Economic Development Guide - Santa Clarita Valley Economic

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Santa Clarita Valley
Economic
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LEADERSHIP PROFILE:
Congressman
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A publication of the
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Successful companies are the
foundation of prosperous cities like
Santa Clarita.
That’s why we have
made it our business to
help yours.
Tourism Office
The City of Santa Clarita offers a
variety of programs and incentives
to SAVE companies of all sizes
time and money.
Learn more about the
City of Santa Clarita’s
Film Office
Coordinates film permits in the City and
supports film businesses based in and on
location in the Santa Clarita Valley
WorkSource Center
Free service connecting qualified
Film Office
job seekers with employers in the
SCV Enterprise Zone
California’s leading tax savings program
for businesses
Sponsorship Opportunities
Provides opportunities for targeted brand
awareness at various City events
Tourism Office
Promotes Santa Clarita as a premier destination
through event support & solicitation,
marketing and advertising
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Where Aerospace
and Defense Still Soar
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Santa Clarita Valley firms support major programs
A United Front
Aerospace Defense Coalition pushes area’s
interests in Sacramento, Washington D.C.
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Right Place, Right Time
Woodward finds itself well-positioned
in the Santa Clarita Valley.
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Leading the Way
Congressman ‘Buck’ McKeon’s pivotal
national role boosts area presence.
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Growth Mode
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Aerospace Dynamics International builds
the future of aircraft machining.
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The Good Life
Great schools, safe environment
attract families, firms.
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Overview
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Spotlights
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Business Climate
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Education
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Economic Voice
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Entertainment and Recreation
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Top: Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, House Armed
Services Committee Chairman, on right, tours Triumph Actuation
Systems aerospace center. Middle Left: Quallion LLC Lab.
Middle Right: Manufacturing facility at Aerospace Dynamics
International. Bottom: A low crime rate and master planned
residential communities and industrial parks make the Santa Clarita
region ideal for residents and businesses alike.
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{Overview}
‘City of the Future’
Has Winning
Combination For
Businesses, Residents
N
estled between California’s
San Gabriel and Santa Susana
Mountain ranges, just minutes
from Los Angeles, lies the growing
community of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Home to Santa Clarita, the fourth largest
city in Los Angeles County, the Santa
Clarita Valley is a unique enclave of master planned business parks, residential
communities and recreational amenities.
This distinctive balance between
industry and lifestyle hasn’t gone unnoticed. Santa Clarita was recently recognized as a “City of the Future” by fDi
Magazine, a publication of London’s
Financial Times and a leading provider
of foreign direct investment information; an accomplishment made even
more impressive considering the city
only incorporated 24 years ago.
Boasting a state-of-the-art medical
center, a host of award-winning public
and private schools and colleges, a range
of affordable housing and a mild Mediterranean climate, it is easy to see why
over 255,000 residents call the Santa
Clarita Valley home.
But the Santa Clarita Valley is more
than just a bedroom community to Los
Angeles.
The area has also become a thriving
center for business, attracting companies in several different sectors, including: aerospace and defense, advanced
manufacturing, medical devices, information technology and digital media
and entertainment industries.
The appeal for businesses is due, in
large part, to the region’s commitment
to being business friendly.
Santa
Clarita
Left: Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park is a national tourist attraction with some of the most daring roller coasters in the world.
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Top: The boathouse at Bridgeport, one of many master planned communities providing picture perfect safe neighborhoods for local residents.
Bottom left: The Santa Clarita Valley has several championship golf courses. Bottom right: Boating at Castaic Lake.
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Santa Clarita has no business license
fees, or utility users or gross receipts
taxes for local companies. Firms can get
expedited service through the city’s priority plan review process and one-stop
permit center.
Businesses located in the area also
have access to the Santa Clarita Valley
Enterprise Zone (SCVEZ). Designated
in 2007 and recently expanded, the
SCVEZ has helped local firms save
more than $150 million in state taxes
through hiring qualified employees or
purchasing equipment.
The program has helped local firms
create job opportunities for over 4,000
workers, keeping the region’s unemployment rate consistently below the state
of California’s and the nation’s.
Other Santa Clarita Valley business
amenities include the Santa Clarita
WorkSource Center, Small Business
Development Center, Employee Train-
ing Institute and Center for Applied
Competitive Technologies, which assist
firms from startup to Fortune 500 with
their planning, financing, hiring and
training needs.
Growing businesses have a wide
array of existing commercial space
and land available to choose from in
the Santa Clarita Valley. The Valencia
Industrial Center and Valencia Commerce Center are easily accessible along
Interstate 5.
Daily commuter train services and
close proximity to Los Angeles International Airport and Bob Hope Airport
in Burbank make travel to and from the
Santa Clarita Valley a breeze.
Despite the area’s rapid growth, the
Santa Clarita Valley strives to maintain
that small town ambience. CNN/
Money magazine previously named
Santa Clarita “The Best Place to Live”
in California and the FBI ranks the city
as the 11th safest place in the country
for its size.
The family-friendly neighborhoods
are interconnected by miles of bicycle
and walking paths, several community
parks, protected open space, indoor
and outdoor recreation facilities and a
performing arts center.
Visitors and residents alike enjoy the
destination shopping, championship
golf courses and the thrills of the Six
Flags Magic Mountain theme park and
Hurricane Harbor water park.
And, within a short drive, residents
can leave city life behind to enjoy the
Pacific Ocean, Angeles National Forest
and scenic outdoor desert landscapes.
Local residents refer to Santa Clarita
Valley as “Awesometown,” and it’s not
hard to see why. From its family atmosphere to its business-friendly climate,
Santa Clarita Valley is an ideal place to
live, visit and do business.
Above: Children head to school in the Santa Clarita Valley. Many people move to the community because of its high-quality educational institutions.
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The Great Ride
The famed Amgen Tour of California has been
wheeling its way through Santa Clarita for several
years en route to its final destination point. Thousands
of locals line the streets to watch the cyclists
speed past.
Known as one of the nation’s largest and most
recognized annual sports events, The Amgen Tour of
California draws many of the top riders from around
the world to compete for the highest purse prize of
any cycling race in North America.
When hosting the Amgen Tour, the City of Santa
Clarita pulls out all the stops for the road demons,
while locals cheer the riders on in a festival-like
atmosphere. Residents pitch in to help make each
event successful by volunteering as course marshals,
manning media operations as well as providing
security at press conferences and hospitality events.
Musically Inclined
The Santa Clarita Valley’s impressive outdoor venues
and warm summer nights lend themselves easily to a host
of entertaining community events that further enhance the
area’s high quality of life.
One of the annual pleasures is the City of Santa Clarita’s
free Concerts in the Park series. Held each Saturday in
Central Park, visitors bring their chairs and picnic blankets,
visit the wide variety of food vendors and dine al fresco as
they rock out under the stars to a range of musical acts and
performers.
Another cool way to spend a summer evening is at the
annual Valencia Jazz and Blues concert series. Hosted every
Friday night by Lexus of Valencia, this event turns a short
stretch of Town Center Drive into an intimate jam session
with some of the hottest up and coming names in jazz and
blues.
Now in its thirteenth year, the concert series has not only
become a requisite stop for music lovers, but also benefits
several charitable causes.
The newest addition to the outdoor entertainment
lineup is the Santa Clarita Jazz festival, held at the Valencia
Country Club. The weekend event brings together the entire
community to enjoy gourmet food, beverages and a cigar
lounge, while being entertained by award-winning jazz
recording artists.
