The San Jose Chamber of Commerce is about to scout for its third leader in three years — just as the downtown seeks to escape a “doom loop.”
SAN JOSE — The San Jose Chamber of Commerce is about to scout for its third leader in three years — right when downtown San Jose is battling to escape an economic “doom loop.”officer to take a teaching job at Berean Christian High School in Walnut Creek.
Some observers believe Seaver has helped place the San Jose Chamber on firmer ground in the wake of a scandal over a chamber political ad with racist undertones that showed Black men engulfed in tear gas with the message that inquired “Do you really want to sign on to this?” “Two years ago, Derrick stepped in to stabilize the business community during a tumultuous time,” San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said in comments emailed to this news organization.
The big challenge for the next chamber CEO might be to set a course to help downtown San Jose escape what some observers warn is a “doom loop” of a wobbly business base, homelessness, skyrocketing office vacancies, empty commercial spaces and eyesores such as blighted properties.
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