Economic Development Corp.Economic Development Corp. Gary Gary, city (1990 pop. 116,646), Lake co., NW Ind., a port of entry on Lake Michigan; inc. 1909. Gary was founded by the U.S. Steel Corporation, which purchased the land in 1905 and landscaped it for a city. Fowler first became involved with international trade and investment when the London Chamber of Commerce asked him to organize a trade mission to the United Kingdom. He worked with the Economic Development Corp. of 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 (EDC EDC See: Export Development Corp. ) and the L.A. Chamber of Commerce to coordinate the mission. Supervisors Deane Dana, Edmund Edelman Ed·el·man , Gerald Maurice Born 1929. American biochemist. He shared a 1972 Nobel Prize for research on the chemical structure and nature of antibodies. and 45 corporate sponsors participated in the mission. As a result of the contacts made and the business initiated, a second trade mission was organized the following year with Supervisor Peter Schabarum joining Supervisor Dana in London. Based on the success of these two missions, the county Board of Supervisors The examples and perspective in this article or section may represent an unduly geographically limited view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. The Board of Supervisors is the body governing counties in the U.S. requested that the EDC continue to coordinate international trade and investment missions to promote Los Angeles internationally and attract new business. Fowler says that his experience has shown that trade missions encourage local business expansion and retention by stimulating foreign economic interest, investments, joint ventures, licensing agreements and trade expansion. With the EDC he has organized trade missions to the Philippines, France, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and a number of Central American nations Noun 1. Central American nation - any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments Central American country . His current efforst to promote L.A. County include a recently concluded trade mission to Portugal, a mission-in-progress to Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and an upcoming mission to Australia to attend the World Associate of Metropolises (Metropolis) where 37 worldwide metropolitan areas will be represented. |
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