BUSINESSCapital. Land. Contracts. Jobs. Trust.
When we sit at the same table, an empty storefront becomes a business, a first-time borrower gets her loan, and a neighbor gets hired close to home.
We're building that table, and we'd love to have you at it.
Some of the most important work in LA County happens when leaders decide to build something together. You get asked to join a lot of tables, but this one is built to be different.
It starts with community stakeholders’ vision, and every milestone this table reaches is a visible step to the corridor’s growth: money lent, empty buildings filled, new businesses opened, neighbors hired. You'll see each one land.
In the Healthcare Corridor in South LA, and the Wildfire Recovery Zones in Altadena and the Palisades, the resources to change things already exist. A bank has capital to deploy. A hospital has contracts to award. A city has land ready for its next chapter. A foundation has a grant cycle opening.
What comes next is bringing those decisions to one table, in the same neighborhood, at the same time. That is what a consortium is: the organizations that come together to provide what a corridor needs. A corridor is a group of neighboring communities we're helping grow around a shared strength, like healthcare in South LA or rebuilding in Altadena and the Palisades.
LAEDC's job is to bring everyone together, keep the work moving, and make sure the results show up where people live: open doors, new jobs and local owners.
Residents, local businesses, and the community institutions that serve them name what they want their corridor to become. You get to help make it real.
No dues, and no resources required to join. You bring your know-how and your network to help design solutions for the corridor. If your organization later chooses to support one, that is voluntary and written up separately.
As each milestone lands, from the first loan closed to a new storefront opening, you'll see how your contribution moved the corridor forward, with numbers you can bring to your own board.
Every seat at this table gets something back. The best partnerships grow everyone at the table. Here is what each kind of partner gains, and what they bring.
You get
First look at growing businesses, from first-time borrowers to million-dollar companies landing contracts with the major buyers at this table. New lending, deposit and treasury relationships, partners who share the risk, and activity that counts toward your Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) goals.
You could bring
Loans, guarantees, grants or investment, and a lending officer who knows the corridor.
Consortium: Capital & Investment
You get
Neighborhood suppliers ready to grow with your contracts, from food service and facilities to construction and professional services. New businesses opening around your doors, and a corridor that grows stronger with you. It puts your community commitments into action, with results you can report to your board and your community.
You could bring
Purchasing, hiring and referral decisions steered toward the corridor.
Consortium: Anchor Institution (major employers and buyers) · Payer & Provider Network (health plans and care providers)
You get
Businesses opening and expanding in your jurisdiction, bringing jobs and a stronger tax base. A full team of partners behind every project, stronger state and federal applications, and LAEDC's relationships across all 88 cities.
You could bring
A point person for permits, sites and incentives, and a seat when policy is the thing standing in the way.
Consortium: Policy & Government
You get
Your dollars unlock bank capital and fund change across a whole corridor, alongside banks, major buyers and cities, with milestones your board will be proud to share.
You could bring
Grants, low-cost loans or investments from your endowment, or a guarantee that makes a bank say yes.
Consortium: Capital & Investment
You get
Students who enroll because a job is waiting, employers shaping what you teach, clinical sites and job sites through the major buyers at this table, and stronger workforce funding applications.
You could bring
Training, residency and placement slots matched to what the corridor is building.
Consortium: Talent & Workforce Pipeline
You get
Tenants backed by capital and support, demand from the major buyers at this table, financing partners in the room, and a faster path through permitting. Your property grows in value as the corridor comes alive.
You could bring
Sites, early-stage or discounted leases, and a commitment to keep existing tenants in place.
Consortium: Real Estate
You get
Lead the listening that shapes your corridor's vision, so your community's priorities decide which businesses, services and jobs come next. Plus first access to those opportunities, a seat beside the banks, major buyers and cities, and findings for your own work.
You could bring
Trust, reach, and deep knowledge of what the neighborhood is ready to build, plus a place for residents and business owners to be heard.
Consortium: Community
Free to join. Space is limited.
Sign the one-page member agreement by November 30. It runs through June 30, 2027, with the option to renew, and you can step back anytime with an email.
Members can also step up to co-chair their consortium's working group.
Why it matters. Every seat at this table ends in something a family can feel: a new business down the street, a paycheck close to home, a local name on the door.
Thursday, October 29 · Online · 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Not sure yet? That's fine. Tell us what you could bring and we'll suggest a seat.
A member of LAEDC's Business Growth & Competitiveness team will follow up within two business days.
About 90 minutes a month in your consortium's working group, which meets virtually, plus quarterly in-person convenings.
No. There is no fee to join, and joining does not commit your organization to provide any resources.
Only if it chooses to. As your consortium designs solutions, your organization may decide to support one with a resource it manages. That is voluntary, goes through your own approval process, and is written up in a separate MOU with LAEDC.
No. The meeting is for meeting the people you'd work with and asking your own questions.
The community names the priorities, and members decide together how to deliver on them.
LAEDC tracks every milestone and shares progress with partners: dollars deployed, businesses opened or expanded, jobs filled.
You may be a better fit for our Business Services network, which has its own partner process. Mention it in the last question on the form and we'll follow up.