1. Northern Waterfront Economic Development Initiative
Motivation, Accomplishments, and Next Moves

2. Contra Costa County Northern Waterfront

3. The Northern Waterfront generates $21
The Northern Waterfront generates $21.6 billion in annual economic output and is home to an estimated 60% of the industrial designated land in Contra Costa County.
There are more than 26,000 jobs tied to the Northern Waterfront and approximately one third of those jobs are in the Manufacturing Sector.
Manufacturing jobs generally provide an average wage above the County's median household income.

6. “ It’s long been a vision of mine to revitalize Contra Costa County’s Northern Waterfront… I see the revitalization of the County’s Northern Waterfront as vital to anyone concerned with economic development in Contra Costa County…” Supervisor Federal D. Glover, April 2013

7. Originated in 2013
Motivation to ease transition to cleaner, greener economic drivers over time in the legacy industrial areas along the Carquinez Strait/San Joaquin River
Concern for both environmental and economic sustainability for future generations
Desire to provide more employment centers closer to population centers, especially in East Contra Costa and Hercules (consistently among the top 10 worst commutes in the Bay Area)
Area of concern generally broadened to take in all the Highway 4 communities working to keep and attract good jobs

9. County formed Northern Waterfront Ad Hoc Committee, led by Supervisor Glover and Supervisor Piepho (serving from ) and Supervisor Burgis (serving 2017 through today)
Under the committee’s guidance, county staff and city staff from seven cities along highway 4 in the northern part of the county came together to support job retention & expansion

10. Adopted Strategic Action Plan and Conceptual Framework for Human Capital in 2019 to lay out pathway for implementation activities
Thank you to consultants Craft Consulting and Emerald HPC LLC
Proceeding to a joint agreement with the partner cities to undertake the strategic actions as a collaborative
Shared goals of community prosperity and sustainability while improving commutes for residents

11. Northern Waterfront Target Industry Clusters (2013-present)
Advanced Manufacturing
Henkel
Bishop Wisecarver
Pulse Systems
Telemetry Solutions
Pacific Instruments
Bazell Technologies

12. Northern Waterfront Target Industry Clusters (2013-present)
Biomedical/ Biotech
BioRad
Fresenius
Sigray, Biocare Medical
BioZone
BioMicroLab

13. Northern Waterfront Target Industry Clusters (2013-present)
Agriscience & Food
Ramar Foods
Naia Gelato
Del Cielo Brewing
C&H
Dow/Corteva

14. Northern Waterfront Target Industry Clusters (2013-present)
Transportation Technology
Drafting off GoMentum Station; also includes aviation innovations and drone industry

15. Northern Waterfront Target Industry Clusters (2013-present)
Clean Technology
Growth industry nationally and regionally; MCE & many installers operating in region

16. Successes Vortex Marine move to Antioch
Photo courtesy of FutureBuild
Successes
Vortex Marine move to Antioch
FutureBuild $200,000 EPA training grant in Pittsburg
Electrical vehicle readiness workforce training grant with CCTA, County, and Pittsburg Unified adult school
EDA grant for short-line rail feasibility study – underway now in Wilbur Ave. corridor
NWEDI Conceptual Framework report by Emerald HPC led to non-profit job/life skills organizations looking to start operations in East CC
11 Opportunity Zones designated in Northern Waterfront jurisdictions in 2018

17. Congratulations to Sigray
Photo courtesy East Bay EDA
Congratulations to Sigray
Winner of the East Bay Economic Development Alliance 2019 Innovation Award for Engineering/Design
Northern Waterfront company located in Pacheco
Pioneer in nanotechnology x-ray equipment, for a variety of scientific and research applications

18. Next Steps
Moving from planning to implementation as an economic development partnership

19. Engage in MOU discussions
Covering collaborative economic development projects as a working group

20. Add projects to work program & budget
Priority on projects most important to the working group, those most within our span of control, and those with most replicability to your economic development goals

21. Add projects to work program & budget
Return later this year to approve MOU

22. “ The Northern Waterfront partnership is a great resource to build regional economic growth. It captures the spirit of Contra Costa, with cities and the county moving forward together.” Supervisor Diane Burgis, District 3