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Vacaville council hears regional pitch to expand life‑sciences and advanced manufacturing
Summary
City staff and outside experts told the Vacaville City Council Dec. 4 that life‑science investment and manufacturing interest are resuming, while urging the city to address power, water and workforce training to capture jobs and investment.
Don Burris, Vacaville’s director of economic development services, and staff presented an update to the City Council on Dec. 4 on efforts to attract life‑science and advanced‑manufacturing investment to Vacaville.
The presentation featured outside experts Matt Gardner of CBRE, Lance Hastings of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association and Chris Rico of the Solano County Economic Development Corporation. Gardner said the biotech sector is showing renewed capital flows after a 2022–23 contraction, noting “we caught lightning in a bottle during the COVID period” but that market activity is returning and an IPO window is beginning to reopen. He described a…
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