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The small
city of Covina, California truly has it all. This Los Angeles
suburb offers the charming downtown, traditional values and
safe, attractive neighborhoods you’d expect in a cozy small
town, but is cradled within a system of freeways and rails that
make it an ideal site for business. Los Angeles is just half an
hour to the west, and the ocean, desert and San Gabriel
Mountains are minutes away. In Covina, you really can get
anywhere from here!
It’s a
beautiful city, with palm-lined streets, well-maintained homes
and neighborhoods, with spectacular mountain views. But Covina
is more than just a pretty face. It has an exceptionally strong
heritage as a business community.
Covina’s
120-acre town site was established in 1886. Thanks to the
strength and endurance of the fruit growers who settled here,
planting orange and lemon groves, Covina soon was the No. 1
citrus-producing area in the United States.
As the
economy of the East San Gabriel Valley became more urbanized,
Covina was poised to change with it. Today, this vibrant, modern
city specializes in retail, manufacturing and high-tech
industries. This transition has been so successful that Covina
now ranks fourth in overall retail sales in the San Gabriel
Valley. Solid leadership in government, business and development
make Covina a stable place to live, work and invest.
Covina was
named by a young engineer who was struck by the way the San
Gabriel Mountains seemed to form a cove around the vineyards
planted by the area’s earliest settlers. The engineer surely
sensed the rich promise this area held. That promise remains
today. Covina is a city that embraces its heritage while
planning for a bright and prosperous future.
Covina
enjoys a superior location in the heart of the East San Gabriel
Valley. With four major freeways at its borders, Covina has
convenient access to all markets in Southern California,
including the growing areas of Riverside and San Bernardino.
The San
Bernardino Freeway (10) provides easy access to Los Angeles and
other communities, ski resorts and vacation destinations in the
San Bernardino Mountains, and the desert beauty of Palm Springs.
With the Orange Freeway (57) on the east and the San Gabriel
River Freeway (605) on the west, the beautiful beaches of Orange
County are just a short drive away. The Foothill Freeway (210)
leads to Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley.
Metrolink,
the region’s commuter rail system, provides an easy commute to
Los Angeles and San Bernardino. With a Metrolink station
conveniently located on Citrus Avenue downtown, commuting from
Covina couldn’t be easier.
Foothill
Transit Authority provides local bus transportation, with 26
route systems serving more than 16 million passengers yearly.
For air travelers, the recently expanded Ontario International
Airport is just 30 minutes away via the San Bernardino Freeway.
Burbank, Long Beach and Los Angeles airports are also nearby.
Brackett Field, just a few minutes outside Covina, is an
excellent base for small aircraft.
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I want to congratulate Scott
Doonan on a job well done in 2007.
He and Dawn picked up the pieces
and ran with putting Thunderfest/
Bluesapalooza on and did a fantastic
job. Running a business...
