SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A serious convention that came about earlier this month is about to return to San Francisco subsequent yr, in response to SF Mayor Daniel Lurie’s workplace. The J.P. Morgan Healthcare Convention was held within the metropolis between Jan. 13 and 16 and can be again for 2026.
Lurie’s workplace characterised this yr’s convention as a “success” with tens of 1000’s of holiday makers having reportedly attended and reported almost $100 million in financial influence for the town.
“What the world and the country needs to know is … San Francisco is open for business,” stated Mayor Lurie, chatting with the San Francisco Chronicle. “It’s really important that people hear that message… We have a lot to look forward to, and I want to make sure that San Francisco is thriving and vibrant again.”
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“We are thrilled that the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference is coming back next year,” Lurie stated in a press release. “While we still have work to do, this is a huge vote of confidence in our city and everything we’re doing to make San Francisco a safe and welcoming place for residents, businesses, and visitors.”
Since assuming workplace earlier this month, Lurie has been confronted with persevering with enterprise closures together with the announcement earlier this week that Bloomingdale’s, the final remaining anchor retailer within the San Francisco Centre Mall, could be closing this spring. With downtown SF nonetheless suffering from vacant storefronts and extra closures looming for retailers like Walgreens and Starbucks, the impetus is on the brand new mayor to seek out methods to draw companies, vacationers, and conferences again to the town.
Chatting with CNBC final week, Lurie stated that transferring extra individuals off the streets into therapy for dependancy and psychological sickness would assist, “create the conditions for business leaders to want to come back here.”
