San Bernardino Investment Playbook
Transformative investments to catalyze sustainable and equitable economic growth
San Bernardino
Community Stakeholders
Made possible with the support of The James Irvine Foundation
What will the Investment Playbook do?
This Investment Playbook will increase climate readiness, bring new energy to the local economy, and improve quality of life in San Bernardino’s communities. It brings together big moves across six key categories.
How was each project selected?
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Build on San
Bernardino's strengths
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Leverage market momentum and work underway
Projects were identified through dozens of conversations with community stakeholders.
Each project was selected based on its ability to:
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Unlock federal, state, and local resources
Drive equitable growth via community wealth-building strategies
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Where does the Playbook focus?
This Playbook focuses on downtown San Bernardino, a small geography with outsized impact
Though underpopulated and underinvested today, the downtown core has major potential, with inexpensive city-owned land, historic buildings, and close proximity to multimodal transit. A reinvigorated, climate-ready urban core will catalyze growth and improve quality of life throughout the city, making it more attractive for current and prospective residents and businesses alike. The geographic focus of this Playbook will provide the critical mass of coordinated investment that San Bernardino needs to reclaim its position as one of the crown jewels of the Inland Empire.
