and again, i want to publicly thank former mayor newsom for this, as he had that vision. now as of today, mission bay is 64% built out. as you can see right across the street. the hospital is almost halfway there. more than halfway there. under $1.5 billion build of the medical center. that is another attraction and it s attracting the microbusinesses that come here. their square footage tenfolded right in that very same time. i think the companies here, from what i can interview, they re very excited to be here. they really feel the cross fertilization of talent that s coming in within the building. that, again, reflects not on the consistent policy we ve had here about technology companies as well as bio, life science, and clean tech industries starting here, staying here, and growing here all at the same time. one of the reasons they can continue to grow is they do have a lot of openness to their interaction between the different companies so they get that kind of innovati
and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [speaking foreign language] [singing in foreign language] please welcome the general of the republic of the philippines. honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate the philippine- american history month. we re honored to have the honorable city mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that govern merck governor edwin b
also ideally located to recruit top talent, and we ve done so. we re goiming to going to remain small. my standards for hiring top employees, very high. we found good employees and they ve relocated from other cities in california and the east coast to work here. so we ve brought new, talented people into the company. we also have people who commute in from the peninsula. i think that s another strong selling point that people in mission bay don t realize. we re at the center of a transit hub and that s very important for not only environmental reasons, but allowing people to come into the city and work efficiently. so we have employees who ride cal train. we also have employees who walk. so we re very proud to be calling fibrogen our home. and as a vote of confidence of the future here, we have extended our lease to stay here, and i d like to thank katherine and jenny and tom for their support in making this such a great place in which to have a biotech company. thank you.
were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof thro the night that our flag was still there. o say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [speaking foreign language] [singing in foreign language] please welcome the general of the republic of the philippines. honored guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to be here to celebrate the philippine- american history month. we re honored to have the honorable city mayor of san francisco, the president of the board of supervisors, former mayor brown, and other city officials, friends. in celebrating this is the second year that we celebrate the filipino-american history month. it is also quite appropriate to announce perhaps that the u.s. senate has passed a senator solution proclaiming october 2011 as philippine-american history month as well. i think it is also appropriate to announce that go
learn about the deities and the culture. they reached out to make about five or six years ago because of the book published. they appreciated that my work was clearly driven from my research and investigation. after i contributed my artwork, the museum was really beside themselves. they really took to it. the museum reached out to me to see if i would be interested in my own space inside the museum. i tell them that would be a dream come true. it is the classical, beautiful indian mythology through the lens of modern design and illustration and storytelling. they re all of these great sketch as i did for the maharajah exhibition. i get a lot of feedback on my artwork and books. they complement. they say how original the work is. i am the first person to say that this is so derived from all of this great artwork and storytelling of the past. the research i put into all of my books and work is a product of how we do things that a at pixar. sometimes you will see him depicted