Category : Regional Research
The 2020 Report on the Ventura and Santa Barbara Creative Economies
This report on The Creative Economy in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties makes an important and unique contribution to a more complete regional economic outlook by examining the economic impact of creativity in the Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties region.
May 4, 2022
Category : Regional Research
Profile of COVID-19, Community, Business, Nonprofit & Worker Impacts
This study looks into the profile of our regional communities, businesses, and nonprofits with an emphasis on the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 on our vulnerable communities, small businesses, and nonprofits in Ventura and Santa Barbra Counties in search of an equitable and inclusive recovery plan.
November 17, 2021
Category : Regional Research
COVID-19 Impact on California’s Entrepreneurs
The California SBDCs include five regional networks covering the state, devoted to helping all industries and all levels of small businesses with accessing capital, human resources, marketing/social media, e-commerce, accounting, disaster resources and pivoting strategies and any other busines needs.
Category : Annual Reports
EDC Community Impact 2020
For long in the future we will look back to this year as a turning point and a turning towards a new way of looking at our work and our opportunities. The economic, environmental and civil disruptions of this past year have impacted our region and nation in many ways we’re not yet even able to imagine.
Category : Regional Research
Careers in Global Trade and Logistics 2020
In total, this trade report was an examination of over 167,100 companies in California. Out of these companies our research identified 2,343 international trade and logistics companies within the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo as well as another 2,665 companies outside the region but in the state.
February 27, 2020
Category : Regional Research
Careers in Global Trade Exploration Database
This interactive dashboard is the first of its kind and represents a novel policy tool for quick comparison of the global trade and logistics workforce at a detailed level of disaggregation. The information contained in this report is a subset of all the data available through the online dashboard.
February 27, 2020
Category : Annual Reports, Archive
EDC Community Impact 2019
Twenty-nineteen proved to be another busy and exciting year for the EDC. Benefiting from new funding from the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development, we increased our Small Business Development Center’s services by nearly 50%, to a total of 883 firms served.
Category : Regional Research
Ojai Valley Identity Dossier
The culmination of the project is this Civic Dossier, which lays out findings and toolkits for the top three stakeholders in commercial districts: property owners, business owners, and the public sector/agencies.
May 31, 2019
Category : Regional Research
Best Practices: Workforce Systems
The Ventura County Workforce System maintains robust training and placement services, effectively serving adult and dislocated workers, in-school and out-of-school youth. Traditional approaches to employment services have proven successful for exceeding local performance thresholds.
Category : Annual Reports, Archive
EDC Community Impact 2018
The Economic Development Collaborative (EDC) creates confident, connected and directed business owners, civic leaders and community partners by providing tools that build pathways for economic development.
Category : Regional Research
Manufacturing Traders Along California’s Central Coast 2019
Engaging in international trade requires a business to identify new markets, meet new standards, participate in different regulatory frameworks, and connect to relevant professional networks. In this respect, businesses need to innovate to extend their reach to international markets.
Category : Regional Research
Business Migration Report 2019
At EDC, we’ve done the research, and that’s exactly what we found for our central coast region. The business exodus story is not supported by the data. For our central coast counties, we actually gain on net from business migration, that is, from the total movement of businesses into and out of the region.
Category : Regional Research
Business Migration Data 2019
At EDC we also focus on telling a positive story about opportunity in the local business environment, again, a strategy affirmed by the data, as businesses on net are moving into the region, not out, and they create more sales and employment than the firms that leave. Informed by that knowledge, we are ever more motivated to promote the strengths of our region.
October 7, 2019
Category : Regional Research
Ventura County’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
This is a report on the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Ventura County. It is about the real entrepreneurial activity of the region, along every dimension—about real outcomes of entrepreneurship for the region and about real options for making a strong ecosystem stronger.
May 14, 2019
Category : Partner Research
Ventura County Economic Vitality Plan
The Economic Vitality Strategic Plan (EVSP) champions our local economy and works to create targeted, sustainable economic growth that will support and improve the quality of life for Ventura County residents while remaining responsive to the evolving needs and opportunities of the local economy.
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Category : Archive, Regional Research
The Global Food and Agricultural Economy - Ventura & Santa Barbara County
Agribusiness in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties is a driver of the Central Coast economy, generating more than $6 billion in annual economic activity and employing more than 45,000 workers. The local food systems economy is characterized by extraordinary diversity in crop production, innovation in resource management and extensive global distribution networks
Category : Annual Reports, Archive
EDC Community Impact 2017
Through convening and partnerships, providing services including business technical assistance, lending and training, and by ensuring the EDC-VC has the capacity to support the diversity of business that drives the Ventura County economy
Category : Annual Reports, Archive
EDC Community Impact 2016
A dedicated board of directors from the private and public sectors ensures EDC-VC’s mission and principles are honored through its programs and services.
Category : Annual Reports, Archive
EDC Community Impact 2015
EDC-VC works to enhance the region’s economic vitality and quality of life. Since 1996, the organization has accomplished this through a coordinated service delivery strategy focused on business retention and expansion, business attraction and entrepreneurship.
Category : Archive, Regional Research
Introducing a Water Market in Ventura County
A water market is a way to transfer the allocation of groundwater pumping between water users. It is an administrative process that enables people who have excess water allocation to sell it to people who need it. Both sellers and buyers participate in the water exchange voluntarily.
Category : Archive, Regional Research
Food Processing in Ventura County
Agriculture has long been a characteristic component of the Ventura County economy. However, as with many economic sectors, agriculture must evolve to meet constantly changing market challenges. The present report addresses the need and opportunity to increase the level of value added processing in the county to better support the farming community and a comprehensive food systems strategy.
