Arlington Economic Development COUNTY MANAGER’S PROPOSED FY 2020 BUDGET General Fund & Tourism Promotion Fund County Board Work Session Thursday, March 14, 2019 4:00 PM
Making Arlington a leading community VISION that is vibrant , accessible and Become the Technology resilient , today and in the future. Innovation Center of the U.S. MISSION To continue to develop Arlington County as an economically vital, competitive and sustainable community by providing leadership and services to the business, real estate development and visitors services sectors of the Arlington economy.
Amazon in Arlington An Investment in Our Community • Fulfills longstanding community plans for Crystal City and Pentagon City. • Advances transportation and housing objectives with new sources of state support. • Brings substantial local and statewide investments in higher education and K-12 programming. A Turning Point for the Commercial Market • After years of high vacancy rates and underutilized capacity, Crystal City and Pentagon City stand to gain $2.5 billion in new investment and occupancy of 4 million square feet of office space. • Advances diversification of employment base with significant addition of private sector jobs. A Regional Collaboration • The effort to recruit Amazon brought the entire region together. It was a shared success based on our outstanding workforce, transportation investment, quality of life, and collaborative problem solving. • Partnership will continue as we begin to convene workforce resources from around the region. 2 Arlington Economic Development
Department Overview Business Investment Group BizLaunch Communications • FY19 year-to-date: • FY19 year-to-date: • FY19 year-to-date: • 7.16 million square feet • Business outreach total: 2,418 • Earned Media Impressions: assisted 5.1B • 81 workshops (118 by yr. end) • 39,035 total jobs* • Media Value: $281 million • 635 counseling appointments • Retention/Expansion: 12 • Social Media: Followers: 10k; • 155 counseling appointments deals, 913,863 square feet Impressions: 2 million and 12 workshops in Spanish • New Business: 9 deals, • Web Traffic: Sessions – 45k, • Key topics: starting a 6,201,912 square feet Users – 60k, Pageviews – business, strategic planning, 150k access to capital, women entrepreneurship *Jobs # includes 37,850 from Amazon attraction (6 million s.f.) 3 Arlington Economic Development
Department Overview Arlington Convention & Arlington Cultural Affairs Real Estate Development Visitors Service • $123M in state and $91.7M in • Create: Festivals, Lubber Run • Initiated studies of current and Series, Groovin’ on the Pike, art local tax receipts (2017) future commercial market on the ART Bus, Arlington Art conditions and opportunities • 149M domestic ad Truck, Public Art (Audience – in the Columbia Pike and Lee impressions to leisure & 198,003) Highway corridors. meetings audiences • Promote: 60K Subscribers, 11K • Technical support for Child • 171K StayArlington website Social Media Followers, $560K Care Initiative sessions Media Value, 2M Impressions • Support on comprehensive • Support: Grants (25), Make Your • 29K group room nights Mark! (29 artists, 300 attendees), and current planning efforts booked Entrepreneurial Training for Artists • 17K visitors served in person (10 workshops ) 4 Arlington Economic Development
Business Investment Summary 248* CLOSED DEALS SINCE JAN 2015 75,650 NEW AND RETAINED JOBS 12.4M SQUARE FEET 18 DEALS USED EDI GRANTS 1776 March of Dimes AIR** Nestlé** APT** ONR Basket Savings** SineWave BNA** Axios*** Eastern Foundry Higher Logic*** Grant Thornton** Phone2Action*** GW MFA Stardog*** Lidl** VideoBlocks*** *173 AED-assisted ** COF match 5 Arlington Economic Development ***Gazelle Grant
Business Investment Summary (continued) Countywide Vacancy Rate Investment in 25% Economic Development 20.8% 19.6% 20% 18.4% Ongoing: $1.5 million 16.0% One-time: $1.08 million 17.2% 16.7% 15% Total: $2.58 million 12.7% 10% FY 2020 funding meets current commitments 5% Every $1 invested generates $5 6 Arlington Economic Development
Summary of Proposed Budget Changes General Fund – Without Cultural Affairs % FY 2019 FY 2020 Change Change Adopted Proposed $6,078,798 $6,076,193 -$2,605 -0.04% Expenses Staff 30.80 FTEs 31.80 FTEs +1.0 FTE +3.2% • The proposed budget includes an addition of a 1.0 FTE in the AED BizLaunch program to support small businesses and help them adapt to new opportunities as a result of Amazon’s arrival. This proposal is based on an assumption that the County Board will review the Performance Agreement with Amazon and approve it prior to adoption of the budget in April. 7 Arlington Economic Development
