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  • 7 Goals
    • Strategic Plan Overview
    • 1. Invest In Our People
    • 2. Strengthen Local Industry
    • 3. Accelerate Innovation
    • 4. Be More Business Friendly
    • 5. Develop Infrastructure
    • 6. Connect Globally
    • 7. Build Livable Communities
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Posts in Category: Featured Voices

LA County Community College Partnerships are Supercharging the Manufacturing Sector

While providing a workforce for the local manufacturing sector, community colleges are also impacting lives. “This course gave me the ability to change my life,” says Jonathan Santos, a former... read more →
  • June 24, 2019
  • Featured Voices, Strengthen Local Industry

Life-changing Innovation

Sophia came from Uganda to Los Angeles in 2016. She earned a living as a caregiver while sleeping on the floor of an apartment living room shared with others. Being... read more →
  • February 21, 2019
  • Accelerate Innovation, Featured Voices, Uncategorized

LA:RISE – The Power of Social Enterprise

LA:RISE is an innovative partnership that unites the City and County of Los Angeles to help people with high employment barriers get jobs, stay employed, and build a better life.... read more →
  • January 25, 2019
  • Build Livable Communities, Featured Voices

Interview with Grace Robinson Hyde, Sanitation Districts of LA County, GM

As a critical piece of infrastructure, wastewater management is key to a modern economy and the accompanying increased productivity of our region. The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County (LACSD)... read more →
  • November 9, 2018
  • Develop Infrastructure, Featured Voices

Ampaire: Expanding electric transportation to aviation

Ampaire, with a vision to create electric aircraft to help solve the problems of high operating costs and environmental impact among commercial air travel, is setting a model of advanced... read more →
  • November 5, 2018
  • Featured Voices, Strengthen Local Industry

Project GRAD – “Inspiring Students, Transforming Lives”

For Project GRAD Los Angeles (PGLA), founded in 1999 as the first college access and success organization embedded in high schools in the northeast San Fernando Valley, “Inspiring Students, Transforming... read more →
  • September 26, 2018
  • Featured Voices, Invest In Our People

Working Toward Anti-Recidivism

April 9, 2018 marked the four-year anniversary of Kent Mendoza’s release from ICE-detention facility and prison. He now represents the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), its members, and allies in advocating for... read more →
  • June 28, 2018
  • Build Livable Communities

Investing In A Pathway Forward

Anitra Eddington is a young woman with a strong sense of purpose, and with definite goals for her life.  She recently completed the Dental Assistant training program at Venice Skills... read more →
  • June 28, 2018
  • Featured Voices, Invest In Our People

Granada Hills Charter High – leading the way in STEM education

Granada Hills Charter High School (GHC) is providing opportunities for high school students to enter growing... read more →
  • May 2, 2018
  • Featured Voices, Invest In Our People

Economic inclusion in Long Beach through “Everyone In”

Long Beach is the second largest city in LA County, seventh largest city in the state and 36th largest city in the nation. With those statistics, Vice Mayor Rex Richardson,... read more →
  • April 11, 2018
  • Be More Business Friendly, Featured Voices
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