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Design Center Charette and community planning meetings for suburban corridor development plans. Manage elected EDA and citizen advisory Economic Development Commission. Prepared community marketing plan. • Successfully negotiated tax increment agreements, managed tax increment budgets and facilitated creation of new districts. . Facilitated business retention program, business interviews and prepared public policy items to address business retention resulting in business loan programs to assist business expansions. Coordinated land purchase, construction and leasing of City's first Community Center. San Diego Economic Development Cos~poration, San Diego CA (1989-1994) Associate Vice President of Retention & Attraction & Director of Research • Conduct corporate interviews to evaluate and advise on site selection criteria and develop market strategies for business growth for entire San Diego County region of 2.5 million persons. Prepared and'presented tailored site selection marketing packages to include real estate site surveys, financial incentives and comparative analysis. Arrange and conduct site tours. Managed publication of Community Book of Facts and Industry Brochures. . Coordinate mediation meetings with public sector agencies to encourage retention and attraction of key businesses. Actively develop positive relationships with local counterparts at various governmental, civic and trade organizations and the broker/development community: • Facilitated public/private partnerships and committees dealing with water infrastructure, air pollution, recycling, waste management and environmental contamination. Advised corporate directors on the impact of proposed legislation and local regulations. Prepared responsive legislative position papers. Facilitated the development of joint permitting process for the entire County which resulted in clients gaining minor permits in 2 hours verses 4 weeks with a "One-Stop Shop" permitting process. 10