Partnership 2010

Small Business Loan Program: A $50,000 grant to Partnership 2010 will go toward the start-up of a $1-million revolving loan program for small businesses in Orange County. The grant came from Pacific Telesis Foundation and it will be used by the Orange County Minority Business Council, which is developing the loan program in conjunction with Partnership 2010 and credit union executives.

Small Business Loan Program: A $50,000 grant to Partnership 2010 will go toward the start-up of a $1-million revolving loan program for small businesses in Orange County. The grant came from Pacific Telesis Foundation and it will be used by the Orange County Minority Business Council, which is developing the loan program in conjunction with Partnership 2010 and credit union executives.

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to join with businesses and school officials to devise a county plan for economic growth by 2010. Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder, one of the founding members of Partnership 2010, has been working to form the coalition since 1990. The county's formal move to join the group will get things going, she said. "We need a new way to govern--a way that will give the private sector more input," Wieder said.

A coalition of Orange County business leaders, lawmakers and educators vowed Friday to meet a strict four-month deadline to come up with ways to jump-start the local economy. The group, under the auspices of Partnership 2010, met for an all-day summit on ways to make Orange County more business-friendly.

A coalition of Orange County business leaders, lawmakers and educators vowed Friday to meet a strict four-month deadline to come up with ways to jump-start the local economy. The group, under the auspices of Partnership 2010, met for an all-day summit on ways to make Orange County more business-friendly.

Regarding the Commentary on Orange County's future ("Consumer Confidence Fading; We Need an Economic Summit," Jan. 3) by Mark Baldassare and Cheryl Katz: The incoming chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Harriett Wieder, actually put together an economic summit before the concept became the forum d'jour it is today. In early 1991, a coalition of business, government and education leaders met to form the core of what was to become Partnership 2010 to address the economic future of Orange County.

Citing the potential for future conflicts of interest, county Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder removed herself as a director of a local business, government and education coalition that she helped to create. Wieder announced her removal Tuesday before the county Board of Supervisors was asked to approve funding for a consultant that would work for the coalition known as Partnership 2010. Board of Supervisors Chairman Thomas F. Riley and Supervisor Gaddi H.

Two new members have been appointed to the Cypress College Foundation Board of Directors, the community college's fund-raising arm. Joining the board are William E. Ross, vice president of public affairs for Disneyland, and Donald J. Bedard, retired vice president of student services at Cypress College.

Life After Bankruptcy: What role will the business community play in Orange County once the government emerges from its bankruptcy next June? A panel of county business leaders is scheduled to wrestle with that issue Thursday at a gathering in Irvine sponsored by the National Assn. of Industrial and Office Properties. The key to the county's recovery is a $500-million bond issue the county plans to sell next spring to pay back vendors and bondholders stiffed after a loss of nearly $1.

The Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to join with businesses and school officials to devise a county plan for economic growth by 2010. Supervisor Harriett M. Wieder, one of the founding members of Partnership 2010, has been working to form the coalition since 1990. The county's formal move to join the group will get things going, she said. "We need a new way to govern--a way that will give the private sector more input," Wieder said.

U.S. Trust Co. of California, a private banking firm based in Los Angeles, has opened its first Orange County office and appointed Tom Nielsen, formerly of the Irvine Co., as managing director. U.S. Trust has $4 billion in assets and manages more than $30 billion for individuals, families and institutions in California. Nielsen was formerly president and vice chairman of the Irvine Co., where he is still a member of the board of directors and the executive committee.

In today's environment of dividing politicians into those who "get it" and those who don't, Supervisor (Harriett M.) Wieder, by her actions, has shown decisive leadership in addressing the No. 1 public issue in the county--jobs and the economy, contrary to what was alluded to in the article, "Group Launches Drive to Recall Wieder" (April 8). As the visionary behind Partnership 2010, the coalition of business, government and education working to develop and implement a plan for the county's economic growth, Wieder has shown a willingness to embrace new paradigms of leadership and governance, unprecedented in Orange County, which pull expertise and involvement from the private sector to address critical public policy issues.