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Courtesy Disney/ABC Studios
The Real Hollywood
Courtesy Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch
Artist rendering of Disney | ABC Studios at The Ranch offering
outdoor filming and soundstages in one location.
Filming for the movie Yellow Rock at the
Veluzat Motion Picture Ranch.
Early Hollywood history was made in the Santa Clarita Valley
by way of the scores of western movies featuring acclaimed
actors William S. Hart, Gene Autry and John Wayne.
Today, the region is home to more than 10 sound stages
and 20 active movie ranches, including Disney’s Golden Oak
Ranch.
Golden Oak Ranch was first used by Disney to film
segments of “The Mickey Mouse Club” starting in the late
1950s. Personally selected by Walt Disney himself, the 900acre ranch continues to make movie magic more than 50
years later.
Plans are currently underway to bring soundstages and new
production facilities to the property. This new development,
Disney | ABC Studios at The Ranch, is estimated to generate
$533 million annually in economic activity and bring more than
2,800 full and part-time jobs to the area upon completion.
Other Santa Clarita Valley production facilities include Santa
Clarita Studios and the family-owned Melody and Veluzat
Motion Picture Ranches, where dozens of commercials,
several hit television shows and feature films are brought to life
each year.
Local film production is thriving thanks, in part, to the City
of Santa Clarita’s Film Incentive Program. Because the Santa
Clarita Valley is located within the exclusive “30 Mile Zone”,
production companies can save additional money by filming
within the region.
Oh, and one other little known fact – the region is also
home to dozens of entertainers. We can’t tell you where
they reside, but you’ll be surprised who you recognize
around town!
Biomedical Breakthroughs
Named for billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist
Alfred E. Mann, Mann Biomedical Park sits tucked away
on 167 rolling, wooded acres in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Best known for founding, and largely funding, 17
aerospace and biomedical companies over the past
six decades, Mann has made a cottage industry out
of pushing the boundaries of science. Nine of his
companies, including Spectrolab and Advanced Bionics,
were acquired for nearly $8 billion, and another two
companies became public.
Formerly the site of Lockheed’s Advanced
Development Programs, Mann purchased the futuristic-
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looking industrial and office complex in 2002 to house
his latest ventures.
Today, the campus is home to Boston Scientific,
Bioness, Quallion and the Alfred E. Mann Foundation,
each dedicated to developing revolutionary therapies,
devices and technologies.
Mann Biomedical Park opens its property for
charitable community events and has been featured in
dozens of commercials, television shows and feature
films. The unique grounds are a park-like setting,
complete with a basketball court, volleyball court and
a helipad.
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Colors of the West
The “Wild Beast” outdoor stage at CalArts.
Center Stage
The Santa Clarita Valley is home to a thriving center for
the visual and performing arts. From educational programs
to performance space, creativity is celebrated throughout
the community.
Nowhere is this creativity more readily apparent than on
the campus of the California Institute of the Arts or CalArts.
Established by Roy and Walt Disney as the “Caltech
of the arts” in 1961, CalArts was the nation’s first degreegranting institution of higher education created specifically
for students of the visual and performing arts. Today the
school boasts an enrollment of nearly 1,500 students from
47 states and 34 different nations.
The Institute added a music pavilion, known as “The
Wild Beast” in 2009. Designed by Hodgetts + Fung, the
modern, free-standing structure serves both as a classroom
for its Herb Alpert School of Music and an indoor-outdoor
performance space.
In 2011, CalArts was named the nation’s “most artistic
school” by Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
On the nearby campus of College of the Canyons sits
the Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center. This state-of-theart, 926-seat, 47,000 square-foot performance venue hosts
everything from musical concerts by nationally known artists
to symphonies and Broadway plays.
Santa Clarita is also home to two community theaters,
the Canyon Theatre Guild and Repertory East Playhouse.
Both are located on Main Street in Santa Clarita’s historic
Old Town Newhall district.
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The City of Santa Clarita’s Old Town Newhall district
is ushering in a bright new future, while still embracing
its vibrant past.
Named for businessman and land baron Henry
Mayo Newhall, the area marks the Santa Clarita
Valley’s first permanent settlement.
Today, Old Town Newhall retains much of its Old
West flair, with a Western Walk of Stars along Main
Street and the nearby William S. Hart Museum and
Park, which celebrates the life of silent film star
William S. Hart. Next to the museum is Heritage
Junction, which recounts the history of the Santa
Clarita Valley, highlighting the first discovery of gold in
California as well as the beginnings of the area’s rail,
oil and film industries.
The future of Old Town Newhall also looks bright
as the area undergoes revitalization. In 2012, the City
of Santa Clarita will open a brand new 26,000 square
foot, LEED-certified library to serve the community.
Work also continues on a mixed-use development
plan that combines condominium living with retail
shops and office space, transforming Old Town
Newhall into a pedestrian-oriented, urban village. The
area is already well on its way, with an eclectic mix
of restaurants, bakeries, clothing boutiques, a bicycle
shop, day spa and yoga center.
One of many retailers and restaurants in Old Town Newhall.
A-List Hospital
Cruise Line’s
Land Base
This year, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital
once again ranked as one of the Best Regional
Hospitals in the greater Los Angeles area, according
to U.S. News & World Report (for neurology and
neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and
geriatrics).
The hospital also retained its status in the top 10
percent for quality of care in instances of heart attack
and heart failure and is completing the Santa Clarita
Valley’s first neonatal intensive care unit.
Other improvements under the leadership
of president and CEO Roger Seaver include the
introduction of on-call coverage by pediatric physicians
who have advanced critical care board certification and
specialize in treating the most seriously ill or injured
patients.
The health care organization has a new trauma
center helipad and added a 750-space parking
structure. Henry Mayo hospital also completed a
major installation of electronic health-information
technology, which further propels the facility into the
digital age of healthcare.
A cruise line headquartered in an inland valley?
Yes. Santa Clarita Valley is home to Princess Cruises,
which carries 1.3 million passengers annually on 16 ships
sailing the globe.
What started out as a customer service center in 1998,
quickly turned into home port for the company when it
relocated its headquarters to Santa Clarita from Los Angeles’
Century City area three years later.
Employing 750 workers at the time, Princess Cruises has
grown its local workforce to some 2,000 employees and is
now the area’s third largest employer.
Today, Princess Cruises occupies approximately 270,000
square feet of office space in four buildings in the city’s Town
Center and signed a new 15-year lease in August 2011, reaffirming its commitment to the region.
The company stated that the Santa Clarita Valley’s
business-friendly environment and quality of life made the
decision to extend their stay an easy one.
“One of the key reasons we located to Santa Clarita
in the first place was the quality of life for our employees
and we’re happy this will continue,” noted Alan Buckelew,
president and chief executive officer of Princess Cruises.
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{Business Climate}
Diverse Industrial Base,
High-Caliber Labor Pool
Power Economy
Business environment gives
boost to all types of companies
T
here’s a reason why more than
50 Fortune 500 companies have
chosen to do business in the
Santa Clarita Valley. The region is home
to one of the most business-friendly
communities in the greater Los Angeles
market, the quality of life is consistently
ranked high, the FBI cites the area as
one of the safest places to live and work
in the country, and there’s a flourishing
entrepreneurial spirit that infuses the
local industry.