Summary of Proposed Budget Changes Tourism Promotion Fund % FY 2019 FY 2020 Change Change Adopted Proposed $1,546,700 $1,546,700 $0 0% Expenses Revenue $1,546,700 $1,546,700 $0 0% 7.0 FTEs 7.0 FTEs - - Staff • Proposed budget reflects anticipated $1,300,000 revenue from Transient Occupancy Tax Surcharge • Revenue includes $246,700 ongoing General Fund Transfer • Number one Virginia county for visitor spending since 2009 8 Arlington Economic Development
Detail: Proposed Reductions Reduce Director’s Office/Operations Group Administrative Support Service Impacts Budget Impact FY 2020 Change: - $11,000 • Reduce the Director’s Office Operations budget by $11,000. The reduction will: Decrease the number of parking validations offered by AED to Staff Impact visitors coming to its office located at 1100 North Glebe Road. None Limit funding for office equipment, repairs and replacement. 9 Arlington Economic Development
Detail: Proposed Reductions Reduce Business Investment Group Data Subscriptions Service Impacts Budget Impact FY 2020 Change: - $35,500 • Reduce $35,500 in Data Subscription funding. The reduction will decrease the number of licenses from 13 to 6. This reduction may delay completion of research done by the program. Duties and Staff Impact licenses will be reallocated among staff to facilitate research with the reduced number of licenses. None 10 Arlington Economic Development
Key Budget Considerations • Adds position to support small businesses with the arrival of Amazon • Incentives funded to meet our commitments • Maintains support for business investment program to sustain momentum 11 Arlington Economic Development
Arlington Economic Development COUNTY MANAGER’S PROPOSED FY 2020 BUDGET Cultural Affairs Division County Board Work Session March 14, 2019
Arts General Fund Support (FY 2019- FY 2020) FY 2019 FY 2020 Department / Program Adopted Proposed Cultural Affairs $2,255,549 $1,951,029 Arts Grants $215,810 $215,810 Art Facilities - Operating Expenditures (1) $356,296 $356,296 Library Art Shows & Exhibits (2) $5,000 $5,000 Parks & Recreation (3) $774,766 $664,500 Total $ 3,607,421 $3,192,635 (1) Reflects average annual operating expenditures at 3700 Four Mile Run, Arlington Arts Center, and Lee Arts Center. (2) Funds for staff time participating in the Exhibition Committee, coordinating and displaying art at each library location, working with the artists, and taking pictures for the library website. (3) Reflects funds for the Parks and Recreation Department's Community Arts Unit which implements the arts lending, arts camps, and other arts education programs and funds for art studio and art classes. The $100,266 decrease from FY 2019 to FY 2020 is related to two reduction options with no impact to the public (recognizing efficiencies in the Supply Room and Lending Program and reducing the level of temporary staff support in the Community Recreation Division) along with general decreases in personnel costs based on new staff and benefit elections. 13 Arlington Economic Development
Enriching Lives: Arlington Arts and Culture Strategy • A collaboration of Cultural Affairs and the Arlington Commission for the Arts initiated in 2015, with significant community engagement; adopted in 2017 by the Arts Commission • Comprehensive and holistic strategy for Arlington’s arts and culture sector includes: • Vision -- Arlington thrives as a community because arts and culture create a sense of place, catalyze economic vitality and enrich the lives of all those who live in, work or visit here. • Values 1. Art has value in itself 2. Arts and culture are a strategic community resource 3. Arts and culture underpin economic development and sustainability • Five Goals, 16 Strategies • All Cultural Affairs and Arts Commission work program elements align with goals and strategies • Arts Organizations are encouraged to use Enriching Lives when developing grant application 14 Arlington Economic Development
Cultural Affairs Division Mission Create, promote and support the arts, connecting artists and community to reflect the diversity of Arlington. 1. Support artists and arts organizations 2. Integrate public art into built environment 3. Present performing and visual arts programming 4. Promote Arlington Arts brand 15 Arlington Economic Development
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