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La Quinta

The Desert Sun

The City of La Quinta, nicknamed the "Gem of the Desert," is consistently ranked one of the fastest growing cities in California. The City also has the fastest growing business center. Over the last decade, there has been a strategically planned surge in retail and commercial development, including the first Super Wal-Mart store in California.

Population: 36,145 (52.5 percent growth rate since 2000)

Fast Facts

City of La Quinta Web site
Address:
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
Phone: (760)777-7000
Fax: (760) 777-7101
SilverRock Resort has opened with the 7,553-yard Arnold Palmer-designed golf course. The master plan calls for another 18-hole golf course, a high-quality hotel, a boutique hotel, and retail shopping and recreational facilities for the community.
The Highway 111/Washington Street corridor is one of the fasted growing commercial areas in the Coachella Valley because of plentiful developable land.
The La Quinta Resort and Club, opened in 1926, is one of the best known international resort getaways for celebrities, pro athletes, and industry leaders.
La Quinta boasts some of the world's finest golf courses, including PGA West and Rancho La Quinta, home of the nationally televised SKINS Games. Each year the La Quinta Arts Festival welcomes the world to view the works of over 250 North American artists in the open-air atmosphere of town center.
Since 1997, La Quinta has generally added jobs faster than the surrounding Inland Empire which is California's fastest growing major metropolitan region.

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73-710 Fred Waring Drive
Suite 106
Palm Desert, CA
92260-2574

Phone: (760) 340-1575
Fax: (760) 340-9212
Toll free: (800) 596-1007

Contact Us

Shawnna Trombetta
Director of Business Development
Shawnna@cvep.com