Shopping & Dining Brea

About this episode

Aimée Matsumoto discusses the impacts of shopping and dining local with Brea's Economic Development Manager and Administrative Services Director.

Aimée Matsumoto sits down with Brea Economic Development Manager Melissa Furio and Brea Administrative Services Director Monica Lo to discuss the direct impacts shopping and dining local have on quality of life as well as the quality of a city's services and infrastructure. Hear from Melissa about what Economic Development is exactly (2:09), the history of of these efforts in Brea (4:15), and what makes Brea’s business community unique (6:00). Then, learn from Monica about the fiscal impacts ...

People in this episode

Host: Aimée Matsumoto

Guests: Melissa Furio, Monica Lo

Topics covered

• economic development
• local business
• quality of life
• city services
• infrastructure

Keywords

• shopping
• dining
• Brea
• economic development
• local business
• quality of life
• city services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brea, Brea Economic Development, Brea Administrative Services

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