Situated in northern Los Angeles
County along the I-5 corridor, less than
35 miles from downtown Los Angeles,
Santa Clarita Valley is a private enclave
of thriving businesses and master
planned communities, dubbed by some
gregarious residents as “Awesometown.”
Santa Clarita Valley is the place
where business owners regularly get
together over a cup of coffee to discuss
community needs, create new opportunities, and join forces to creatively
address economic issues.
It is home to one of the county’s
largest chambers of commerce and industrial associations. The SCV Chamber
of Commerce has close to 1,100 active
members and the Valley Industry Association represents more than 300 businesses serving as a proactive voice in the
region on behalf of local companies.
Every year, local residents, business
organizations and business owners alike
travel to Sacramento to personally meet
with legislators on issues of importance
to the area, leaving elected officials with
little wonder as to the secret to Santa
Clarita Valley’s success.
The answer is simple: The Santa
Clarita Valley is a very proactive,
forward-thinking center for business,
recreation and lifestyle.
Once a sleepy agricultural community, the Santa Clarita Valley is now a
thriving hub for the Advanced Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Medical Devices, Digital Media and Entertainment and Information Technology
industries. Santa Clarita has been ranked
as one of the Top 25 Retail Markets in
California by a California Retail Survey
covering 272 of the largest cities in the
state.
The region’s business success stories
can often be traced to the region’s high
quality of life. The Santa Clarita Valley
is home to a talented, diverse and abundant labor supply that is the byproduct
Left: Town Center Drive in Santa Clarita serves as a regional hub for retail and entertainment.
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Key Statistics
Population:
Santa Clarita Valley, 2010....... 255,252
City of Santa Clarita, 2010......176,320
Santa Clarita Valley, 2016 est.. 285,787
Population by Age:
0-24.......................................... 37.6%
25-54........................................42.1%
55+...........................................20.3%
Median Household Income:
.............................................. $92,700
Percent of population with a four
year degree or more:.............33.6%
Major Employment Sectors:
Professional Services...............15.1%
Accommodations &
Food Services .........................14.9%
Retail Trade...............................13.8%
Manufacturing.............................12%
Government..............................11.9%
Healthcare & Education...........10.8%
Construction...............................6.1%
Financial Activities......................4.8%
Wholesale Trade.........................4.4%
For more in-depth demographic, economic and
community information about the Santa Clarita
Valley, visit www.scvedc.org and select the
Information Center tab.
Source: Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation
Top 10 SCV Employers by number of employees | 2009
Employer Name
Business Type
Six Flags Magic Mountain
Amusement Park
No. of Employees
3,800
William S. Hart High School District Public High School/Junior High School District
2,978
Princess Cruises
2,000
Cruise Line Operator
Saugus Union School District
Public Elementary School
1,900
College of the Canyons
Community College
1,600
United States Postal Service
Parcel Delivery Service
Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Healthcare Service Provider
Quest Diagnostics
Medical Research and Development
1,591
1,200
850
Newhall School District
Public Elementary School District
828
The Master’s College
Private Liberal Arts College
780
Source: California Economic Forecast
of the area’s high-achieving school
districts and institutions of higher learning, including College of the Canyons,
California Institute of the Arts, The
Master’s College, and satellite campuses
of several public and private universities.
This has attracted several of the top
private employers in the Santa Clarita
Valley including Six Flags Magic Mountain, Princess Cruises, Henry Mayo
Newhall Memorial Hospital, Quest
Diagnostics, Pharmavite, Advanced
Bionics and U.S. Healthworks.
The thriving aerospace and defense industry counts Woodward Inc.,
Aerospace Dynamics International
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(ADI), ITT Aerospace Controls, Wesco
Aircraft and TA Aerospace among the
many firms that work in, or support, the
industry.
In 2011, Inc. magazine counted six
Santa Clarita Valley firms on its annual
list of fastest growing companies and
the City of Santa Clarita was named a
“City of the Future” by fDi magazine, a
publication of London’s Financial Times
and a leading provider of foreign direct
investment information. Other accolades
garnered by Santa Clarita include the title
of “Most Business Friendly City in Los
Angeles County” from the Los Angeles
County Economic Development Corpo-
ration, “Best City for Industrial Development” by the Los Angeles Business
Journal and the “Best Place to Live in
California” by CNN/Money Magazine.
Santa Clarita has worked to grow the
local economy in many areas, including
location filming activity, hotel occupancy, sales tax revenues, home values
and employment opportunities. This
proactive approach has allowed the City
to maintain a balanced budget with reserves every year, while still investing in
new projects to improve the community
for residents and businesses alike.
But it’s in maintaining a positive business environment that the Santa Clarita
Valley has seen the greatest return on
investment. Firms big and small have
been attracted to the region by the wide
range of cost saving and business building programs available.
There are no regular business license
fees or taxes, no gross receipts tax and
no utility users’ tax for Santa Clarita Valley businesses. The City of Santa Clarita
also offers one-stop permitting services
as well as innovative programs like
ePLANS to assist businesses through
the development process from start to
finish. Similar support is also available
through Los Angeles County.
Through the Santa Clarita Valley
Enterprise Zone, local employers can
receive up to $37,440 in state tax credits
for each qualified employee hired over
a five year period and sales and use tax
credits on up to $20 million worth of
qualified equipment purchases. Other
benefits of the program include net
operating loss carryover, net interest
deduction for lenders and preference
points when bidding state contracts.
Santa Clarita firms also have access
to specialized incentives such as U.S.
Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) benefits,
research and development tax credits,
utility consulting services and rebates,
use tax rebates, Recycling Market
Development Zone (RMDZ) incentives
and low or no-cost business consulting
services.
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Where Aerospace and
Defense Still Soar
Growing and diverse group of
firms plays big role in major
aircraft programs
L
acking both a commercial airport
and a military base, the Santa
Clarita Valley may seem an unlikely
place to find cutting-edge aerospace and
defense firms. Yet, amid the unassuming
business parks and industrial centers, a
growing cluster of companies is turning
out some of the nation’s most advanced
technology and hardware.
From tier one parts and control
systems makers to suppliers of communications systems and aircraft interiors,
Santa Clarita Valley’s aerospace and
defense industry has an amazing level of
depth and diversity.
“Local firms have played vital roles in
the success of nearly every major civilian
and military aircraft program of the past
40 years,” noted Santa Clarita Valley
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President and CEO Jonas Peterson,
“including the Space Shuttle, Boeing
747, Airbus A380 and more recently
Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike
Fighter.”
Aerospace Epicenter
Part of the Santa Clarita Valley’s appeal with industry firms can be attributed to California’s continued dominance
in the aerospace industry. Despite the
winding down of the Space Shuttle program and scaled back military programs,
California space enterprise still supported over $93 billion in economic activity
and accounted for 450,000 jobs in 2009,
according to management consultancy,
A.T. Kearney.
The nation’s major aerospace and
defense contractors: Lockheed Martin,
Northrop Grumman, The Boeing Company, General Dynamics and Raytheon
each have research, testing and assembly operations in the state. In addition,
California has been the center of activity
for the emerging private space industry
with major players like SpaceX, Virgin
Galactic and XCOR Aerospace.
On a regional level, the Santa Clarita
Valley has been an attractive destination
for expanding Southern California firms.
Although a relatively young community,
the area already counts 69 firms, Aerospace Dynamics International (ADI),
ITT Aerospace Controls, Woodward
Inc. and Curtiss-Wright Controls among
them, which posted combined annual
sales of $953.4 million in 2010.
