley De-Bug
• San Jose Spotlight

Google Advocates:

• Mayor Sam Liccardo
• The Silicon Valley Organization
• SPUR San Jose 
• San Jose Downtown Association

Google Opponents:

• Silicon Valley Rising 
• Serve the People San Jose
• Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County

Opinions:

• "Google in San Jose: Viewpoints about the Tech Giant's Big Plan" (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
• "How Google Can Help San Jose Become a Model of Inclusive Urbanism" (CityLab) 
• "Google Bought Land in Downtown San Jose—Now What?" (San Jose Inside)
• "The SVO Voices Support for Agreement with Google for the Diridon Station Area" (The Silicon Valley Organization)

Other National and International Proposed Tech Developments:

• "Amazon Pulls Out of Plan for New York Headquarters" (CBS News)
• "Sidewalk Labs’ Neighborhood of the Future in Toronto is Getting Closer" (CityLab)
• "Google Abandons Berlin Base After Two Years of Resistance" (Guardian)

Discussions:

• "What is your opinion on Google campus?" (Reddit)

Google vs. Amazon:

• "This City Told Amazon and Google: No Incentives for You" (NPR)