Industrial Strength

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Unlimited Opportunities
Covina grows businesses. This historic economic center of the east San Gabriel Valley boasts high tech employers such as Bayer Laboratories, EG & G Power Systems, Inc., Data Line Services, Ameritec, and Sensortronics.

With reasonable costs and a skilled labor pool, Covina is the perfect location for start-up companies and small high-tech ventures. Covina is a white collar mecca. In fact, the 1990 census reported 954 businesses in Covina in the fields of health, law, architecture, or engineering. Communications, transportation, and utilities are accounted for another 44 companies. There are also more than 200 manufacturers in the city.



Covina is clearly a special place for small ambitious companies. The reasons are clear: a location central to the entire Southern California basin; reasonable costs, a skilled labor pool, and a hospitable, business-friendly local government.
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Covina has a location central to all of Southern California, without the hassles of being in Los Angeles. Access is easy from the four freeways which cradle the city-the 10, the 210, the 605, and the 57.

Covina has a diverse and skilled workforce. More than 57 percent work at white collar jobs. Over 21 percent of the workforce have received Bachelor's degrees and 5.7 percent have received graduate degrees. In fact, the San Gabriel Valley as a whole has a higher percentage of high-skilled workers-32.5 percent than even Los Angeles County. Covina's are just harder working; the city's unemployment rate is consistently well below that of its neighbors.

The city has a pro-business attitude which will make it worth your while to do business in Covina. Covina created one of California's first "one stop permitting" policies for development projects. The Planning Division acts as a clearinghouse, contacting other city departments and incorporating comments into a single letter. This fast track processing means administrative approvals the same day for simple "over-the-counter" plans; in as little as three weeks for more comprehensive city-wide reviews; and four to six weeks for projects requiring public hearings.

In Covina, you'll find government that's on your side.

Retail

An elegant retail/office building in the Covina downtown District
The San Gabriel Valley's retail sales area forms a long crescent that swings south from Pasadena and sweeps eastward to an anchor point in Pomona. In the center of the crescent is Covina-the business center of east San Gabriel Valley since the 1880s.


The Retail Market
Covina retailers are high performers. Covina typically exceeds the state per capita sales tax average by 30 to 40 percent (the City of Industry is excluded as a special case as it has a population of only 631). Per capita sales also far surpass Los Angeles County levels and per store sales are also well above average. Comparisons between Covina and other east San Gabriel Valley cities are even more startling. Covina's taxable sales beats the nearest runner-up by a commanding 170 percent.


Solid Demographics
Covina retailers benefit from a loyal, stable market with solid family incomes. Consider, for example, the numbers for a five mile radius centered on the city's North Azusa Avenue retail center. You will find a population of 376,000 with average family incomes of $60,227. They are youthful-median age 30.7 years old. More than 57 percent work at white collar jobs and 66 percent own their homes.


Location, Location, Location
Covina is accessed by four freeways-the 10, the 210, the 605, and the 57. A strong grid of major streets provides surface access from six freeway off ramps. Many are major area thoroughfares: Citrus Avenue, Azusa Avenue, and Grand Avenue. A New metrolink station graces the historic downtown.


Retail Opportunities
There is room for more retail in Covina. Retailers who locate in Covina will find high household income, a stable loyal market, and a city government willing and able to consider assistance.

The Covina downtown is a thriving, historic gem featuring quality restaurants, sidewalk dining, specialty retail, good bookstores, and live theater. Only the sprawling downtowns of Claremont and Monrovia generate higher sales in the region. New brickwork, renovated facades, unified street trees, and nostalgic lamp fixtures are signs of both the downtown's vitality and the city's commitment to preserving this downtown jewel. A true sense of place is also created by such traditional downtown elements as City Hall, the police and fire departments, a park, the library and post office, and the metrolink commuter rail station.


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