Together these firms support more
than 4 percent of the statewide aerospace and defense workforce and a
payroll, of both direct and indirect jobs,
of $466.6 million. The local industry’s
economic impact on the Santa Clarita
Valley is estimated at $1.2 billion.
Those are some impressive numbers
for a community of just over 275,000
people.
Regional appeal
So what makes the region so attractive to companies in the highly competitive aerospace and defense industry?
A 2011 Target Industry Analysis
conducted by Angelou Economics,
a leading, independent site selection
consulting group, found the aerospace
and defense industry to be among the
strongest candidates for future growth
in the Santa Clarita Valley due to several
factors including location, the local
business climate and available talent and
resources.
Specifically, the analysis noted Santa
Clarita Valley’s proximity to other leading aerospace-defense centers, such
as Palmdale, Edwards Air Force Base
and Mojave as well as major trade hubs
including the Ports of Los Angeles and
Long Beach and Los Angeles International Airport.
Additional research shows that the
Santa Clarita Valley’s location is central
for supporting the needs of the “California Innovation Corridor,” as it was
dubbed by a U.S. Department of Laborfunded study. This corridor stretches
from San Francisco to San Diego,
encompassing nearly all of the state’s
aerospace assets and employment base.
The Santa Clarita Valley is also a
very pro-business industry center, offering a wide selection of buildings and
sites for research, testing and manufacturing operations, a lower than average
Top: Quallion LLC lab employees work in the dry room to avoid contamination. The green-lit containment chamber is filled with a nitrogen/argon
atmosphere to reduce exposure to contaminants.
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weren’t reason enough, the Santa
Clarita Valley is also home to a skilled
professional workforce, strong training
partnerships and an industry coalition.
College of the Canyons hosts both
the Employee Training Institute (ETI)
and a Center for Applied Competitive Technologies (CACT), which have
delivered a succession of certificated
programs designed specifically to meet
workforce needs of the aerospace and
defense industry.
Locally, aerospace and defense firms
are represented by an active advocacy
organization, the Santa Clarita Valley
Aerospace Defense Coalition or SCVADC. Comprised of an alliance of 50
industry businesses, the coalition serves
as a unifying voice for industry-friendly
policymaking and partnerships.
cost of doing business and an array of
incentives to encourage growth.
Aerospace Dynamics International
(ADI), a successful aircraft parts supplier, has grown to become one of the
largest private employers in the Santa
Clarita Valley through the use of the
area’s Enterprise Zone program and a
City of Santa Clarita tax rebate initiative.
“The City’s Use Tax Incentive
Program provided us the opportunity
to save a significant amount of money
in permit fees that we can then invest in
our business and the community,” said
ADI Chief Financial Officer, Bill Barrit.
As if location and business climate
Recent Industry
Activity
Taking advantage of the businessfriendly region, local companies have
been busy winning contracts, building,
expanding and hiring.
The Boeing Company’s win of the
$35 billion contract to build refueling
Above: Fasteners are placed on an aft cowl by Jesus Nuno at Aerospace Dynamics International Inc. in Santa Clarita. Opposite page: Curtiss-Wright
Controls Electronic Systems of Santa Clarita customizes engineered and standard product solutions for defense aircraft like the AV-8B Harrier.
Santa Clarita
Valley Aerospace Defense Firms
Several major aerospace and defense firms are based
in or have a presence in the Santa Clarita Valley, including:
Wesco Aircraft Hardware Corp.
Founded in 1953, Wesco Aircraft has grown to be
one of the world’s largest distributors of aerospace
consumables and providers of comprehensive supply
chain management services. Employing nearly 1,000
20
employees in locations across 10 countries, Wesco
Aircraft provides a broad inventory of aerospace parts
encompassing approximately 450,000 products to over
72,000 customers worldwide.
Aerospace Dynamics
International, Inc. (ADI)
Since 1989, Aerospace Dynamics International, Inc.
(ADI), part of The Marvin Group of companies, has been
broadly recognized as one of the world’s most respected
Tier 1 suppliers of large complex machined parts and
assemblies to the aerospace industry. ADI’s customers
include nearly every major aircraft builder including
Airbus, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Spirit
AeroSystems. Headquartered in Santa Clarita, the firm
employs nearly 450 employees.
tankers for the United States Air Force
translates into about 4,500 jobs for
California, including additional work
for Lamsco West Inc., and ITT Aerospace Controls. Both Santa Clarita
Valley firms will be manufacturing
parts for the 179 NewGen tankers to
be designed and assembled by Boeing.
Completed in a record eight
months, two local firms, VivaceSpacetron, partnered together to build
an international spacecraft transporter,
Cygnus Vertical Container, for NASA
contractor, Orbital Sciences. The
transporter will be used to ferry supplies to the International Space Station
starting in early 2012.
And Wesco Aircraft Holdings, Inc.,
a provider of inventory management
services and distributor of parts to
government and military contractors,
held its initial public offering in 2011,
Woodward Inc.
With over 70 years of advanced engineering expertise,
Woodward has a legacy of leadership and a pioneer
status in manufacturing critical parts, assemblies and
controls for the defense and commercial aerospace
industries.
Curtiss-Wright Controls
Electronic Systems
With a history tracing back to early aviation pioneers
Glenn Curtiss and Wilbur Wright, Curtiss-Wright
Controls Electronic Systems of Santa Clarita is a
leading international technology-based organization
which customizes engineered and standard product
electronic solutions for defense, aerospace, and
commercial applications. Curtiss-Wright success
raising about $315 million for
investors.
The Santa Clarita Valley company
had a 10 percent share of the $6.5
billion global market for hardware,
bearings, electronic components and
machined parts in 2010.
Much like the products they help
build, the sky seems to be the limit for
aerospace and defense in the Santa
Clarita Valley.
stories include advanced electronic subsystems on
the Global Hawk UAS, BAMS UAS, V-22 Osprey, MH60 Seahawk, AV-8B Harrier, AC-130 Gunship, LPD-17,
Aegis Combat System, Patriot Missile System, M1A2
Abrams Main Battle Tank, M2A3 Bradley Fighting
Vehicle and the Stryker Mobile Gun System.
ITT Aerospace Controls
With over 50 years of design and manufacturing, ITT
Aerospace Controls produces fluid control devices and
actuators for the aerospace Industry. The company’s
product line includes linear and rotary actuators, fuel,
hydraulic, pneumatic, motor and solenoid operated
valves, pumps, and electro-mechanical switches over a
wide range of commercial and military applications.
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A United
Front
Aerospace Defense
Coalition brings
industry’s voice
to Sacramento,
Washington, D.C.
L
ocal business organizations take an active role in advocating for the Santa Clarita Valley area economy. The community is known at the state capitol in Sacramento and in
Washington, D.C. as one of the most organized and effective in
California in making its needs known to elected representatives
and regulators.
One of these business groups is the Santa Clarita Valley
Aerospace Defense Coalition, or SCVADC, the local aerospace
and defense industry advocacy organization.
Comprised of an alliance of 50 industry businesses, the coalition supports member companies and works on their behalf to
attract more business and growth for the industry. The group
also works with high-profile customers such as The Boeing
Company, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman Cor-
poration, to ensure a unified message about current and future
program needs.
Meeting quarterly, the SCVADC invites guests representing
members of Congress, California state legislative members, as well
as county and city officials to address issues of interest to the local
industry.
