By:
Cynthia Kurtz
Posted
3/6/2013
“It’s
close to what counts the number one reason the San Gabriel Valley
is the place for business. Successful businesses need to be close to customers,
markets, materials, and employees. When you are in the SGV you are close to it
all.
Need
to get to Orange County? Jump on the I-605 or SR-57.
Headed to the IE? You’ve got the I-210, the I-10 and the SR-60 to choose from.
Got a meeting in downtown Los Angeles?
Twenty minutes and you can be there. In all, seven major freeways traverse the
region. The light rail lines that will eventually connect all the Foothill
cities and run along the SR-60 are only going to make connecting better.
What
if you are importing materials from New Zealand
or China?
Selling your products in St. Petersburg or Italy? Not a
problem. The nation’s two busiest container ports are close at hand with both
truck and rail options for shipping.
Your
CEO has a trip to the east coast each week? No need to go all the way to LAX. Ontario and Bob Hope Airports are just
minutes away. If your company owns its own airplane, then El Monte Airport is your home
base.
The
SGV has every neighborhood from blue collar to executive so employees at every
income level have affordable and attractive housing options.
No
matter where you locate in the SGV, you will be close to institutions of higher
education. I am not talking about any old schools. SGV schools are prestigious.
No other region can brag about “bookends” like Caltech - the number one
university in the world two years in a row - and the Claremont Colleges.
No doubt about it, the SGV is “400 square miles of talent.”
All
of the SGV’s prestigious schools - Mt. San Antonio (SAC), Citrus College, Cal
Poly Pomona, University of La Verne, Rio Hondo College, Azusa Pacific
University, Pasadena City College, Mt. Sierra College, Western University of
Health Sciences, Caltech, and Keck
Graduate University, - provide a skilled workforce and a steady supply of
opportunities for research and product development.
The
SGV is also a good deal for businesses. Lower commercial lease rates help the
bottom line. There is room to expand. All in all, locating in the SGV will “make
your CFO happy.”
There
are very few other places that can top the location, talent and cost
effectiveness of the San Gabriel Valley for business. Help
spread the word. Let your professional contacts know that the SGV is open for
business.
Note:
Thank you for all the comments on the recent column about the penny. While a
few readers just couldn’t imagine getting rid of the penny, the vast majority
were ready to make the change. The best idea comes from my friend Victoria at
The Ratkovich Company. Since the penny costs 2.4 cents to make and the nickel
costs almost 10 cents to make, Victoria
asked, “why not make the penny worth 5 cents and get rid of the nickel thereby
solving two problems at the same time?” Victoria,
thank you. I wish I had thought of that!
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