Foothill Retail Corridor

Duarte – Two 1,404 square foot spaces available, including one end cap. Each space is $2,200 per month, or about $1.57 per square foot per month. May be rented together or separately.

Easy access, good street frontage and visibility, with over 28,000 vehicles per day along Huntington Drive. Adjacent to Fresh & Easy, CVS Pharmacy, and Mount Olive Drive on/offramp of the 605 Freeway.

Permitted uses included auto parts, financial services, restaurants, fast food, maintenance and repair services (other than vehicle), postal and mailing services, printing and duplicating services, dance or martial arts studio, urgent care clinic, dentist office, medical supplies, and other uses with a conditional use permit. (Lessee to verify uses.)

Call Ken for tour of space (626-737-9079).

This month’s entry focuses on the closures and layoffs of just Los Angeles County, rather than including nearby areas such as Chino or neighboring Orange County cities, simply because the list is growing too large.

What I find interesting in this list is the number of medical jobs being eliminated (City of Hope 185 employees and Antelope Valley Hospital 45 employees). Supposedly medical jobs are one of the growth industries. Not surprising, aerospace is taking another hit, with Ball (120), JPL (33) and Northrup (75) eliminating a total of 228 positions. With budget cutbacks and aerospace moving out of California, I think this trend will continue.

Summer is winding down and but there is enough time to get in one more parade, picnic and car show. Duarte will be celebrating its 53rd Anniversary on Saturday, September 18th with a parade down Huntington Drive (aka, Route 66) and a picnic at Royal Oaks Park after the parade. The parade grand marshall will be Jordan Romero, the 13 year old who recently climbed Mount Everest!

Along with dozens of vintage cars on display in the park, there will be an arts and crafts show, over 40 food and display booths (can you say Kettle Corn!), and live music.

I will be there to eat some food and view the cars, like this Corvette that was on display at the La Verne Cool Cruise this last spring. More information may be found at www.DuarteRoute66Parade.com.

In my previous post I listed Los Angeles regional closures and layoffs. While that post indicates a Los Angeles region that is still suffering major job losses, a closer look at the cities that comprise the Foothill Retail Corridor (“FRC”) presents a healthier job situation overall, but with a wide disparity within the FRC communities.

Comparatively, the FRC has a lower unemployment rate (9.3%) than Los Angeles County (13.4%) and California (12.8%), but is closer to the national average of 9.7%. However, the cities that comprise the FRC range from a very low 4.1% in Sierra Madre to a high of 14.5% in Azusa.

Please note that these numbers are from the government and they may not add due to rounding. And, I have no idea how the city of Bradbury can have an employment base of 500 with all 500 employed and still achieve an unemployment rate of 8.1%! As they say, close enough for government work.

Monthly Labor Force Data - July 2010

CDP is “Census Designated Place” – a recognized community that was unincorporated at the time of the 2000 Census.

Source: California Economic Development Department

Sonic Burger is now open at 1070 Foothill Boulevard in Duarte. Sonic is America’s largest drive-in restaurant chain in business for more than 50 years. The chain started in Oklahoma and now has over 3,500 locations throughout the U.S.

How much more classic can you get? Good old fashioned car hop service located along historic Route 66. This will be a great addition for Duarte.