A.V. ALLIANCE GAINS FUNDING; GROUP INTENDS TO CREATE JOBS.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer The city will contribute $10,000 to help launch a new economic development group, a commitment made with the understanding that the city would be treated fairly on leads for new businesses. Palmdale will provide the funding to the Greater Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Economic Alliance, which is seeking money to get organized and start fund-raising efforts Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported . The alliance, composed of about 50 representatives of public agencies and private industry, wants to create 3,000 jobs over the next five years. Toward that goal, the group is hoping to raise $500,000 annually for a variety of marketing, job creation and retention efforts. ``We think it's terribly important to go ahead with a regional marketing effort,'' Councilman David Myers said. The approval of the $10,000 came Wednesday night after Vern Lawson Jr., one of the organizers of the alliance, gave assurances that an independent party would serve as the clearinghouse for any leads generated by the group's campaign. Skepticism about whether Palmdale was getting an equal share of leads on businesses looking to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. prompted city officials to hire their own marketing consultants in January. Palmdale officials say their primary focus will be on their own marketing efforts although they are willing to participate in joint efforts with Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County and the city of Lancaster The City of Lancaster (2002 population: 133,914) is a local government district with city status in Lancashire, England. Its main town is Lancaster, from which it obtained its city status. Other towns in the district include Morecambe, Heysham, Slyne, and Carnforth. . The group's plan is to raise $500,000 a year for such efforts as marketing, funding a full-time aerospace lobbyist, creating a ``one-stop shop'' to help businesses with regulatory issues and encouraging developers to build industrial buildings on speculation. The annual funding goal for the campaign was among the recommendations from The Suddes Group, an economic development fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. organization, and Celeste Celeste is a woman's first name. Celeste may also refer to: in Music
The creation of the alliance was among the recommendations from the consultants, whose work was funded through federal and state grants totaling $195,000. The grants were awarded through programs aimed at assisting communities hurt by defense industry cutbacks. |
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