When California’s Enterprise Zone program was targeted
for elimination, the SCVADC was quick to respond. Coalition
co-chair and Aerospace Dynamics International CFO, Bill Barrit,
made a special trip to Sacramento to sit down with state legislators.
There, he shared SCVADC’s message that the Enterprise Zone
contributed to protecting California’s leadership in the aerospace
and defense industry. Based on the response by the aerospace
industry and others, lawmakers moved to preserve the program.
Above:The coalition makes its voice heard at the state capital in Sacramento. Top right: Part of the manufacturing facility at Aerospace
Dynamics International (ADI) is dedicated to manufacturing their own cutting tools. Lower right: Aerospace and defense industries still play a
vital role in California.
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In addition to advocacy, the SCVADC provides member
companies a forum for an exchange of ideas about how to
meet local industry needs. These discussions have resulted in
strong relationships with outside entities such as College of
the Canyons. Working together, the SCVADC has been able to
develop several workforce training programs through the college’s Center for Applied Competitive Technologies, or CACT.
College of the Canyons’ CACT, one of only six such
centers in California, provides advanced technology companies with workforce training and consulting services. With the
SCVADC’s assistance, the CACT was able to secure a $370,000
grant to provide training opportunities for manufacturing
firms in the college’s service area.
The SCVADC has also been working with the CACT to
identify and negotiate the purchase of new training equipment.
Recently, the college purchased four new Haas CNC Milling
machines, expanding the program’s hands-on mill machine
capacity by 33 percent.
Another initiative supported by the SCVADC is the Los
Angeles Aerospace Education and Retraining Opportunities or LA-AERO program. LA-AERO is working to supply
the skilled workforce needed for the aerospace manufacturing industry in Los Angeles County. The larger consortium
includes seven community colleges, three major aerospace
manufacturing corporations, more than thirty Tier 1 and Tier
2 suppliers, labor unions as well as workforce investment and
economic development agencies.
It is the goal of the SCVADC to keep the local aerospace
and defense companies as agile as possible in responding to
future industry growth.
“Santa Clarita is in a very strategic location, sitting between Lancaster and the San Fernando Valley,” said Allen
Sumian, co-chair of the SCVADC. “Southern California is
still a hub for aerospace and defense in terms of companies,
suppliers, materials and all the things that support aerospace
and defense.”
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Right Place,
Right Time
Woodward Inc. flies
high from its base
of operations in
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oodward, one of the world’s
leading designers and
manufacturers of control
systems for aerospace and defense, finds
itself well-positioned in the Santa Clarita
Valley.
The firm began as Buchanan Manufacturing, a gun repair shop in the Great
Depression. During World War II,
Buchanan Manufacturing was renamed
Hydraulic Research & Manufacturing
Co. that manufactured critical hydraulic
parts and assemblies for fighter planes.
During the Korean War, Bell Helicopter acquired Hydraulic Research &
Manufacturing, which in 1960 was then
acquired by Textron, Inc. HR Textron
was then acquired by Woodward Inc.
in 2009 becoming part of the global
control solutions company.
It now provides control systems
for commercial and military aircraft,
weapon systems, and industrial applications such as animatronics.
“Santa Clarita is a great place to do
business from a couple of perspectives,” said Ted Papenthien, vice president and general manager.
“We have a very active supply base
of vendors,” he said. “We have close
to 50 different vendors that are located
in the communities that comprise the
Santa Clarita Valley that we buy materials or services from. We also buy from
other companies in the San Fernando
Valley as well, so when it comes to
having a qualified and capable base
of companies that do business in the
aerospace and defense industry, Santa
Clarita Valley is very well positioned.”
KEY LOCATION
Woodward’s Santa Clarita location
gives it convenient access to the nearby
Antelope Valley, Southern California’s
hub for flight test endeavors.
Trucks leaving Woodward haul finely
tuned components and systems bound
for some of the hottest hot-rods in the
sky, such as the Boeing Super Hornet,
the Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey, Apache
helicopters and, until their retirement, the
Space Shuttle fleet.
Woodward’s state-of-the-art control
systems are critical components for many
products including Boeing’s Joint Direct
Attack Munition, Raytheon’s AIM 9X,
Bell ’s new 429 helicopter, and General
Dynamics M1 Abrams Tank
turret controls.
“In Southern California there are
quite a few aerospace and defense customers that are either headquartered here
or have major manufacturing facilities,”
Papenthien explains.
“For example, Northrop Grumman,
Boeing, and Lockheed-Martin all have
major facilities in the general vicinity.”
There are more than 700 skilled
members at Woodward, including specialized engineers, machinists, etc.
Workers manufacture complex
Above: Pedro Mejia checks the accuracy of the measurement of a part under the microscope at Woodward in Santa Clarita.
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systems that control the fins of missiles,
fighter jets and highly-developed tanks.
The company’s advanced electronic
and hydraulic systems are critically tested
throughout the process to ensure that the
end use of the product - by commercial
or military customers - responds the way
Woodward promises.
Woodward makes control actuators
- mechanical devices used for moving or
controlling a mechanism or system - that
enable missiles, airplanes, helicopters, and
tanks to respond with pinpoint accuracy.
One of Woodward’s most significant product lines offers tank operators
sophisticated motion stabilization across
rocky terrain.
If you think of the optical stabilizer
on your home camcorder that allows you
to move without making jerky movies
of your child’s birthday party, imagine it
being significantly more accurate while
driving over desert terrain.
That product would begin to describe
Woodward’s Cadillac Gage Gun Turret
Drive Stabilization System, which provides high accuracy levels while in motion on the General Dynamics Abrams
Main Battle Tank.
And, just like a tank, Woodward is
managing to navigate its Santa Claritabased plant smoothly through a rocky
economic environment, adding resources
to all shifts.
“We are actively hiring and have
hired a number of people in the last 12
months,” Papenthien said. “We continue
to seek skilled people for a number of
technical positions like engineering and
support personnel such as program
managers, as well as hourly members machinists and assembly technicians.”
SUPPLY & DEMAND
Woodward is able to find a supply
of support companies in the same com-
munity and a demand for its product in
Southern California.
It cultivates its own crop of locallydeveloped talent.
“Another thing we like about Santa
Clarita Valley is the educational opportunities,” Papenthien said, “both the local K-12 schools for our children as well
as the College of the Canyons for more
advanced training for our members.”
In its search for skilled workers, Woodward helps foster talent by
reaching out to students interested in
aerospace careers.
“Some of our members are very
active with particular high school programs, for example we support robotic
competitions,” Papenthien said. “Our
products are very engineering oriented
so we have a number of electrical
engineers and mechanical engineers
who use their highly specialized skills to
work with the students at the local high
schools.”
Selling clients on the idea of a business trip to the Santa Clarita Valley is
easy, Papenthien says.
“A number of our clients enjoy staying at one of the many area hotels and
eating at our local restaurants. It’s also
a nice and convenient place to travel to
and from.”
With visiting clients staying in the
area, shopping at the mall and dining in
the local eateries, the Santa Clarita Valley enjoys an extra boost of economic
activity thanks to Woodward.
The company actively gives back to
the community through programs like
the Santa Clarita Valley Food Pantry,
The Assistance League, Toys for Tots,
MEND, American Cancer Society, and
the United Way.
When people see the company
logo, they know that Woodward quietly
serves the nation’s military, the commercial aerospace market and supports the
economy right here in the Santa
Clarita Valley.
