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LOCATION
As
a gateway to major commercial centers of the United States and
internationally, Inglewood is in a unique position on the shore of the
Pacific Rim. The Los Angeles International Airport is directly accessible by
Inglewood's Century Boulevard – one of the City's busiest commercial
corridors. Proximity to the airport, the Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors,
and four major freeways facilitate both domestic and international trade.
ACCESS
Centrally located in Southern California, nglewood is accessible to major
transportation resources. Surrounded by Interstates 405, 105, 110, & 10;
two miles from Los Angeles World Airport (LAWA); served by Union Pacific &
Burlington Northern Santa Fe rail lines; and less than 30 minutes from
facilities at Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors.
LABOR POOL
Inglewood's work force is primarily professional or highly skilled, and over
46% have attended college.
TRAINING
The City provides its businesses with excellent job training and placement
services at the Inglewood One-Stop Career and
Education
Center.
The One-Stop Center provides businesses with subsidies for training new and
existing employees, and offers access to teleconferencing, telecommuting and
distance learning activities.
EDUCATION
Inglewood is home to 21 public and 4 private schools ranging from pre-school
to adult education. Inglewood houses the University of West Los Angeles Law
School and is less than twenty minutes from Loyola Marymount University,
University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Southern
California, California State Universities at Long Beach and Dominguez Hill,
El Camino Community
College
and Los Angeles Southwest College, and less than an hour away from a number
of other Colleges and Universities.
HOUSING
One of Inglewood's best-kept secrets is its beautifully landscaped
neighborhoods and quality housing. Whether it's a gated community, historic
family homes, or executive townhomes, Inglewood has the housing selection
that you want, at a price that you can afford. The prices for real estate in
the city are significantly lower than prices for cities with similar
climates, with a median property value of $175,000. Inglewood is a family
community with 86% of its homes being family households and almost half of
all households occupied for more than five years. Inglewood is
committed to its sense of neighborhood, and has provided incentives over the
past 25 years for the development of more than 300 single family homes and
550 condominiums, as well as 489 units of senior and disabled housing.
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BUSINESS
In
the world of business development, Inglewood is accustomed to finishing
first. Over the past 20 years, the wins have been impressive.
•
Office Developments $104.2 million; 571 Jobs
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Retail Projects $64 million/779,000 SF; 1,089 jobs
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Industrial Development $109 million/1.15 million SF; 1,949 jobs
The
City of Inglewood has a proven track record as a business-friendly
community where opportunity is in abundance. And in Inglewood, business
friendly doesn't end there. Inglewood has what Southern California
businesses want most – championship winning transportation resources in
a location with competitive land and lease rates.
CHOICES
A
rarity in urban Southern
California, will all be yours... You will be able
to
select
from
a variety of industrial and retail sites for your business. You will
have accessibility to ship and receive by air, rail, or road.
You'll have a choice
of
executive homes within both Inglewood and nearby beach communities.
Your employees will be able
to
choose
from
affordable multifamily, single family and historic homes. And you'll
be able
to
choose
your
employees from a highly educated local work force. Inglewood offers
entertainment choices too – from concerts and events at the world
renowned Forum to the growing entertainment complex at Hollywood Park.
And Inglewood is positioned to offer the best of what makes Southern
California's lifestyle enviable. Inglewood is close to the beaches and
major attractions like Disneyland, Universal Studios and Hollywood.
Your
ability to choose extends
into
education with the city's offerings of primary and post-secondary
institutions – from Inglewood's own West Los Angeles Law School to
Loyola Marymount, University of Southern California, University of
California Los Angeles, and California State Universities at Long Beach,
Dominguez Hills all within a half hour drive.
But
all of these choices begin with one
CHOOSING
Inglewood.
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Gateway to Los Angeles International
Airport; Los Angeles and Long Beach
Harbors; choice transportation access
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