Though many focus on their frustration with the Bay Area’s traffic congestion and tight housing market, Dr. Micah Weinberg, president of the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, sees another side of what many consider regional problems.
In addressing the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau last week, Weinberg noted the concentration of high-technology jobs, venture capital investment and Fortune 500 companies in the Bay Area relative to other regions and metropolitan areas.