Advisory Board: Economic Development Committee
Subject: Economic Development Work Program Update
Presenter: Staff
Contact: Alyson (Greenlee) Escarzaga, 925-655-2783
Information:
Staff Report is below.
Referral History and Update:
Since the last meeting of the Committee on December 1, 2025, various elements of the economic development work program have proceeded. This report includes updates on multiple efforts:
* Brownfields Remediation: On December 12, 2025, Economic Development staff from the County and other local agencies released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Brownfields Coalition Grant to seek qualified and experienced firms to conduct technical analysis for the EPA Brownfields Coalition Assessments grant. County staff convened a meeting of all the agencies that are part of the Coalition in a meeting on January 21, 2026.
* Business Startup/Retention Assistance: Economic development staff from the County have met with over 25 businesses with: Assistance with access to grant funding for the development of a grocery store (assist job training/placement programs and small business/microenterprise technical assistance programs), access to grant funding for community investment funds (Bay Area Air District Local Community Benefits funding), access to grant funding for the development of affordable housing, access to grant funding for brownfields development, access to potential new markets for networking (access to Diablo Valley Tech Initiative), access to code enforcement complaints (Department of Conservation & Development code enforcement complaint form), invitations to the Manufacturers Roundtable.
* Bludot Customer Relationship Management Email Marketing: Economic development staff from the County have sent out emails to 1) manufacturing businesses, and 2) small businesses that have been opened by over 1,073 businesses (See Attachments).
* MTC-ABAG Northern Waterfront Priority Production Areas (PPA) Project:...
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