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Redondo Beach staff proposes economic development working group, highlights business concierge successes
Summary
City staff briefed the council on a two-year business concierge program that handled 26 businesses and proposed forming an Economic Development Working Group with a council subcommittee to recommend regulatory and process changes to attract and retain businesses.
Redondo Beach staff on Tuesday asked the City Council to formally back an economic development working group and to create a council subcommittee to guide it, saying the city's two-year-old business concierge program has sped problem-solving for applicants and identified regulatory and permitting bottlenecks.
The business concierge program, approved by council in December 2022, provides centralized help for prospective and existing businesses as they navigate land use, planning and building-permit requirements. "Since its launch, the business concierge program has improved interdepartmental coordination," Economic Development staff member Dave Scribe told the…
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