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May 2013 - Vol. 5 - Issue #5
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 In this issue...
Elk Grove Attracts Big Business with Affordability, Centralized LocationWith a pro-business climate, global access, affordability and talented workforce combined with a centralized location and easy access to highways, the state capital, the San Francisco Bay Area and an international airport, Elk Grove is one of the most desirable places to locate corporate and regional headquarters in the northern California region. Business Spotlight: Backscratchers Salon Systems, Inc.Maintaining the reputation of being the world's leading professional salon manufacturing company, the world headquarters of Backscratchers Salon Systems, Inc. has called Elk Grove home for the last 15 years. Featured Property: Laguna PointeLaguna Pointe offers outstanding visibility and access, strong demographics, daytime population, traffic counts, and is an excellent opportunity for a retailer to enter this strong retail market. Also in this issue:ElkGroveSiteSearch.comNews from the EGEDCElk Grove Quick FactsContact the EGEDCEGEDC Supporters
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Elk Grove Attracts Big Business with Affordability, Centralized Location
With a pro-business climate, global access, affordability and talented workforce combined with a centralized location and easy access to highways, the state capital, the San Francisco Bay Area and an international airport, Elk Grove is one of the most desirable places to locate corporate and regional headquarters in the northern California region.
Major corporations and organizations that have located to Elk Grove include Apple Inc., ALLDATA, Dignity Health (formerly Catholic Healthcare West), Sutter Health, and Kaiser Permanente.
Being just minutes away from downtown Sacramento and the availability of free and plentiful parking, are some of the advantages in locating business to Elk Grove. These incentives were among the factors in the State of California Correctional Health Care Services headquarters move that recently brought about 1,500 state employees into Elk Grove's workforce with an estimated $4 million dollars in economic benefit to the City.
With west region headquarters based in Elk Grove, Frontier Communications Corporation is the nation's largest communications company focused on rural America and one of Elk Grove's major employers. After officially closing the acquisition of Verizon assets in 14 states in 2010 (and tripling the company in size), Frontier committed to a 100% U.S.-based workforce and brought more than 500 jobs back from India. The company is listed on the S&P 500 index and has 3.41 million customers and more than 15,000 employees in 27 states. For more than 75 years, Frontier has been committed to keeping Elk Grove at the top of the technology curve by providing access to a secure, seismically stable and reliable telecommunications and data security infrastructure on par with large metropolitan cities.
Texas-based oil and gas storage and distributor NuStar Energy located its western region headquarters here citing that Elk Grove had the best access to highways and airports for frequent traveling up and down the west coast. The award-winning schools and family-friendly neighborhoods was a perfect place for employees to settle down in the area as well.
GNB Corporation--a world leader in custom engineered products, specializing in vacuum valves, vacuum chambers, vacuum hardware accessories, and custom manufactured products--uprooted its headquarters from the San Francisco Bay Area and relocated to Elk Grove because of its convenient location to existing suppliers and the affordable and modern community where the company and its employees could flourish.
Trinity Fresh--a thriving $100 million wholesale fresh produce distribution company headquartered in Elk Grove--provides service to more than 227 stores including Garden Fresh, Souplantation & Sweet Tomatoes, Outback Steakhouse, Cattlemen's Steakhouse, Sizzler, and Chuck E. Cheese. Elk Grove was a natural choice for company headquarters because of affordable real estate and a central location to the Sacramento region as well as the Central Valley where most of the state's fresh produce is grown.
Elk Grove has a superb advantage of being strategically located between Interstate 5 and Highway 99--the cornerstones for efficient transportation of goods and services out of the Sacramento region. I-5--the main interstate highway on the west coast of the United States--parallels the Pacific Ocean from Canada to Mexico, serving several of the nation's largest cities. Highway 99--a north-south state highway--stretches almost the entire length of California's Central Valley. Elk Grove is also close to Interstate 80--a major east-west route leading from the San Francisco Bay Area through Sacramento, then over the Sierra Nevada, crossing into the state of Nevada. Nearby is U.S. Route 50 that runs east-west from I-80 near Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe. In addition to these four major highways, Elk Grove is further served by an international passenger and freight airport, transcontinental rail and a cargo port-each only minutes away in the neighboring state capital of Sacramento.
Elk Grove continues to build a business-friendly reputation with aggressive economic incentives that include reduced and deferred fees, one-on-one guidance for businesses through city processes, legislation to entice state offices to the area, and free counseling for new and existing local businesses. The Elk Grove Economic Development Corporation offers assistance in helping businesses deliver a seamless transition for headquarters or regional offices locating to the area.
For more information, contact the EGEDC at (916) 691-3895, or send an email to info@elkgroveedc.org.
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Business Spotlight: Backscratchers Salon Systems, Inc. Maintaining the reputation of being the world's leading professional salon manufacturing company, the world headquarters of Backscratchers Salon Systems, Inc. has called Elk Grove home for the last 15 years.