Above: Systems engineer Michael Kellogg, left, and Jim Sokolik, production planner, in front of Woodward in Santa Clarita.
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Leading the Way
Congressman helps keep local
aerospace industry on strategic path
T
he Santa Clarita Valley’s aerospace and defense industry has a
powerful advocate in area Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon.
McKeon (R-CA) serves as the House
Armed Services Committee Chairman,
a position that gives him critical insight
into the technological advances in the
local aerospace-defense community
and an understanding of how these
advancements benefit the nation and its
service members.
And McKeon intends for the Santa
Clarita Valley to continue to play a pivotal role in the industry.
“I fully understand the critical role
that Congress plays in ensuring that our
men and women in uniform are fully
equipped to meet the many challenges
they face around the globe,” McKeon
said. “As the many missions of the
United States Armed Forces continue
to evolve, the equipment used to carry
out those missions must evolve as
well.”
McKeon focuses on the fact that the
Santa Clarita Valley is home to a vast
number of firms that work directly with
the largest aerospace contractors such
as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop
Grumman, Raytheon and General
Dynamics. These companies not only
equip our nation’s military, but also supply commercial fleets around the world.
McKeon’s reputation as an aerospace-defense champion precedes him
and his tireless
advocacy for
the industry is
welcomed by
the more than
60 aerospacedefense companies located in
the Santa Clarita
Valley and their
4,000 employees.
He has spent
decades educating himself about
the many local
firms and their
capabilities, and credits their success to
the strength of the industry relationships that exist.
“Our community’s skilled labor
force, along with trusted partnerships
with local military installations such as
Edwards Air Force Base and Air Force
Plant 42, has made the area a hotbed for
innovation and technological development,” he said. “The aerospace-defense
Above: Congressman Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon (R-CA) tours a local aerospace company. McKeon is a an advocate for local firms, their
products and their technological advances. McKeon vows that local aerospace-defense industry leaders will always have their voice heard
with him in Washington.
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industry is critical to the U.S. economy
and to the national defense,” he said.
“Industry leaders must foster a climate
of communication to guarantee Santa
Clarita’s future success.”
McKeon counts on two local
groups to help him raise awareness and
promote a business-friendly climate for
the industry: the Santa Clarita Valley
Aerospace Defense Coalition and the
Santa Clarita Valley Economic Development Corporation.
“The Santa Clarita Valley Aerospace
Defense Coalition has done a terrific
job in ensuring that our local business leaders discuss and make known
concerns about their companies and
the industry as a whole,” he said. “It’s
vital in helping Santa Clarita maintain
its position as a top aerospace defense
promoter and a solid business example
for other areas.”
The two organizations are instrumental in getting the word out on the
abundance of local aerospace industry
opportunities, McKeon said.
“The SCVEDC must continue to
make known the many opportunities
that exist within the aerospace industry,”
he said. “Efforts such as this will in turn
encourage our young people to pursue
advanced degrees and opportunities in
this field,” he said.
Based on his knowledge of existing
firms, McKeon believes that industry
leaders will continue to be attracted to
the area’s proactive business environment and high quality of life.
“The Santa Clarita Valley is prime
real estate for aerospace and defense
businesses looking to establish a new
headquarters or expand their existing
operations,” he said.
Amid the continuing debate over
the nation’s fiscal and military policies,
McKeon vows that local aerospacedefense industry leaders will have their
voices heard in Congress as long as he is
their representative.
“I understand their issues,” McKeon
said.
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Growth Mode
Aerospace Dynamics
International is building the
future of aircraft machining
A
erospace Dynamics International Inc. (ADI) offers a great
example of how aerospace-defense businesses can thrive in the Santa
Clarita Valley.
The supplier of aircraft and military
parts is planning a $100 million expansion with 120,000 square feet of new
manufacturing space at its local facilities.
Based in Santa Clarita since 1989,
and a subsidiary of The Marvin Group,
ADI is a supplier of large complex
machine parts and assemblies to the
aerospace industry.
Broadly recognized as one of the
world’s most respected aerospace suppliers, ADI possesses some of the largest and most advanced machining capabilities in the U.S. and provides major
assemblies and products to key original
equipment manufacturers in support of
defense and aerospace programs.
IDEAL LOCATION
The Marvin Group specifically
purchased the site in Santa Clarita to
begin ADI.
“There’s a great master planned
community and a great talent pool in
the area that suited the direction and
strategy of the company,” said John
Stock, sales manager with ADI.
The region was a great location
for a young developing company that
wanted to make a statement in the
aerospace community by having a
very desirable location, Stock said.
ADI found benefits greater than
location though when it opened for
business in Santa Clarita.
“There’s a great talent pool here,”
Stock said. “The available talent for
positions within the company, administratively and technologically, was
pretty deep compared to other areas.”
About 75 percent of the company’s employees also live in the Santa
Clarita region, he said.
“This is a community where you
can work, live, shop, dine — it’s got
everything,” Stock said. “You never
really need to leave the place.”
And the benefits to being based
in the region don’t stop there. The
region is home to a lot of like-industries providing a base of support and
local resources for ADI’s needs,
he said.
Regional training
Partnering with the local community
college, ADI has a technical training
program partnership with College of
the Canyons.
“We have an onsite training program
that services the whole community, all
industries,” Stock said.
The college’s Center for Applied
Competitive Technologies (CACT) runs
training programs for engineering and
manufacturing technologies, said Joe
Klocko, director of the program.
“We teach courses for master cam
to help manufacturers produce their
products faster,” Klocko said. “And we
also train on CNC machining.”
To meet engineering needs, CACT
runs a broad range of training programs
at the ADI site ranging from elementary
to really high-end CAD systems.
“We provide training for a number
of local companies who design and
manufacture,” Klocko said. “But the
aerospace firms are a preponderance of
our clients.”
In early 1998, the local college
worked with ADI and a myriad business
and governmental agencies to form
Left: With one of the largest machining facilities in the United States, Aerospace Dynamics is one of the world’s most respected suppliers of
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CACT. Today the regional center, one
of six in the state, provides training and
technical assistance to thousands of
employers in the Central Coast region
of California.
The onsite campus is also used to
train inspection skills, reverse engineering, solid prototyping, and all other
machine shop skills utilizing equipment
and resources provided by additional
partners including The Boeing Company, IBM, Haas and Fadal and Rep.
Howard “Buck” McKeon.
each gantry and capable of hard-metal
or aluminum machining.
The machines can cut aluminum,
titanium or composites. ADI uses the
U5s to machine aluminum skins for the
Boeing 777 aft engine cowl as well as
in-house tooling and titanium parts for
the F-35.
The new machines are all part of
ADI’s expansion that includes two recently delivered U5 universal machining
centers, two MC 1600 boring mills and
Freedom eLOG monitoring software.
ADI Machining
Earlier this year, ADI increased production capabilities of titanium parts for
the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 with
two new 5-spindle Ti profilers from
MAG (Erlanger, Ky.) that were ordered
in the first quarter of 2011.
Multi-spindle gantry profilers are
the benchmark in aerospace machining,
carrying up to five 5-axis spindles on
Growth and expansion
ADI is an award-winning supplier
of structural and assembled components for companies including Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company,
Airbus Industries, NASA and Spirit.
Its three-building facility in the
Santa Clarita Valley employs 460
people and the company is looking at
an immediate expansion in its present
structures to 50,000 square feet from
its present 20,000 square feet, in order
to accommodate increased production.
