Consider the criteria for an ideal geographic and business environment: proximity of major market areas, adequate space for industrial plant expansion, favorable land costs, access to freeway/rail/air transportation, nearby seaport facilities, proximity to a widely-diversified labor pool and adequate housing in a wide range of prices.
Compatibility of land use mix, mild weather, an equitable tax rate structure, a stable local government committed to long range master planning, an interactive supporter of new economic development, a private sector operating in partnership with local government... these elements constitute the chemistry that has made the City of Industry one of the fastest-growing production complexes on the West Coast.
The City of Industry now represents a multi-billion dollar primary impact in California's Inland Empire Industrial Corridor. The plan of orderly and balanced growth will ensure that the competitive advantages currently enjoyed by the city will be strengthened and enhanced in the future.
The city is one of the few, if not the only, city in the United States that has a total plan of development. The city knows where every future street, storm drain, sewer and utility line will go in presently undeveloped areas. Virtually everything from traffic-light timing to street width, is supportive of business efficiency. Street plantings and maintenance have caused this business city to be recognized as one of the most attractive in the San Gabriel Valley.
The primary goal of City of Industry leadership is to create an ideal setting for business and industry. The economic impacts of the City of Industry are felt in varying degrees throughout Southern California, the Inland Empire Industrial Corridor and, of course, the communities of the San Gabriel Valley area.
Clearly, the City of Industry is, in many ways, unique among the communities of Southern California and the San Gabriel Valley. One dimension of its uniqueness for business is the fact that it is among the lowest population density cities in Los Angeles County while providing a source of jobs for more than 80,000 persons residing nearby.
The city has also committed itself to being responsive to the creation of a setting that is complementary to its neighboring communities. Our city government emphasizes development of an employment base for the East San Gabriel Valley and the Los Angeles metropolitan areas, initiation of capital improvement programs and incentives designed to provide a full range of business requirements, the acceleration and sustaining of modern streets and highways, the perpetuation of programs to beautify the city and conserve its natural resources, and the encouragement of commercial, professional and service uses to support business.
The City of Industry is in the forefront of Southern California's growing leadership in industrial development. Because availability of prime industrial land in Los Angeles County is the key factor in maintaining a strong industrial/employment base, the City of Industry, with prime industrial land available in a municipal area which openly welcomes industry, is able to assume its proper role in Southern California's efforts to attain a balanced economy.
