Partner

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Jo Marie Diamond
Partner/Vice President, ECEDC; Director, Connectory.com
El Cajon, CA 92020
County: San Diego
http://eastcountyedc.org/

Organization:
The San Diego East County Economic Development Council (ECEDC) is an alliance of key representatives from business, government, and education working together to promote successful business activity in the cities of El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove and Santee, and in the unincorporated communities of Alpine, Lakeside and Spring Valley. The Connectory.com contains detailed profiles of California primary industry companies across all industries at every level of the supply chain. The goal is to link California businesses to each other and to provide information about the industrial/technology base of the U.S. largest economy. ECEDC and the Connectory are partners on three WIRED projects, listed below

Tasks:
Project 1.1 - Economic Development Innovation Toolkit:
- In coordination with other partners, develop an economic development toolkit in the first 18 months of the project, incorporating effective economic development roadmaps, integrating resources and innovative tools to reach the targeted entrepreneurial audience.
- Complete annual benchmarking report and index in order to determine how each of three venture communities has grown its innovation sector network.
Project 1.3 - Inventory of Key Innovation Assets:
- Identification and profiling of a minimum of 140 Innovation Assets (Federal and private Research and Development labs, military installations, college/university research centers and private companies).
- Add the 140 profiles to Connectory.com. Design an economic development resource database tool (California Innovation Corridor Innovative Asset Portal) to house the 140 profiles, as a Corridor Portal.
Project 1.4 - Innovation-Based Entrepreneurial Ventures:
- As project lead, develop selection criteria for Innovation All-Stars and coordinate with 1.4 partners on application of criteria to All-Star identification.
- Develop benchmarks and metrics to track All-Stars through the first 24-month period and report their economic development impact.