On December 22, 2009, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the County’s first-ever consensus Strategic Plan for Economic Development.
The Strategic Plan for Economic Development in Los Angeles County identifies five core goals critical to ensuring L.A. County’s continued growth and economic success. These goals are: 1) Preparing an educated workforce, 2) Creating a business-friendly environment, 3) Enhancing our quality of life, 4) Implementing smart land use and 5) Creating 21st Century infrastructure. Supporting these five core goals are a series of 12 objectives and 52 strategies designed to grow the economy and create more and better jobs.
The public, year-long process led by Bill Allen of LAEDC in 2009, brought together more than 1050 business, government, labor, education and environmental stakeholders and community-based organizations and included over two dozen workshops. These meetings were held to identify and build consensus around a set of economic development priorities that would strengthen the economy, improve the environment and invigorate communities.
In the end, the consensus was arrived at after surveying more than 5,000 businesses in L.A. County, researching the best economic development practices of other counties and cities from around the world, holding focus groups with leaders from the key industry clusters driving the region’s economy and extensive community outreach.
For more information about the L.A. County Strategic Plan or to get involved in the implementation of the goals, objectives and strategies, please go to the following website: www.LACountyStrategicPlan.com or contact David A. Flaks, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, LAEDC at 213-236-4834.
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