Located nearby the Santa Ana River, the stunning city of Riverside is the County seat for Riverside County and is the largest city within the San Bernardino - Riverside - Ontario area of Southern California. The city is the 4th largest city inland after Fresno, Sacramento, and Bakersfield. The city presently hosts a population of roughly 300,430 people in its area of seventy square miles. Its is conveniently located 60 miles east of Los Angeles.
The University of California, Riverside is located within the city and is home to over 40 acres of unique and rare plants. What's more, there is an abundance of walking paths to take pleasure in the scenic routes through the garden.
The first Navel Orange Trees in North America has its home in Riverside. During 1873, they were introduced into the area by the first settlers from Brazil. There are now three surviving Parent Navel Orange Trees left. All oranges grown within the west coast came from these trees.
The financial system initially consisted of mainly agriculture. During the past few decades, the economy has shifted mostly on education, government, retail and manufacture sectors. Fortunately, the city has many reasonable land space accessible, which makes it desirable for companies to build there. There is also several housing for a reasonable price.
Riverside is now one of the best places to establish a business and retains the number one rank in a variety of economic measures (out of 53 cities), including the total amount of work as well as the largest amount of companies.
The city is presently focusing on expanding their technology sector and is developing high tech business parks. The entire County resides within the 856 acre Riverside Regional Tech Park, which offers high speed fiber optic telecommunications systems. These systems rely data consistently and fast through video, voice and data transmissions.
Some businesses have decided to build their headquarters here, like for instance Bourns Engineering and I/O Software, Luminex Software Inc. and Centrum Analytical labs.
The manufacturing and industrial sectors are rapidly expanding and have attracted over 125 industrial businesses in the last ten years. DHL, a 18.6 billion dollar shipping business, chose to establish itself in Riverside. It is utilizing the March Air Reserve Case as its west coast hub. Some of the more successful companies in the light manufacturing sector are fabrication, food processing, electrical instruments, metal, plastics, glass, recreational vehicles, imaging equipment, and wood. As the population grows, the retail trade grows too.