Executive Summary of Activity

Fiscal Year July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

Business and Workforce Development

·         The EDC applied a $48,000 grant from the Riverside County EDA Workforce Investment Board for a Regional Site Visitation Program to the creation of a comprehensive database and profiling of over 600 area businesses.

·         The EDC partnered with the Southwest Community Development Organization on preparing a goals document/brochure and certificate program for area students to highlight workforce readiness skills needed to be hired.  Implementation and distributed of results to be fall school semester.

Business Retention/Expansion

·         The EDC Resource Team held 10 monthly meetings and completed 87 business retention visits and/or contacts to regional businesses. Committee members responded to 6 requests for assistance as a direct result of business retention visits.

·         The EDC facilitate a Connectory Call Center during the month of July in which over 30 volunteers assisted in the population of the Southwest California Portal on the CONNECTORY.com website database with over 400 innovative asset / support services businesses.

EDC Marketing/Community Outreach

·         EDC hosted/co-hosted 8 events: 1) EDC Five Chamber Ribbon Cutting & Open House (07/29/10); 2) EDC Quarterly Luncheon (09/23/10) "The Economy: Where Do We Go From Here?" with guest speaker Dr. David Stewart; 3) EDC 16^th Annual Golf Tournament (10/08/10) at Temecula Creek Inn; 4) MSJC Business Summit (11/3/10) "Training Our Workforce" at the Country Club at Soboba Springs; 5) MSJC Business Summit (11/4/10) " Training Our Workforce" at Wilson Creek Winery; 6) EDC Quarterly Luncheon (01/27/11) "Understanding the Impact of a New Economy" with guest speaker Steve PonTell; 7) EDC Quarterly Luncheon (03/24/10) "The Effect of the State Budget on the Local Economy" with guest speaker Gregory Hines; and 8) Third Annual Southwest California Business Summit (04/27/11) at the Temecula Civic Center.

·         EDC responded to 97 phone requests for assistance or resources.

·         EDC emailed over 35 community event announcements related to regional economic and business development.

·         EDC staff and/or directors participated in or attended regularly-held meetings and/or special events related to economic development/business support:

ø  Business Scene Magazine Advisory Board

ø  Continuing Efforts to Further Higher Education Facilities in LE, MUR, TEM

ø  Eastern Municipal Water District Advisory Committee

ø  I-215 Economic Recovery Luncheon

ø  Intermediary Network Workshops for WIB

ø  Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce Luncheons

ø  Mt. San Jacinto College Advisory Committee for Career Technical Education

ø  Murrieta Business Expos

ø  Murrieta Business Roundtable

ø  Murrieta State of the City

ø  Murrieta Temecula Group Meetings

ø  National University Community Research  Institute Advisory Board

ø  Race for Humanity - Board President

ø  Riverside County Third District Economic Forum

ø  San Diego Economic Roundtable

ø  San Diego North EDC Meetings

ø  Southwest California Legislative Council Meetings

ø  Southwest California Legislative Summit

ø  Southwest Community Development Organization Meetings

ø  Southwest Innovative Cluster Advisory Board

ø  Strategic Planning Committee for Workforce Investment Board

ø  Taste of Temecula Valley Facilities Chairman

ø  Tech Coast Angels Meeting

ø  Temecula State of the City

ø  Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce 2011 Economic Outlook

ø  Temecula Valley Chamber Commerce Legislative Summit Planning Committee

ø  Temecula Valley Foundation for Excellence in Education Board Member

ø  Temecula Valley Unified School District Board Meetings

ø  Temecula Valley Unified School District Educational Master Plan

ø  Temecula Youth Jobs Fair Committee Member

ø  Valley's Biggest Loser Board Member

ø  Western Riverside County Council of Governments

ø  Workforce Investment Board Southwest Region, Vice Chair

ø  Workforce Investment Board Mid - County Region Member

ø  Workforce Investment Board - Executive Committee Member

ø  Youth Development Operations Certification Team (Youth Services Division of EDA)

EDC Administration/Organization

·         EDC employed two full-time employees. 

·         EDC Board of Directors streamlined the goals and objectives for the EDC Strategic Plan for Regional Economic Development. A verifiable action plan was proposed to help expand and grow regional businesses and to address the current economic development needs of the region's business community.

·         EDC Committees include: 1) EDC Technology Group (meets 1^st Tuesday of Month); 2) EDC Membership/Marketing Committee (meets 2^nd Wednesday of the Month); 3) EDC Resource Team (meets the 1^st Thursday of the Month); 4) EDC Southwest California Connected Program Committee (meets as needed); and 8 ad-hoc committees that meet on an as needed basis.

·         The EDC was the lead organization on the 3^rd Annual Southwest California Business Summit held at the Temecula Civic Center on April 27, 2011.  It was collaboration between the five regional cities, their chambers of commerce, the area school districts, MSJC, and the utilities. The event brought together over 240 attendees and participants for a day of procurement and education.  The day included three keynote presentations, three "Ask the Experts" roundtable discussions, a Speed Marketing room with 12 area marketers, procurement room, and 36 exhibit booths.

·         EDC held 11 general Board of Directors meetings, which were held on the third Thursday of every month at 9:00 a.m. at various locations in the region.

·         The Board of Directors took action and or/authorized position letters on the following issues:

ø  Opposition Letters on HR 5034 Comprehensive Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness Act of 2010

ø  Support Letter for the City of Lake Elsinore application for Compass Blueprint Demonstration Project funding to support the creation of the "Downtown District Implementation Plan"

ø  Support Letters for the proposed multi use sports fields' project at Galway Downs

ø  Support Letter i6 Green Challenge: Proof of Concepts Centers Federal funding Opportunity

ø  Support Letter for denial of the appeal of the County Planning Director's decision to approve plot plan, 24752 Galway Downs 

EDC Partnerships

ø  Azusa Pacific University

ø  Brandman University

ø  Business Scene Magazine

ø  California Manufacturing Technology Consulting

ø  California State University San Marcos

ø  Camp Pendleton

ø  Cities of Lake Elsinore, Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, Wildomar

ø  Concordia University

ø  East County EDC

ø  Eastern Municipal Water District

ø  Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District

ø  Inland Empire Economic Partnership

ø  Lake Elsinore Valley Chamber of Commerce

ø  Lake Elsinore Unified School District

ø  Menifee Valley Chamber of Commerce

ø  Mt. San Jacinto College

ø  Murrieta Chamber of Commerce

ø  Murrieta Temecula Group

ø  Murrieta Valley Unified School District

ø  Rancho California Water District

ø  Riverside Community College

ø  Riverside County EDA

ø  Riverside County Board of Supervisors - Third District

ø  Riverside County Workforce Investment Board - Southwest Region

ø  Riverside County Workforce Investment Board - Mid-County Region

ø  San Diego North EDC

ø  SBDC

ø  SCORE

ø  Southern California Edison

ø  Southern California Gas Company

ø  Southwest California Legislative Council

ø  Southwest Community Development Organization

ø  Southwest Riverside County Association of Realtors

ø  Temecula Valley Chamber of Commerce

ø  Temecula Valley Unified School District

ø  TVUSD Partners in Education

ø  United Way of the Inland Valleys

ø  University of California Riverside

ø  University of Phoenix

ø  University of Redlands

ø  Verizon

ø  Western Riverside County Council of Governments

ø  Wildomar Chamber of Commerce