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MONTEREY BAY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP

April 2019 Kate Roberts, President

About Us

Monterey Bay Economic Partnership (MBEP) is a member-supported nonprofit organization consisting of public, private and civic entities located throughout Monterey, San Benito and Santa Cruz Counties

Why Regional?

Geography Transportation Workforce Development Agriculture Tourism Education Health Media Market Government Housing Broadband

Monterey + Santa Cruz + San Benito Similar industries, challenges and opportunities for learning, sharing & doing

Monterey Bay Traffic issues, Hwy 1, Rail Internship Portal, Pathways Crosses county lines Regional opportunities UCSC, CSUMB Central CA Alliance for Health KAZU, KSBW, KION AMBAG Alternative funding, zoning CCBC, dig once

Our Mission

To improve the economic health and quality

• f life in the region

Our Values

Our Board of Directors

Carrie L. Birkhofer Bay Federal George Blumenthal UC Santa Cruz Bud Colligan South Swell Ventures Larry deGhetaldi PAMF Mary Ann Leffel MCBC René Mendez City of Gonzales Nanette Mickiewicz Dominican Hospital Eduardo Ochoa CSUMB George Ow, Jr. Ow Family Properties Bruce Taylor Taylor Farms Ed Durkee Goodwill Shantanu Sarkar Plantronics Rosa Vivian Fernández San Benito Health Foundation Carlos Palacios Santa Cruz County Matt Huffaker City of Watsonville Marci Davis Wells Fargo David Heald Santa Cruz County Bank Rick Russo Mann Packing

MBEP Members … over 80 strong!

Our Strategies

• Catalyze change through focused initiatives
• Transportation
• Housing
• Workforce Development
• Building a Tech Ecosystem
• Use data to create consensus and inform action
• Convene local leaders to drive progress on critical

issues

• Activate the power of our member network

We Bring People Together

… around important issues in our region

SPRING

5th Annual Regional Economic Summit May 2, 2019 – Monterey Conference Center, Monterey

FALL

5th Annual State of the Region October 25, 2019 – Hyatt Regency, Monterey

“Congratulations on an outstanding conference and further

momentum towards the transformation of our region.

Shyam Kamath, Dean College of Business, CSUMB

Transportation

Transportation Priorities

• Using a regional lens to apply existing

funding sources more effectively to solve transportation challenges

• Supporting important state and local

legislation that will enable more regional and local projects to be implemented (SB1, bus on shoulder, trails, etc.)

• Creating an MBEP Mobility Program that

reduces traffic and promotes multi-modal

• ptions for commuters

Housing

Advocacy

Policy|Projects

Monterey Bay Housing Trust Employer Sponsored Housing

MBEP Housing Strategy

$12.25M – exceeded $10M goal!

Monterey Bay Housing Trust

Key Accomplishments to Date

• Monterey Bay Housing Trust (MBHT) in partnership with Housing

Trust Silicon Valley

• Exceeded MBHT fundraising goal in July 2017 with over $12M in trust
• 4 projects funded to date; 6 in the pipeline
• MBEP Action Center
• Conducted 17 successful campaigns to date, resulting in over 700 new homes
• Created Regional Advocacy Calendar and Housing Pipeline Map
• Conducted over 6 “Affordable Housing 101” educational workshops and presented

White Paper on “Realistic Policy Changes that Could Improve Housing Affordability in MB Region” to over 20 agencies across the region

• Employer Sponsored Housing
• Supported projects increasing farmworker housing stock toward the goal of 5,300

permanent housing units in next 5 years

• Working with local employers to think how they can be part of housing solution
• Provide technical assistance to employers & promote existing exemplars (e.g.

Tanimura & Antle’s Spreckels Crossing)

• Supporting expansion of Landed (down payment assistance for educators) into

Monterey County

Workforce Development

Monterey Bay Internships

www.mbinterns.org

• Regional tool for students to find internships from local employers
• Free for both employers and students to use
• Over 4,200 registered users
• Over 300 internships posted

• Powerful tool to access LOCAL career and education information
• Integrated curriculum from CSUMB, MPC, Hartnell College,

Brandman University, Central Coast College, & Cabrillo College

• At beginning of 2019, over 3,930 career assessments completed,

1000+ resumes downloaded & student profiles created

Building a Tech Ecosystem

Tech Priorities

• Support broadband coverage throughout the state
• Partnered with Central Coast Broadband Consortium (CCBC) to redefine

regional standards; conducted research with businesses and consumers throughout the region

• Support the proliferation of broadband through connecting jurisdictions

and ISPs to state and federal grant funding for infrastructure

• New regional standard of 100 Mbps download/20 Mbps upload is being

considered for adoption at the state level

• Support and promote local tech events and incubator

activities:

• Tech/AgTech MeetUps
• Start-up Challenges
• Hackathons
• Forbes AgTech Summit
• Thrive Accelerator and more

Building Community and Capacity

We Provide Regional Data on our Website

http://mbep.biz/data-insights/

• Good data is critical for decision making
• MBEP is dedicated to providing aggregated and visualized

data that supports your research and planning needs

• We collaborate with regional and national organizations

Source: http://www.mbep.biz/Facts-Figures/Interactive-Maps.aspx

Statewide alliance of 15 diverse regional organizations committed to economic, environment and social well-being of our regions and state Advances governance reforms to improve public outcomes, including education and self-sufficiency, public health and well-being, environmental protection and sustainable communities.

We Represent the Region at State Level

… connecting members with statewide discussions of critical issues

“When the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership talks, people listen. City council members know who MBEP is -- they know who they represent and that’s a very powerful constituency to stand up and say ‘we need this affordable housing, this is a good thing for our community.’” Jan Lindenthal, Chief Real Estate Developer, MidPen Housing Jan Lindenthal, Chief Real Estate Developer, MidPen Housing “I like the fact that MBEP is working across sectors and really engaging with government as well as private sector. I think we always need to look across sectors and the fact that the leadership and membership of MBEP brings in key players across sectors.” Katy Castagna, CEO of United Way Monterey County “Transportation Agency for Monterey County is partnering with MBEP because they bring together major employers, major government agencies and all kinds

• f different stakeholders that we need to get in touch with in order to implement
• ur programs.”

Debbie Hale, Executive Director, Transportation Agency for Monterey County

Membership Fuels Our Efforts

Thank You