Ranked By Budget Mesa Office of Economic Development is #1 .... ranked by result TBD

Economic Development Organizations Ranked by 2016 budget

Locally Researched by: Dale Brown, Phoenix Business Journal Oct 07, 2016, 3:00am MST

The City of Mesa Office of Economic Development scored its first No. 1 ranking when the Phoenix Business Journal published the 2016 edition of its annual Economic Development Organizations list.
The list was previously dominated by the City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development Department, but that agency dropped workforce connection funding and personnel from its budget total. As a result, the group's annual budget dropped from $29.5 million to $5 million, and staffing dropped from 90 to 44.
Phoenix's Community and Economic Development Department now ranks fifth on the list.
The list is ranked by 2016 annual budget and the City of Mesa Office of Economic Development reported $10.22 million with 14 employees.[Bill jabjiniak in image above left] 
Second on the list was the Arizona Commerce Authority with an annual budget of $10 million, and third went to the City of Chandler - Economic Development Division at $5.74 million.
Source >> Phoenix Business Journal

City of Mesa Office of Economic Development works to enhance Mesa’s economy by

• supporting the creation of jobs,
• increasing per capita income and
• improving quality of life for residents.

Website >> http://www.mesaaz.gov/business/economic- development                                      

2016 Featured results

Office of Economic Development receives international Excellence in Economic Development award		Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority Names J. Brian O'Neill Executive Director
Mesa Office of Economic Development welcomes new deputy director		$10M project gets underway at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport
Dexcom to expand manufacturing operation to Mesa		City of Mesa launches Business Districts Opportunity Maps
City of Mesa Office of Economic Development receives state economic development awards		H Mart to bring Asian-American supermarket to Mesa
Lots of moving parts led to new manufacturing facility in Mesa		Harvard Investments and East Valley Institute of Technology create partnership through development of Cadence at Gateway Master-Planned Community
Dexcom brings 500 jobs to Mesa		Top reason why Dexcom chose Mesa
The $120M acquisition of Mesa's Alpine Valley Bread Co. was ACG "Deal of the Year"		CEOs rank Arizona 6th best state to do business
Grand opening for Santander Consumer USA in Mesa's Fiesta District		Grand opening held for American Traffic Solutions headquarters in Mesa
Holmes Spring Manufacturing moves to Mesa, brings 21 jobs		Grand opening for new ATS headquarters in Mesa
Chicago Cubs post another record-breaking spring training season in Mesa, AZ		Boeing's Mesa plant gets $1.5B Apache contract
Textron Aviation purchasing Mesa-based Able Engineering		New owners purchase downtown Mesa Marriott hotel, will invest $13 million in renovations
AT Still University will expand Mesa campus adding 122K SF academic building		$10M international supermarket opening in Mesa

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