The aerospace company has taken
advantage of the city of Santa Clarita’s
Use Tax Program by participating in
the business expansion rebate portion
of the program to subsidize the permit costs associated with its long-term
plans to build an additional 120,000
feet of new manufacturing space that
will house a 60,000 square foot assembly hall, as well as increased engineering and inspection resources.
“The city’s use tax incentive program provided us with the opportunity
to save a significant amount of money
in permit fees that we can then use to
reinvest in our business and the community,” said Bill Barrit, chief financial
officer for ADI.
One of the specialties of ADI is
large, complex titanium parts; in past
years, they manufactured panels for
the Space Shuttle.
The company’s volume has also
been increasing steadily with its legacy
work on the Boeing 737 and 777 and
Airbus A380 and A330 programs.
ADI is also looking at a 33 percent
growth rate in the next few years as
Boeing ramps up its 737 models to 42
planes per month from its current 31
planes per month. “We are in growth mode,” Stock
said. “We are also very active with the
new commercial line of the 787 from
Boeing and A350 from Airbus.”
Additionally, a few of the programs
that ADI is considered to be a critical
supplier to are the Airbus Industries
A340, the Boeing Company’s 747-8,
F/A-18 and P-8A Poseidon and Lockeed Martin’s F-22 and F-35.
“Aerospace Dynamics International
is proud to do business and expand
our operations within the Santa Clarita
Valley,” Barrit said.
Above: Ed Hatcher, director of manufacturing, left, and Rocky Barnhart, sales associate pose with bulkhead frames and fuselage frames for
Boeing Aircraft at Aerospace Dynamics International.
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{Quality of Life}
The Good Life
Santa Clarita Valley’s great schools,
safe environment are two of the
many reasons why it’s such a livable
community for companies and workers
F
or generations of Southern California residents, the Santa Clarita
Valley has represented opportunity, room to grow and a better life.
Early settlers came in search of the
area’s vast gold and oil deposits. Farmers
grazed their cattle and planted orchards
in the fertile valley. The Southern Pacific
Railroad brought transportation and
commerce to the area.
And, though the prospectors, ranchers and land barons of yesteryear have
given way to the entrepreneurs and
families of today, many of the area’s
most prized attributes have remained the
same: clean air, open spaces, picturesque
topography and natural resources.
More recent developments, including
the area’s master planned communities,
high performing schools, and worldclass recreational facilities have only
added to the appeal.
This commitment to preserving the
past, while pioneering the future, has
given the Santa Clarita Valley its distinctive small town meets metropolitan
flavor and transformed the region into a
lifestyle destination.
Master-Planning
While the Santa Clarita Valley’s roots
as a community stretch back into the
1800s, much of the development seen
today was part of a masterplan developed by the Newhall Land and Farming
Company in the early 1960s. That plan,
known as Valencia, sought to create a
balanced community, rich in quality of
life amenities.
Early projects included the Six Flags
Magic Mountain theme park, California
Institute of the Arts, College of the
Canyons and the Valencia Country Club
as well as the Valencia Industrial Center.
With this unique approach to community development, the Santa Clarita
Valley has attracted both high-value
industry and an educated, involved
citizenry. The current population is
estimated at just over 255,000, with
much of that arriving in just the past
two decades.
“Aside from the new buildings and
homes, the No. 1 reason people and
firms are relocating to the Santa Clarita
Valley is the quality of life,” said Nigel
Stout, Executive Vice President with
commercial real estate firm Jones Lang
LaSalle.
Whether you are talking to a CEO
or a homebuyer, lifestyle issues, such as
public safety, are often cited as the top
reasons to relocate.
“Attributes like a low crime rate are
important to both businesses and families alike,” Stout said.
Santa Clarita was recently ranked
11th on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s list of cities with the lowest crime
rates, and in 2010 boasted the lowest
crime rate in its history and the lowest in
Los Angeles County.
Left: A premier indoor and outdoor shopping, dining and entertainment center is located in the heart of Santa Clarita, the gateway to Southern
California, 30 minutes north of Los Angeles.
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Enjoy the Outdoors
The Santa Clarita Valley has managed to sustain a high rate of growth,
while also maintaining a high standard
of living due in part to the preservation
of thousands of acres of open space in
and around the developed valley floor
and a significant investment in recreational space and facilities.
The dedicated open space creates
a “greenbelt” that further differentiates the Santa Clarita Valley from the
neighboring urban sprawl that defines
much of greater Los Angeles. It also
serves to provide a haven for wildlife,
including dozens of endangered plants
and animals.
With a world-class Aquatic Center,
more than twenty community and
neighborhood parks, skate parks, dog
parks and over fifty miles of scenic
pathways, trails and paseos, an appreciation for the outdoors is an innate part
of the local lifestyle.
Outdoorsmen will appreciate spaces
like the Castaic Lake Recreation Area,
offering boating and fishing, and the
hiking and equestrian trails found at
Towsley Canyon, Placerita Canyon and
Vasquez Rocks.
And, with a temperate climate, you
can enjoy many of these amenities yearround.
Schools and Housing
With distinguished education options for elementary, middle and high
school, the Santa Clarita Valley offers a
solid academic foundation for students
and families.
The Valley’s elementary schools are
known throughout California for their
high academic performance index (API)
scores, passionate teachers and a high
level of interaction with the community.
Nearly two-thirds have been named
as California Distinguished Schools at
least once, with several also having been
recognized as National Blue Ribbon
Schools.
Encompassing six junior high
schools and ten high schools, the
William S. Hart High School District
serves over 25,000 Santa Clarita Valley
students in grades 7-12. With a strong
commitment to academic performance,
every high school within the district has
maintained average SAT scores well
above the Los Angeles County and state
averages.
Most of the Santa Clarita Valley’s
schools are nested directly within the
residential communities they serve.
Named “The Best Place to Live in
California” by CNN/Money Magazine,
the City of Santa Clarita offers a unique
blend of rural, suburban and urban
environments. Communities within the
City of Santa Clarita include Canyon
Country, Newhall, Saugus and Valencia.
Surrounding the City of Santa
Clarita are the growing communities
of Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, Sunset
Pointe, Tesoro, Val Verde, Westridge
and the soon-to-be-developed Newhall Ranch. Each community has its
own distinctive look and feel, offering
potential residents an array of housing
options.
Shopping, dining
and entertainment
The Santa Clarita Valley is a great
place to shop. From the Westfield
Valencia Town Center and Bridgeport
Marketplace lifestyle centers to The
Plaza at Golden Valley and Centre
Pointe Marketplace, visitors are treated
to an inviting shopping environment,
featuring local boutiques, major retailers, restaurants and specialty shops.
Those looking to get a bite to eat
and get in touch with Santa Clarita Valley’s roots, stop by the Saugus Café, Los
Left: There is a great appreciation for the arts in the Santa Clarita Valley, where outdoor
art work is plentiful and skateboard parks and other recreational areas provide a place for
organized youth activities.
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Bike paths criss-cross the city.
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Angeles County’s oldest continuously
operating restaurant, which opened in
1886. Notables such as U.S. Presidents
Benjamin Harrison and Theodore
Roosevelt, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable
and John Wayne have all dined at the
café over the past century.
Far more recent additions to the restaurant landscape include well-known
chains, such as Elephant Bar and
California Pizza Kitchen, as well as local eateries like Salt Creek Grille, Maru
and The Oaks Grille at TPC Valencia.
