Staff members of Cornerstone Earth Group, Inc. recently attended the ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐นโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฏ event at the ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป. The headline speaker was ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ’๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐จ๐ฆ & ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐, ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ. The speaker was followed by a discussion panel composed of the Mayors of four prominent Silicon Valley cities: ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐ผ ๐๐น๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐; ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป; ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ, and ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ถ.
Among other topics, Mr. Bhave spoke about the following ongoing economic concerns:
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต’๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข 1% ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐.โ
๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด
โ๐๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต’๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข 1% ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐๐.โ
๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ. ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ด?โฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต 5% ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต, ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐&๐ 500. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ.โ
After Mr. Bhave concluded with a Q & A session, the Mayorโs Panel then discussed ongoing issues in their communities, as well as potential solutions. Shared concerns included budgeting shortfalls, crime, homelessness, and housing shortages, although the solutions offered by each of the Mayors varied based on the population, geography, resources and demographics of each town.