Re-thinking Clean Tech Corridor

Having failed in their effort to recruit companies to the so-called Clean Tech Corridor in downtown Los Angeles, city officials are shifting gears and asking companies to come to them with proposals for developing the 20-acre site.Daily News.

The Community Redevelopment Agency has put out a request for proposals, due Dec.3, for projects that could help revitalize the industrial area at 15th Street and Santa Fe Avenue.

"You have to start somewhere," said Deputy Mayor Austin Beutner, who heads Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's business development team. "The first piece of the puzzle is always the hardest to find.