Google to Host Series of “Creekside Socials” in San Jose’s Downtown West Transit Village
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SAN JOSE — Google is planning a series of “Creekside Socials” at sites within its mixed-use transit village in downtown San Jose to create vibrant activity in the area and to remind the community that the tech titan is pushing ahead with its Downtown West project. The search giant is teaming up with Jamestown, a design-focused real estate investment firm, to make the socials a reality. Jamestown believes that the events it is devising can be the start of a creative placemaking program at the Downtown West site.
The Google and Jamestown Creekside Socials will be a series of events that are meant to bring the community together through music, food, collaborations and local arts programs. “Join us for an event celebrating the vibrancy of the local community and the greater region’s culinary, music, merchant and creative communities,” Google and Jamestown state in a post on the Creekside Socials website.
The first social is scheduled for Sept. 9 and will be a block party at locations from 20 to 58 Barack Obama Boulevard, just around the corner from SAP Center. The event will be a celebration of the local community and the greater region’s culinary, music, merchant and creative communities. The vendors for the Sept. 9 block party include Two Bit Circus Foundation, Local Color, Good Karma Bikes, Moveable, and Audiopharmacy as the headliner event on the Creekside Stage.
Along with the socials, Google is continuing the preservation of the historic San Jose Water Company building on West Santa Clara Street and intends to demolish the northern Orchard Supply Hardware building next to West San Carlos Street. Google also will work with local artists to enhance the Downtown West site.
The series of social gatherings that Mountain View-based Google and Atlanta-based Jamestown are organizing provide a sharp — and welcome — contrast to the “doom loop” scenarios envisioned for the downtown districts in the Bay Area’s three largest cities in the wake of the coronavirus. Sky-high office vacancies and empty storefronts have sickened the urban hearts of San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose as economic ailments grip the three downtown districts.
The Creekside Socials is the first step in activating this part of San Jose for the future and Google is showing itself to be a thoughtful neighbor that wants to engage the community in a positive way. The event will take place on a Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be a celebration of the local community and the greater region’s culinary, music, merchant and creative communities.
Google and Jamestown’s Creekside Socials will provide an opportunity for the community to come together and enjoy music, food, and local art. The event will also serve as a reminder that Google is still committed to the creation of the Downtown West transit village and to San Jose. The upcoming series of social events demonstrates that the tech titan remains committed to the creation of the Downtown West transit village as well as to San Jose as the company conducts the timeline reassessment.
