After-school programs need our support, and in this opinion article ASM Miguel Santiago and LAEDC president Dave Flaks discuss the importance of state funding for LA’s BEST Afterschool Enrichment program. … Continued
LOS ANGELES, CA (May 24, 2018) – In a continuing series of industry deep-dive reports, the Center for a Competitive Workforce today released Health Care Services in the Los Angeles … Continued
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics has found that the Pacific Standard Time LA/LA initiative not only brought the Latin American and Latin art to 2.8 million visitors at more than 70 cultural … Continued
Gain insight on innovative co.s that are shaping the future of FinTech, blockchain’s expanding role, and changing workforce needs.
LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics has published the annual LAEDC Economic Forecast, covering years 2018-2019, with a focus on California and Los Angeles County. About 500 attendees joined LAEDC for the report’s release, and heard from numerous expert speakers, including a panel discussing solutions to the shrinking middle class.
The 2018 Select LA Investment Summit (May 23-24) is Southern California’s premier international trade event that brings together hundreds of global investors with business and governmental leaders from Southern California to facilitate and secure foreign direct investment (FDI), and provide exclusive insights on market trends and opportunities in the Los Angeles region. This summit provides key components of what every foreign investment requires: detailed research and opportunities.
Amazon has announced that Los Angeles is one of the 20 finalist locations for the company’s HQ2 headquarters. Submitted in October 2017, the proposal for the Greater Los Angeles region … Continued
After buying Pasadena-based Strobe, General Motors announces 2019 production of self-driving vehicles. This is more evidence of the competitive advantage LA’s advanced transportation industry is creating, as technology subsystems become … Continued
A survey of Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate was published, in which its members ranked New York and Los Angeles as tied for first place in Foreign Direct … Continued
February 8th, from 4:00-8:00pm LAEDC will host the new Digital Media and Entertainment (DME) Industry Council Meeting and a Digital Media Expo, where we will also present a new industry report … Continued
InnovateLA continues to illustrate the diversity of creative design emanating from the Greater LA region. Click this link to take a quick look at what happened during the two week, … Continued
Furthering its support of key industry clusters that drive the region’s economy and which bring opportunity for well-paying jobs to the Greater Los Angeles region, LAEDC has formed the new … Continued
The LA Daily News and other newspapers have published an article by LAEDC CEO Bill Allen, discussing the need to tackle housing with new and innovative approaches, as a key … Continued
A new, comprehensive portal displays available commercial and industrial sites throughout the entire County of Los Angeles region. It has never been easier to identify properties for businesses seeking to … Continued
Workshops are taking place on December 6th in Crenshaw and Pacoima areas. The application is free, easy to fill out on-line, and open to any business owner. The California Competes Tax … Continued
Digital skills becoming increasingly essential for well-paying “middle skill” jobs, as highlighted by Brookings Institution and this article in Marketwatch. This one chart sums up what’s happening to America’s ‘good’ … Continued
Guest Article by John Zahaitis of Export Portal: The Added Value of Blockchain Technology Why the world’s major financial institutions care about the infrastructure underpinning cryptocurrencies You’ve heard of bitcoin, … Continued
The advanced transportation industry cluster in LA continues to grow, with the Ryder order of 125 all-electric vans from Chanje, a Los Angeles based startup. Read about the deal in … Continued
LAEDC CEO Bill Allen shared his excitement on this week’s Amazon Studios announcement: “LAEDC welcomes and celebrates this major expansion of Amazon Studios in L.A. County, and we look forward to helping … Continued
By: Stella Li, President of BYD Motors This summer, the LA Metro board made a bold statement with a commitment to adopt an entirely zero-emission bus fleet by 2030. This … Continued
Article titled Space Jam draws attention to growing bioscience industry cluster, mentions LAEDC and partner Biocom As LAEDC and partner Biocom foster growth of the bioscience/lifescience industry cluster in L.A. … Continued
Center for a Competitive Workforce, of which LAEDC is a founding partner, has released a new report suggesting the need for more “middle-skill” talent to fill occupations in Los Angeles … Continued
As Biocom continues to expand its life science industry advocacy and support in LA County, it has tapped LAEDC’s Bill Allen along with 10 other leaders to serve as Biocom’s … Continued
Cal State LA’s Bioscience Hub Will Bring New Jobs LAEDC is proud to recognize one of the nation’s best regional universities, Cal State LA, as our Education Honoree for the … Continued