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Backscratchers Salon Systems, Inc. products assembled and manufactured in Elk Grove.
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Owner/CEO Michael Megna, whose family had long been in the industry, founded (along with his father) a formula for fiberglass nail application that was healthy for the natural nail and more durable thanindustry standards. In 1983, Backscratchers' Glass Glaze Fiberglass and Silk Wrap System was launched and is still the No. 1 product in the industry today. Backscratchers Salon Systems now offers more than 200 products, with each creation lead by Megna himself.
"My business was in the south Sacramento area and we were thinking about locating out of state. I grew up in Elk Grove and a lot of my employees lived in Elk Grove as well, so we moved the business here," said Megna. "I travel a lot and fly a lot and meet a lot of people who fly back and forth every week to Los Angeles or Seattle or even as far away as Texas. Locating the business to Elk Grove was local for everybody and is only five miles to my house--the location really works well for commuting!"
Backscratchers products are assembled and manufactured in Elk Grove and shipped all over the world. The company is still a family-owned business that takes pride in taking the time needed to develop quality products.
"Elk Grove is a beautiful place. I've watched the whole town grow and change from just a little stop sign in the middle of the road with a gas station on one side. I've seen lots of changes in Elk Grove and they've been very positive!"
For more information, see www.backscratchers.com.
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Featured Property: Laguna Pointe
9257 & 9261 Laguna Springs Drive, Elk Grove
Offered by CBRE, Inc.
Laguna Pointe is a ±22,325sf retail center located in the heart of Elk Grove's retail epicenter at the intersection of Laguna Springs Drive and Laguna Boulevard at the Highway 99 interchange. The center offers outstanding visibility and access, strong demographics, daytime population, traffic counts, and is an excellent opportunity for a retailer to enter this strong retail market.
- Shop space available-vanilla shell condition, ready for occupancy
- Upscale mixed use development featuring Class "A" office buildings, Hilton Garden Inn, and BJ's restaurant
- Located on a major retail corridor-notable tenants along the Laguna Boulevard include Home Depot, TJ Maxx, Best Buy, Old Navy, Petco, Petsmart, BevMo, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Ross, Michaels and more
- Adjacent to Highway 99 at the Laguna Boulevard interchange
- High traffic counts
- Close proximity to thousand of homes
- Strong demographics
- Freeway pylon & monument signage on Laguna Blvd available
For more information on this property, contact the EGEDC at (916) 691-3895, or send an email to info@elkgroveedc.org.
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Find Available Commercial Property at ElkGroveSiteSearch.com
View Elk Grove's extensive commercial property listings along with size, use, cost and development incentives at ElkGroveSiteSearch.com. Corresponding demographic and statistical reports such as labor force, education levels, community profiles, and consumer spending and age can also be created. Businesses are mapped by industry showing their distribution and concentrations throughout the area. For more information contact the EGEDC at info@elkgroveedc.org.
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News from the EGEDC
Elk Grove Slashes Homebuilder Fees
The City of Elk Grove has eliminated the 97 cents/sf affordable housing fee that developers of office facilities have had to pay that funded a city program seeking housing for low-income residents. The fee, however, will remain unchanged and still be charged for commercial/retail, hotel, manufacturing and warehouses, and range from 46 cents to $1.36/sf. Residential impact fees for future homes were also reduced. For more information, contact the EGEDC at info@elkgroveedc.org.
Program Expedites Small Business Building Permits
The City of Elk Grove's new personalized service, "T.I. Tuesdays," expedites building permits for small businesses and allows applicants to meet one-on-one with staff to process smaller tenant improvement building permits. In most cases the permit can be issued at the counter the same day. For details call 916-478-2235 or visit: www.elkgrovecity.org/building-permits.
Download EG's Small Business Start-Up Guide
Free Consulting From the Small Business Development Center!
The Small Business Development Center provides free business consultation to Elk Grove's existing and emerging businesses. An SBDC consultant is available at the beginning of each month in the same office space as the Chamber and the EGEDC. Free and low-cost workshops are also available. Send an email to info@elkgroveedc.org for more information.
Business License Report Online--See Who Else Has "Opened Up to Elk Grove"
Click here for the City of Elk Grove's latest online monthly new business license report! Online Plan Reviews StreamlinedA convenient web-based electronic plan submission, review and tracking system is available on the City of Elk Grove's website that allows building permit customers to manage a plan review, upload files and track the status of a project review. For more information on news items, contact the EGEDC at (916) 691-3895, or send an email to info@elkgroveedc.org. |
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 Elk Grove Quick Facts
Population: 156,958
Labor Force: 82,186
Households: 43,902
Median Household Income: $81,618
Per Capita Income: $33,500
Median Age: 33.5
Educational Attainment: 73% attended or graduated college
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