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2010 1st Quarter Report <br /> 1. General Work <br /> > Prepared and delivered website "Rot Topic" to describe the early company successes <br /> gained through the Sustainable Circles program. <br /> Prepared and delivered 5 email broadcast industry alerts on the trends and changes in U.S. <br /> industrial production, including returning some production from Asia. <br /> • Prepared and delivered 6 email broadcasts offering technical assistance and programs, with <br /> a continuing focus on accessing capital, the most difficult issue facing particularly small <br /> companies needing credit lines or advances to grow capacity. <br /> > Expanded Chamber's contact directory with 11 new entries to broaden outreach to the <br /> industrial community to engage them in both Chamber and City programs and services. <br /> 2.. Industrial Roundtable Program <br /> Work with Board Program Chair to develop program content and potential presenters. <br /> > Developed and implemented meeting presentations: <br /> a — Sustainable Circles Program Participants' Update; b — Promoted attendance <br /> at San Leandro by Designs' Sustainable Circles Forum <br /> Follow up with new program attendees encouraging future participation and involvement <br /> with Chamber and City in Roundtable and Industrial Council work. <br /> • Through face -to -face meetings, phone calls, emails and media information, worked to <br /> develop appropriate topics and presenters for future Industrial Roundtable Programs. <br /> > Develop and produce media material for Chamber calendar and meeting <br /> invitations/announcements. <br /> • Make arrangements for and manage the Roundtable meeting. <br /> 3. Industrial Councils <br /> • Continued individual company visits as effective means of outreach. <br /> Through 1st quarter, staff continued walking parts of the five areas and visited 6 companies, <br /> personally introducing the program to those companies, and inviting them to participate in <br /> future meetings. <br /> > Follow up contact was made via phone calls and /or emails. <br /> Continued commercial /industrial brokers contacts to assess their evaluation of San <br /> Leandro's competitive position in the current market: theme of the responses generally <br /> consistent with past contacts: "San Leandro has excellent location and service advantages; <br /> cities are becoming more competitive in developing business attraction programs — "city <br /> must watch this trend and adapt "; vacancy rates in San Leandro have moved from "at or <br /> below the average" to "a little higher than average" for competing cities in the 880 <br /> corridor ". Added concern for 2010 -2011 is the lack of capital available for other than <br /> owner- purchased facilities; leases primarily by national firms with their own capital; no <br /> speculative development for the foreseeable future <br /> > Work continued from the 4th quarter focusing on a key goal of the industrial program: To <br /> secure cutting -edge business growth opportunities for San Leandro production companies. <br /> San Leandro Chamber of Commerce — 10- I I City Contract — Industrial Program — 1st Quarter Report Page 2 <br /> 11 <br />