1. BUSINESS SUPPORT
- California's largest Enterprise
Zone
- Local and regional ED
professionals
- Small Business Development
Center
- Financing programs
- New One Stop Job Center
- One Stop Permitting
2. LOCATION
- 30 miles north of Sacramento
- Home of Beale Air Force Base
- Proximity to the Sierra, the
coast, and three major universities
- Home of Yuba College
3. WATER
- Abundant water supply and
hydroelectric generation
- Dams and extensive water
distribution systems
- Expansion of water-related
infrastructure and levee enhancements financed by excess water sales
4. LANDFILL
- State of the art landfill with
significant expansion capacity
5. INDUSTRIAL PARKS
- Sites of 5 to 45 acres for
lease or purchase, some with rail or airport taxiway access
- Below market land pricing
- Utilities include streets,
power, water, sewer, fire hydrants and other improvements
6. LABOR FORCE
- Lower labor costs than
metropolitan areas
- Large available workforce
- Local training programs and
placement assistance
- Well-trained military retirees
7. ACCESS
- Major north-south corridors,
Highway 70 and 65, slated for widening and other improvements
- Rail service by Southern and
Union Pacific
- Outstanding county airport with
6,006-foot runway, surrounded by eight industrial parks
- Proximity to Sacramento's air
and seaports
8. NATURAL RESOURCES
- Water, timber, minerals, and
high quality aggregate
- Rich agricultural area
- Over 25,000 acres of wildlife
area and National Forest land
9. QUALITY OF LIFE
- Inexpensive land and housing
costs
- Small town, rural atmosphere,
free from urban congestion
- Gold Rush roots - historic
gateway to the goldfields and home of many historic sites
- Active local theater and arts
groups, social and service clubs
- Well established medical
community and recently expanded hospital
- New cancer center associated
with U.S. Davis cancer unit
- Unlimited recreational
opportunities including hiking, riding, water sports in rivers and
lakes, hunting and fishing
- Home of Sacramento Valley
Amphitheatre
- Home of The Motorplex at Yuba
County
10. BUSINESS-FRIENDLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- County committed to economic
development and business attraction/retention
- History of sound land use and
strategic economic planning
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