Channel Brewing Turns One
Billy, Ryan, Brandon, Erich and the rest of the crew at Channel Brewing could have located anywhere, but they chose downtown Stockton as the location of their first brewery and taproom, lured by the promise and potential of the city’s historic core. This weekend, the crew will celebrate their one year anniversary of not just […]
Cast Iron Trading Company
Few things define the character of a neighborhood quite like the dining establishments that populate them. Over the past couple of years, many new eateries and watering holes have ventured into Downtown Stockton, filling the city’s grand buildings with food and flare. And while this renewed sense of culinary energy is fueled by the sum […]
Meet the Women Behind Uniqo
Companies fleeing suburbia in favor of downtown
Last month, the Wall Street Journal ran a story titled “Companies Trade Suburbs for City Life.” The article noted that huge companies such as Expedia, Motorola, and PepsiCo had recently spurned their suburban locations for offices in more urban areas. These recent departures from sprawling office parks are nothing new; companies large and small have been relocating their offices—and their workforces—back into downtown cores for several years now, and not just to the big cities you might be thinking of. From Detroit to Chattanooga to Chicago to Las Vegas, small startup companies and giant multinational corporations alike are fleeing the suburban office park in favor of downtowns.