Central Market Economic Development Strategy 2011
Deborah Frieden is consulting for the Mayor’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development on an Economic Development Strategy for the Central Market district of San Francisco based in part on creating a lively creative arts district. Deborah’s research has entailed studying strategies and best practices across the U.S. for developing arts and cultural districts while stabilizing low income communities. Collaborating with AECOM and the Northern California Community Loan Fund, Deborah and the team will also work with local stakeholders, such as the Tenderloin Economic Development Project, American Conservatory Theater, Intersection for the Arts, Theater Bay Area, the Arts Commission of the City of San Francisco, Grants for the Arts, among others.