DEPARTMENT: Economic Development
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Rene Dominguez
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
Presentation and discussion on the San Antonio Strategic Plan for Economic Development presented by the San Antonio Economic Development Foundation (SAEDF) and presentation and discussion on the SAEDF 2016 Strategic Plan Implementation Agreement presented by the Economic Development Department (EDD).
SUMMARY:
The San Antonio Economic Development Foundation will present an update on the San Antonio Strategic Plan for Economic Development and the Economic Development Department will present an overview of the 2016 Strategic Plan Implementation Agreement.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
As a result of a 2008 Corporate Retention and Recruitment Sub Committee recommendation to enhance the City's focus on corporate retention and overall economic development delivery system, the City of San Antonio entered into a 5-year agreement with the SAEDF for a public-private partnership formalized in the FY 2010-2015 Economic Development Service Agreement. The Economic Development Service Agreement required an annually adopted Action Plan that set forth the scope and metrics for economic development marketing, recruitment and coordination of a corporate retention and expansion program. The Action Plan also required SAEDF lead the development and implementation a city-wide, comprehensive strategic plan for economic development.
To fulfill the goal of developing a strategic plan, Deloitte Consulting was contracted by SAEDF to examine how effectively our community was executing on delivering economic development services. Deloitte executed a competitiveness assessment and targeted industry analysis and produced a series of short and long-term tactics. This study led to the development of a comprehensive Economic Development Strategic Plan. In February of 2013, 15 economic development agencies were assembled, including the City of San Anto...
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