Business Facilities - September 2008 - (Page 48)

CALIFORNIA BOUNDLESS BUSINESS ON THE WEST COAST porated areas in Yuba County do not have a license fee for most businesses, no utility user tax, no Regional Transportation Fee or Tax, no Local Sales Tax in addition to the state Sales Tax of 7.25%, no Parking Tax, and no Gross Receipts Tax. With excellent access to major metropolitan areas in the Bay Area and Sacramento Region, Yuba County offers a low-cost alternative to other areas in California. From 2003 through 2007, unincorporated communities in Yuba County were issued 5,500 singlefamily residential permits, placing the county on the map for rapid growth; the 4.8% expansion rate eclipsed all other California counties by 2006. Most of the new growth occurred in the southern county areas in the Plumas Lake Specific Plan Area, East Linda Specific Plan Area, and the North Arboga Study Area. As a result of the rapid housing growth in Yuba County, commercial and retail development has not been keeping pace. A retail analysis completed in 2007 by California State University-Chico highlights a $200 million loss in potential taxable sales that, without significant new commercial development, exponentially increases to nearly $700 million at the build-out of these residentially zoned properties. Recent interest in commercial construction has resulted in the comYuba County Government Center Transportation Incentives Locations Substantial Savings #4606 at www.BusinessFacilities.com pletion of a full-service Rite Aid and a Walgreens groundbreaking, with several additional development projects grading sites or pending construction in 2008. Beale Air Force Base, with a labor force of 5,000, is the largest employer north of the Bay Area to the Oregon border. Beale houses the unmanned aerial reconnaissance Global Hawk and U2 aircraft missions. In August 2007, the Beale Enhancement Team (BET) was created to identify and seek out new missions and other growth opportunities for Beale. Its initial effort is designed to position Beale Air Force Base as a permanent location for the Air Force’s new Cyber Command wing. Beale Air Force Base is one location in 18 states vying for consideration as a headquarters location. Cyber Command is expected to provide jobs initially for about 550 Air Force employees, but resulting partnerships with universities, colleges, the private sector, and hightech businesses could add thousands of more jobs. Cyber Command is a wing proposed by the Air Force that will utilize electronic offensive and defensive measures to protect American computer systems and assets. On December 17, 2007, the entire California Legislative Delegation, including both senators and all 53 Congressional Representatives, particiA S P E C I A L A D V E RT I S I N G S E C T I O N O F B U S I N E S S FA C I L I T I E S 48 SEPTEMBER 2008 PHOTO CREDIT: JOHN FLEMING, COUNTY OF YUBA http://www.sjpnet.org http://www.sjpnet.org http://www.BusinessFacilities.com

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Business Facilities- September 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves:�Mississippi Editor's Location Picks 2008 The Palmetto State Reaches Across the Sea Corporate Moves:�Tennessee Metro Spotlight:�Spokane, WA Biotech: Building Block for Development Wind Power Lifts Iowa Germany:�Europe's Economic Juggernaut California Here We Come Up, Up and Away in North Carolina Corporate Moves:�West Virginia Metro Spotlight:�Decatur/Greensburg, IN Advertiser Index Ask the Expert

Business Facilities - September 2008

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