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"Editor\u2019s note:\u00A0This article by Liam Boogar\u00A0originally appeared\u00A0on\u00A0Rude Baguette, which covers\u00A0the Internet and technology sector in France, combining breaking news with in-depth analysis.\r\n\r\nSilicon Sentier, the association behind\u00A0LeCamping, La Cantine\u00A0and more, has presented a lovely gift to the Paris startup scene, announcing recently that it will be moving into a new 1500m\u00B2 space in the middle of\u00A0Paris\u2019 well-defined startup neighborhood\u00A0(UPDATE: It will be located at\u00A039 rue de Caire, 75002 Paris).\r\n\r\nThe space, which will replace the current, packed La Cantine space, will continue many of the functions \u2013 barcamps, events, hackathons and the like, as well as coworking, of course. The space, the budget of which exceeds 2.4 million euros, will be funded by both public and private groups (as is often the case in the Silicon Sentier); in the private sector, Google France has committed \u20AC1 million ($1.3 million) to financing the project, as announced by\u00A0Nicholas Rauline\u00A0in\u00A0Les Echos\u00A0this morning.\r\n\r\nThe announcement of this project comes at a time where Paris needs a central event space \u2013 La Cantine has always been nice, but not well suited for big events, and we wrote that\u00A0TheFamily,\u00A0an accelerator founded by LeCamping\u2019s program manager, will be looking for an events space in the area.\r\n\r\nAt the same time, we have the French government, who has announced its intentions to destroy the Paris startup scene at all cost, though specifically I\u2019m referring to their most recent plans to build a Paris equivalent of Campus London/Tech City; the problem, in this instance (other than the fact that UK Tech City\u2019s \u201Csuccess\u201D or lack there of has been quite controversial) is that, while UK Tech City falls smack dab in the middle of London\u2019s Shoreditch neighborhood (The Silicon Roundabout, as they call it), Paris Capitale Startup has been rumored to be positioned in the southern suburbs of Paris.\r\n\r\nThis location, in addition to having approximately zero startup activity currently, would be very inconvenient\u00A0to visit for international investors flying in through Charles de Gaulle airport \u2013 not that taking the RER into Paris from CDG has\u00A0ever\u00A0been an enjoyable experience.\r\n\r\nSilicon Sentier has been quite active in the ecosystem, and their continued support with semi-public, semi-private money continues to push the limits of how government can support innovation in an appropriate way. You can follow\u00A0the evolution of the project on its website, set to open in September 2013, and there is a meeting next Thursday to get input from the community.\r\n\r\nImage credit: StockByte / Thinkstock\r\n\r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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