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Old 10-22-2010, 12:56 PM
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Default Recruiting business

Perhaps this is what needs to be done.

The City of Beaumont Ca is doing something similar, (I'll see if I can look that up and attach) it's been quite successful over the last couple of years while the neighboring city of Banning seems to be doing everything it can to drive off business - and it shows in the contrasts between the two cities.

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Office will help recruit businesses

By San Bernardino Mayor Pat Morris

10/21/2010

During the last several years, San Bernardino has been working hard to overcome a reputation as being a city famous for all the wrong reasons. It is difficult to erase that negative image because people often remember the bad more than the good.

The reality is San Bernardino has many attractions for growing businesses.

We have affordable real estate, we are centrally located near most of the major freeways in Southern California, and we have a railroad yard that connects us to the rest of the nation.

Like many other cities, we find it challenging to attract businesses to relocate here unless they know what we have to offer. Realizing that San Bernardino needs to have an aggressive presence recruiting new business, the city has decided to launch the Economic Development Agency, Office of Business Development (OBD).

The goal of the Office of Business Development is to not only recruit new businesses to locate to San Bernardino, but also to inform them about the various incentives and funding opportunities that are available, such as the San Bernardino Valley Enterprise Zone state tax credits, Brownfield grants, Workforce Investment Act training funds, Grow San Bernardino Fund loans and the fa ade improvement program.

The Office of Business Development will also help businesses fast-track permits, cut through red tape and serve as a central location for information about available commercial and industrial property in the city.

Small businesses are the backbone of the American economy and that is why they are critical to San Bernardino's economy. According to the Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy, small businesses pay 45 percent of total U.S. private payroll and have annually generated 60 percent to 80 percent of net new jobs during the last decade. Many of these small- to mid-sized businesses do not have large operating staffs. They don't have an employee whose sole job is to scout out new sites and make sure the transition to the new location goes smoothly. They often need all the help they can get, which is where the Office of Business Development plans to jump in.

We want the Office of Business Development to be an advocate and support system for small businesses that are looking at making the city of San Bernardino their new home. Economic development is the way to improve the city's fortunes. More businesses yield more development, which means empty lots get converted into business parks, companies employ local workers, and the city and the county's tax revenues go up.

Increased revenue means that we can spend more on improving the city's infrastructure. High-paying jobs also have a trickle-down effect on the local economy as workers spend money on consumer products, food, entertainment and housing. Local merchants benefit from workers with more disposable income.

New businesses mean more good-paying jobs, more redevelopment and more tax revenue. It's a win-win situation for everyone involved.

Pat Morris is mayor of San Bernardino.

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