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Mayor, AT&T and community leaders mark store expansion and Third Street job program
Summary
A separate Aug. 3 Bayview event in the transcript documented an AT&T flagship store expansion and a Third Street corridors program kickoff, with city leaders highlighting local investment, job creation and AT&T donations of devices to the Community Ambassadors program.
A portion of the meeting transcript contains remarks from a Bayview store event where AT&T executives, Mayor Ed Lee and Board representatives described a new flagship store, local investment and job creation commitments.
AT&T executives said the store expansion includes a device support center and a GoPhone section intended to serve tourists and prepaid customers; Terry Stensel, AT&T vice president/general manager for Northern California and Northern Nevada, framed the investment as part of a broader effort to improve customer experience and spur local jobs. AT&T said it had invested heavily in local infrastructure and stores and cited a donation of handheld mobile devices to the Community Ambassadors program.
Mayor Ed Lee and Board President David Chu praised the company's investment and linked the retail expansion to broader city initiatives to revitalize commercial corridors. Supervisor Malia Cohen and city staff described a related Community Corridors Partnership/SF Shines initiative that will hire local pre-apprentices and restore Third Street commercial blocks; the mayor said the program will put 35 individuals to work in the corridor and combines multiple city departments, workforce and nonprofit partners.
Remarks at the event stressed partnerships between city agencies, community groups and private companies to create jobs and improve neighborhood commercial corridors. The event concluded with ceremonial remarks and a ribbon-cutting.
