On Oct. 22, Mayor Lester Friedman, Vice Mayor Sharona Nazarian, Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Todd Johnson, Chamber of Commerce Director of Economic Development, Brittany Ganson, City Manager Nancy Hunt-Coffey and Conference and Visitors Bureau CEO Julie Wagner traveled to New York City to build and grow connections with local businesses. The annual trip, known as the “New York Business Attraction and Retention Mission,” is an opportunity to meet with Beverly Hills businesses that are headquartered on the East Coast and to provide guidance for new businesses that are looking to expand. This was Friedman’s third time making the trip, and his first time representing the city as mayor.
Over the course of three days, the mayor and vice mayor each attended four separate meetings— two in the morning and two in the afternoon— 24 meetings throughout the week. They also held a few special meetings with the Paley Center for Media, which, after vacating its Beverly Hills-based museum, announced last year that it is going to house its new West Coast collection in the Beverly Hills Library. The mayor and vice mayor both met with representatives to discuss their progress on the project.
