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 Welcome and thank you for visiting Inglewood's Office of Economic and Business Development website. From elected officials to street maintenance crews,
we are committed, as a municipal agency, to doing everything we can to help Inglewood businesses prosper. As you consider expanding your business, establishing a new business or development opportunities, let Inglewood be your FIRST CHOICE.
We offer our visitors a broad array of entertainment services and selection. We have the best medical facilities in the region with Centinela Hospital Medical Center and Daniel Freeman Memorial Hospital sitting in the heart of the City.
If location is important to you, then there is no better CHOICE than Inglewood. Inglewood is the gateway to Los Angeles International Airport and provides choice transportation access. Central to the I-105 and I-405 Freeways, only minutes from the I-110 and I-10 and less than half hour from Los Angeles, Long Beach and San Pedro harbors, Inglewood is easily accessible to both customers and suppliers.
We are home to the nationally known Forum, the world famous Hollywood Park Racetrack (A Churchill Downs Company) and the Hollywood Park Casino and entertainment pavilion. The Forum is a favorite venue for musical performers such as Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Janet Jackson and Bon Jovi. Circuses and ice skating events round out the performances hosted at the Forum.
Each year Hollywood Park Race Track hosts two live horse racing meets in the spring and the fall, and off-site satellite wagering is available year round. The Hollywood Park Casino provides an attractive 120-table card casino for Asian and California-styles games. The Citation Restaurant within the Casino is a pleasant environment for fine dining. Its Pavilion Center has over 300,000 square feet of flexible meeting rooms and stands as one of the premier conference facilities in the South Bay. Jazz, contemporary and classic rock, salsa, karaoke, reggae music and a comedy club program are regularly scheduled activities at the six-story entertainment Pavilion.
We invite you to Inglewood - The City of Champions, Neighborhoods, Businesses and CHOICE.
Roosevelt F. Dorn
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Inglewood, CA…. The City of Inglewood is hosting a FREE SEMINAR on public private joint venture developments by esteemed USC professor and consultant Allan Kotin at City Hall on Thursday, April 28, 2005 at 11:30 am-1:00 pm in the Community Room at City Hall.
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The Inglewood City Council unanimously approved the action and implementation plan included in the final report of the City’s Economic Development Strategic Plan at its January 25th City Council meeting. Culminating a six-month process that involved six community meetings, a public hearing, a vision session with the City Council, meetings with business leaders, brokers and developers; and more than 25 meetings with City staff and officials, the City’s consultant, Wilbur Smith Associates and USC Center for Economic Development presented a comprehensive strategic plan to chart Inglewood’s economic development future for the next three to five years.
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All across the country Downtown’s are experiencing a renaissance. Downtown’s that were once veritable ghost towns are now teeming with activity. Much of this renewed attention can be attributed to the rise in the use of Business Improvement Districts (BID’s) to help manage growth and development in Downtown Areas.
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Inglewood Charts a course towards economic prosperity for its residents and businesses...
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After a year and a half of meetings with business and property owners, the Market Street facade improvements is underway to compliment the newly remodeled street improvements.
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The City of Inglewood retained Kosmont Partners, Economic Consultants, to identify economic development and general real estate development opportunities for nine targeted areas within the City. The results of the analysis are intended to serve as the basis for the City to prepare an economic development strategy as a next phase of this overall effort.
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Kosmont Partners completed their market analysis and presented their findings to the City. The results are well worth reading further.
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City of Inglewood showcases available properties in its downtown Market Street and Morningside Park business districts.
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Looking for a good business location…. Let "I-Sites" direct you to an I-deal location. "I-Sites" is a newly developed free internet application that provides critical business and development information for developers, brokers, and others interested in available commercial and industrial properties in Inglewood.
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Another year has gone by, and as we go forward with our new endeavors in 2005, let's consider the tremendous accomplishments made i n 2004. Some of the things our office was involved in last year include launching the ED Loan Fund, taking part in the State's Enterprise Zone Application Process (still underway); the Economic Development Strategic Planning Process, culminating in the City Council's Approval of the Inglewood City-Wide Economic Strategic Plan, and a host of other projects and programs geared towards improving the economic vitality and overall business climate of the City.
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Home grown community development at its best. That's what Angel Delao and Horacio Gomez did, two graduates from Inglewood high schools. Angel and Horacio learned the business from the ground up, prepared their business plan and successfully sold the concept to the Jamba Juice corporate office. The result? Inglewood's own Jamba Juice is the newest addition to the flourishing Hollywood Park Marketplace.
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What are CEOs and Presidents saying about doing business in Inglewood?
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