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Economic Development

The City of Long Beach Economic Development Department's mission is to create economic opportunities for workers, investors, and entrepreneurs.

Our staff, along with partners across the City, offer the following core services to create a vibrant, resilient, and inclusive economic ecosystem:

  • Grow and strengthen established industry clusters and emerging sectors in Long Beach.
  • Increase access to economic opportunities in low-income communities to advance economic equity.
  • Build a supportive economic ecosystem that creates reliable pathways for entrepreneurs to confidently start and grow successful business.
  • Create more responsive, cost-effective, and streamlined City processes to grow investment and development in the city.
  • Enhance quality of life to grow businesses, jobs, and investment that support a thriving local economy.
  • Advance an integrated approach to local and regional economic development to enhance business opportunities and global connectedness.

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Latest News

Community Hospital LA
Long-Term Lease Agreement Puts Community Hospital On Track To Open

Long Beach is one step closer to reopening Community Hospital.

The City Council voted unanimously at its Tuesday, Oct. 15 meeting to approve a long-term lease with the hospital’s operator, Molina, Wu, Network. The lease became effective the day of the vote.

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Rising Up: Central Long Beach Parking Lot to Become 7-Story Apartment Complex
A parking lot in Central Long Beach will soon become a seven-story housing development.
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Growing Long Beach: Work Group Aims To Address City’s Office Vacancies
Identifying a need to address an increase in office vacancies, particularly in Downtown Long Beach, a collection of office brokers and city officials established a work group in late 2018 to lure potential companies and tenants to the region.
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Press Releases

City of Long Beach Launches Digital Inclusion Roadmap Development Process to Address the Digital Divide
The City of Long Beach’s Technology and Innovation Department, in collaboration with the Economic Development Department, is launching efforts for a Digital Inclusion Roadmap that will address the digital divide and promote digital equity and inclusion in Long Beach.
City of Long Beach Recognized for Excellence in Regional Planning
The City of Long Beach has received four prestigious awards by the Los Angeles section of the American Planning Association (APA).
Innovative City Partnership with California State University, Long Beach to Bring Classes Downtown
Yesterday, the Long Beach City Council authorized the City to enter into an agreement with the California State University, Long Beach Foundation, to provide continuing education workforce development classes in Downtown Long Beach.
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2019 Blueprint Update

Want to know more about the work that the City of Long Beach and its partners are doing to advance the Blueprint for Economic Development but could not make it to this year's Blueprint Update? Head over to our Blueprint Update page to view presentation slides and videos that detail programs and initiatives that address each Focus Area.

DataLB: Geospatial & Open Data Hub

DataLB is the city's new public GeoSpatial & Open Data Portal for exploring, visualizing and downloading data that has been made publicly available.
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Long Beach, CA 90802
Phone: (562) 570-6099

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