From Disruption to Direction: LA County’s Economic Outlook
What’s next for the Los Angeles economy? In this interview, Stephen Cheung, President & CEO of LAEDC, discusses the region’s growth despite a challenging 2025…
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The Future of Sports Business With Stephen Cheung
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers on winning back-to-back World Series titles — an achievement that has electrified fans across the region. Their championship run…
Stephen Cheung Honored in LA Business Journal’s Prestigious LA500
We are thrilled to announce that Stephen Cheung, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and World Trade…
The LAEDC Starter Guide to Business Preparedness in Southern California
Don’t wait until disaster strikes; act now to safeguard your business’s future. In today’s fast-paced world, Business Preparedness in Southern California is not just an…
Staff Profile: Suli Kenyatta
As part of Digital Inclusion Week, we want to take the time to highlight our LAEDC staff member who is leading the charge on digital…
LAEDC Releases 2023 Annual Report
Over the past year, we have faced and embraced a series of challenges that have also brought new opportunities for the revitalization of the Los…
Overcoming challenges: stories of perseverance and assistance in LAEDC 2020 Annual Report
LAEDC’s annual report tells the stories of many businesses and their employees who have faced unprecedented crisis in 2020 and managed to move ahead. Read…
New LAEDC Chairs Named
LAEDC Names Eric Rowen of Greenberg Traurig as Incoming Chair, and CSUN President Dianne Harrison as Vice Chair LOS ANGELES, CA (June 20, 2018) –…
What is the Institute for Applied Economics?
It is interesting what kind of reactions people give me when I mention that I am interested in economics. Some people roll their eyes, some…
LAEDC Success Story
LAEDC Success Story – Coffee Roasters, Altadena Unincorporated Coffee Roasters was established in 2013 to serve the local coffee community and local Los Angeles business…
LAEDC 2017 Year In Review
We accomplished a great deal this year thanks in large part to our members and supporters. View our 2017 highlights here.
Future Forum: Future of Work–Recap
Approximately 200 guests joined us on 10/3/17 at the South Park Center in Downtown L.A. for our Future Forum about the Future of Work. The…
LAEDC Uniting Cities to Attract Amazon
Amazon recently announced its intention to build a new second headquarters (“Amazon HQ2”) with projected employment of 50,000 new full-time well-paying direct jobs once fully…
LAEDC Success Story: 93 Jobs Saved
Techmer PM is a polymer materials designer in Rancho Dominquez. In business since 1982, the Company has produced engineered compounds for the plastics and fiber…
The Future of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Los Angeles -Rick Teebay
The Future of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure in Los Angeles Beyond the detrimental impacts the Great Recession has had on both the national and local economy,…
LAEDC Success Story: 18 Jobs Saved
LAEDC Success Story American Shoe Manufacturing and Design, Inc. For several years, American Shoe Manufacturing and Design, Inc. has been manufacturing exquisite, custom-made ballroom, special occasions and…
New LAEDC Tagline: Advancing Opportunity and Prosperity for All
The LAEDC is excited to announce our new tagline—”Advancing Opportunity and Prosperity for All.” Given the multi-faceted nature of our work, the challenge was to…
Electrify America California Investment Plan is Supported by LAEDC
As part of our mission to advance economic opportunity and prosperity for all–which we achieve in part through our leadership of key regional industry clusters…
LAEDC In Action: Einstein Noah Restaurant Group
LAEDC Success Story City of Pico Rivera Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc., Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. is located in Pico Rivera and is…
Annual Report FY 2015-16
View our Annual Report for fiscal year 2015-2016 HERE. It recaps all we’ve achieved as an organization and region with the help of our members and…