Author(s): Dedeh Maryani
The purpose of this research is to know the most appropriate strategy applied by the Community Empowerment Office to empower the people in leather craft local industry in Tanggulangin Sidoarjo.Methods used is qualitative descriptive which is describing the subjects and objects of the study in this moment. The most appropriate strategy applied by The Community Empowerment Office to empower the people in leather craft local industry in Tanggulangin Sidoarjo is strengths-opportunities strategy, the use of the opportunities to increase the strength. The Community Empowerment Office and P3A Department of Sidoarjo Regency should increase network power in order to make internet access easier to reach and to get information related to the development of creative economy and community empowerment, especially all matters relating to local industries, to be immediately followed and implemented. Therefore, it can follow the dynamics of development in the community. The limitation of this study is developing the creative economy.This is an earlier analysis result.