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Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske was elected to the Long Beach City Council in 2006 to a four-year term of office. The 5th Council District is the largest council district in the City comprising more than 11.5 square miles. It is the largest because it has the least density of homes, apartments and/or condominiums. Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske is the only member of the Long Beach City Council to utilize a blog. She hopes that you will keep reading it as she writes about her experiences in local government.

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LB Gets Award For Being “Most Business Friendly”

By Councilwoman Gerrie Schipske | November 17, 2008

Can someone please tell the critics of Long Beach that at least the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation recognizes that Long Beach is trying really, really hard to be “business friendly”?

That’s why LAEDC just awarded Long Beach as on the of LA County’s “Most Business Friendly Cities.”

Oh, by the way. This is the third straight year that Long Beach has been selected as one of the top five business friendly cities in the County.

The City also captured an award for its efforts on the C-17 Red Team project — a concerted effort to mobilize appropriate movers and shakers to save the Boeing C-17 project and jobs in our city. As a result, the City just won the International Economic Development Council Excellent in Economic Development Awards in the category of Business Retendion and Expansion.

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