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Inland Empire is SoCal’s Fast-Growth Economy

The Inland Empire claimed the top spot on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis’s list of hottest economies in SoCal. Riverside and San Bernardino county business output grew on average at a 6.99% annual rate in Q2 2017, tops among five local metro areas tracked by the Fed in its Metro Area Economic Conditions Indexes.

Growth dipped a bit between April and June from Q1 2017 when it hit 7.13%, but compared to a year ago, it is up 4.77%. The Inland Empire ranked as the top performer in the region since the recession ended. Quarter-by-quarter, the region was No. 1 since mid-2012. Annual growth averaged 5.45% since 2010, which was SoCal’s best.

During the downturn last decade, the economy in Riverside and San Bernardino counties contracted at an average 4.54 annual rate in 2007 to 2009, which was the worst performer in SoCal.

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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