Unincorporated Communities

Bermuda Dunes

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Bermuda Dunes is primarily a residential area of about 3,000 residents and home to the Bermuda Dunes Airport, a private airfield.

Unincorporated Population: 76,695   (19.6 percent growth rate since 2005)

Mecca - Thermal - Oasis

Situated in the heart of the Coachella Valley's farming community, the unincorporated communities of Mecca, Thermal and Oasis are now poised to also be a major business and residential corridor.

There are approximately 2,500 developable acres for commercial, light manufacturing and business parks in the corridor, according to the Riverside County general plan.

Interstate 10, Highway 111, the Highway 86 Expressway, the Pacific Union Railroad and the Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, whose main runway has been extended to 8,500 feet to accommodate large aircraft, strategically serve this area.

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New transportation routes also include the proposed East Valley Expressway, a proposed six-lane, nine-mile expressway would connect Monroe Street to Highway 86 along Avenue 62 that would benefit long-term business transportation. The proposed $26.5 million project would be included in Riverside County General Plan.

A 157-acre business park and a 30-acre business complex are proposed for the area.

Workforce training will be enhanced by the creation of a new 100-acre College of the Desert Eastern Valley campus in Thermal. Classes are expected to begin in fall 2006.

The developing residential community of Vista Santa Rosa is located nearby.

Thousand Palms

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Thousand Palms is one of the fasted growing business centers in the Coachella Valley for manufacturing thanks to a proliferation of new business parks and available land.