Coachella Valley Snapshot

The Desert Sun

The Coachella Valley is one of the fastest growing regions in California because of its vibrant, entrepreneurial business climate and its international acclaim as a tourism destination -- a picture postcard-perfect lifestyle oasis of snowcapped mountains, manicured golf courses and celebrated 350 days of sunshine.

With one of the most affordable housing and available raw land markets in California, the Coachella Valley has emerged as a highly desirable year-round business destination because of a highly trained workforce and exciting new business opportunities in advanced technologies, education, health care, multi-media and recreation.

Just two hours from Los Angeles or San Diego, one-and-a-half hours from Mexicali, and an hour from the heart of the Riverside-San Bernardino Counties Inland Empire, the Coachella Valley is comprised of nine distinctive and diverse cities and four unincorporated Riverside County communities appealing to wide retail, industrial and manufacturing interests.

The new California State University, San Bernardino-Palm Desert campus and the University of California, Riverside's Richard J. Heckmann International Center for Entrepreneurial Management's campus also are magnets attracting businesses to the Coachella Valley. College of the Desert's $350 million expansion provides lower division college courses as well as career, vocational education and technical training. Other institutions of higher education are Chapman University and Phoenix University.

The Desert Sun

The Coachella Valley is a must-relocate choice for businesses and people who want the best-of-the-best. The exciting, resort-style lifestyle has something for everyone, from 121 golf courses to art and children's museums to Indian gaming casinos to concerts and theater to nationally acclaimed attractions like the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, the Pacific Life Open Tennis Masters Tournament, the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic PGA golf tournament, the Kraft Nabisco LPGA golf tournament, the Living Desert Zoo and Botanical Gardens, and the Palm Springs Air Museum.