People gather in Fountain Alley for a downtown San Jose historic district block party.
SAN JOSE — Unique experiences can pave a path for downtown San Jose to fully recover from its coronavirus-spawned economic maladies, in the view of the city’s mayor.
Mayor Matt Mahan offered the assessment Thursday evening while visiting a “block party” in the Fountain Alley section of downtown San Jose’s historic district.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan smiles while attending a block party in the Fountain Alley section of downtown San Jose’s historic district. (George Avalos/Bay Area News Group)
“We are seeing a real rebound in downtown San Jose, and it’s being driven by what I like to call the experience economy,” Mayor Mahan said in an interview with this news organization during the block party event.
This week’s block party was the first of a series of…
