ROSECRANS EAST PROJECT
The South
Bay Economic Development Partnership was awarded October 2001
a grant from the James Irvine Foundation for development of a
plan for the renaissance of Rosecrans Avenue located in the Cities
of Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena, bounded by the San Diego Freeway
(I-405) on the west end and Vermont Avenue on the east. This project
is of significant impact to the South Bay economy..
ECONOMIC FORECAST CONFERENCE
Presented
each fall, the Economic Forecast Conference presents an easy to
understand detailed view of the South Bay economy and how it is
affected by global changes, workplace transitions, labor issues,
and academic challenges. Internationally recognized speakers
provide insight to topics critical for informed South Bay public
and private sector decision-making.The
annual South Bay Economic Digest is published each year at the
Forecast Conference. This impressive compendium of demographic
statistics, studies, surveys, and related data necessary for informed
decision making is unique in the entire nation.
Watch this
site for additional information on this year's conference. Go
to publications for current Economic
Digest items of interest.
BUSINESS
OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE
A key to
SBEDP success is its unique business outreach and assistance program.
Up to 300 businesses each month are targetted for meaningful communication
with details of programs designed to assist them achieve their
goals and objectives. Up to 30 of these businesss are visited
each month by the SBEDP Business Assistance Manager, a representative
of the city of company location and other persons able to provide
immediate and meaningful assistance to the firm.
WORKSHOPS,
SEMINARS, FOCUS GROUPS
The Partnership
regularly conducts workshops, seminars, and focus groups to satisfy
a regional need for training companies of all size and South Bay
communities how to get more from their resources. These
mission critical programs provide companies and communities low-cost
and no cost professional consulting, programmatic technical assistance,
public/private collaboration facilitation and understanding how
to resolve cross cutting issues affecting individual companies,
industries, and the communities in which they reside.