No matter what you’re in the mood for,
there certainly isn’t a lack of great food
spots to choose from.
The Santa Clarita Valley is also
home to some great entertainment
locales. You can ride some of the
world’s best roller coasters at Six Flags
Magic Mountain, splash in the waters at
Hurricane Harbor, play a round of golf
at one of the area’s premier courses
and enjoy ice skating year-round at Ice
Station Valencia.
Local Arts & Culture
The area’s burgeoning cultural
scene is on full display in Old Town
Newhall. On the first, second and
third Thursdays of the month, the
City hosts its Farmers Market, ArtWalk and SENSES events. Businesses
along Main Street are encouraged to
stay open late, while street performers
wow the crowds and food trucks offer
unique eats.
Soon, Old Town Newhall – which
is undergoing redevelopment – will
become a mecca of mixed-use development, with a combination of condominiums and townhouses as well as
retail shops, restaurants and entertainment venues. One of the biggest
additions, the City of Santa Clarita’s
25,000-square foot Newhall Library, is
currently under construction.
For live entertainment, visit one
of the Santa Clarita Valley theaters.
The Santa Clarita Performing Arts
Center, a state-of-the-art, 926-seat
venue, hosts a lineup of both nationalrecognized and regional acts, while
CalArts’ Wild Beast outdoor amphitheater brings together an eclectic mix
of musical styles and genres. For more
local fare, Canyon Theatre Guild and
the Repertory East Playhouse host a
variety of community theater productions.
The region also offers many seasonal events for its residents. From
wine and jazz festivals to numerous
outdoor music series, there’s something for everyone. The City of Santa
Clarita’s largest event is the Cowboy
Festival, which celebrates the ranching lifestyle on the back lot of Melody
Ranch Motion Picture Studios, where
many classic Western movies were
filmed.
With so much to offer residents
and visitors, it seems as if the City of
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{Education}
Teaching by
Example
Highly respected institutions push
innovative partnerships with business
W
ith three highly ranked and
respected institutions, higher
education in the Santa Clarita Valley thrives.
The community is home to College of the Canyons, one of the fastest
growing community colleges in California; California Institute of the Arts,
a world-renowned art school and The
Master’s College, one of the nation’s
premier Christian liberal arts schools.
Workforce training
Part of the California Community
Colleges System, College of the Canyons has distinguished itself as one of
the leading community college districts
in the state. College of the Canyons
serves over 24,000 students in nearly
150 degree and certificate programs on
two campuses.
The college also is a participant in
several innovative partnerships that have
redefined the traditional role of community colleges: Academy of the Can-
yons, a combination college/high school
experience, operated by the William S.
Hart High School District, opened on
the College of the Canyons campus in
2002 and the Santa Clarita Performing
Arts Center, a state of the art, 926-seat,
live performance space was constructed
and operates in partnership with the
City of Santa Clarita.
College of the Canyons is also home
to the Dr. Dianne G. Van Hook University Center, where a growing collection
of public and private universities offer
advanced degree programs. Also operating out of the center are the Santa
Clarita WorkSource Center, the Center
for Applied Competitive Technologies
(CACT) and the Employee Training
Institute (ETI), all of which have helped
local businesses recruit, hire and train
employees in a variety of industry fields.
Additionally, the Small Business
Development Center (SBDC) and the i3
Advanced Technology Center, work to
leverage college resources in providing
assistance to entrepreneurs and small
business owners.
One of the college’s recent initiatives, the Fast Track Institute, provides
immediate workforce training to companies within the Santa Clarita Valley.
“There’s a good pool of technical
workers here in the valley,” said Pete
Bellas, College of the Canyons’ dean
of economic development and the Fast
Track Institute.
By connecting to local businesses,
the institute is able to set up training so
that workers can get ahead or retrain
for new careers and rapidly changing
industries.
“Businesses right now are very much
focused on their bottom line,” Bellas
said. “It would be good for them to be
more efficient and their people to be
more skilled, but they can’t make that
a priority. We can meet with them and
with just a little bit of information, we
can put a whole program in place for
them.”
Left: Located on 154 acres of rolling, tree-dotted hills, College of the Canyons’ Valencia campus has been an active community partner providing
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become focused on their work here and
have the space to do it,” Stark said.
For the last fiscal year, the institute
trained more than 500 employees in
skill upgrades and affected several
dozen companies, he said.
The Small Business Development
Center has worked with more than 400
local companies and 3,000 Santa Clarita
Valley entrepreneurs providing training
and seminars, he said.
“We’re always looking for new
opportunities and we’re always trying
to keep a pulse on what business and
industry in the valley need,” Bellas said.
World-class arts
institution
The Santa Clarita Valley is also
home to the California Institute of the
Arts, a world-renowned creative school
that counts filmmaker Tim Burton,
Pixar Creative Chief John Lasseter, animator Chuck Jones and actor Ed Harris
among its long list of graduates.
The private school opened in Santa
Clarita 40 years ago and was the first
institute to offer undergraduate and
graduate degrees for students, said Nicole Stark, director of alumni relations.
Since opening, the school regularly
ranks as the No. 1 art school on a na-
tional and international level.
“There are a lot of alumni who still
invest in the community who work here
and live here,” Stark said.
Many have gone on to start artsbased nonprofit organizations and
work at major creative businesses, such
as Disney or Universal.
CalArts’ roots stem from Walt Disney’s dream to create a “Caltech of the
arts.” Since opening in 1961, the school
has grown to offer degree programs in
music, art, dance, film and video, animation, theater, puppetry and writing to
over 1,500 students each year.
“I don’t think people realize the
breadth and history we have here,”
Stark said. “CalArts is a source of pride
for the local community.”
In recent years, CalArts debuted
The Wild Beast, an innovative music
pavilion that is home to concerts from
international performers and musicians.
At the same time, CalArts is connected to the Los Angeles arts community through its REDCAT (Roy and
Edna Disney Cal Arts Theater) gallery
and performances at Walt Disney
Concert Hall.
“I think that students really do
A Christianityfocused curriculum
Students come from all over the
world to study at The Master’s College,
gaining a deep understanding of history, philosophy and life purpose.
Amid the sanctuary of its grassy,
oak tree lined campus, students experience their liberal arts education through
a Christianity-focused curriculum. The
highly ranked college is led by president
Dr. John MacArthur, one of the world’s
most recognized Christian pastors and
authors.
In addition to academics, the private
school maintains a number of partnerships with community organizations,
including the Santa Clarita Valley Food
Pantry and American Red Cross, to give
students a hands-on learning opportunity.
“When they come to The Master’s
College, we’re not training them to just
get a good job, we want to train them
to have a vocation. In that vocation,
they are finding their calling,” said Pete
Bargas, director of campus ministries.
By the time students graduate, they
are ready for the workforce and know
their place.
“If you realize what you are doing
is actually making a difference, you are
going to work hard,” he said. “You’re
going to be a strong, hard worker for
your organization because you know
that you are serving your neighbor with
whatever you are doing.”
The Santa Clarita Valley is also just a
short drive from several internationally
recognized universities located in the
Los Angeles area, including California
Institute of Technology (CalTech),
University of California, Los Angeles
and University of Southern California,
among others.
Above: College of The Canyons is one of the leading community colleges in the state. Its partnerships with businesses, other schools and the
city are considered a model for other institutions of higher learning.
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Means Business
L
ong-regarded for its quality of
life amenities, including highachieving schools, low crime rate
and an abundance of open space and
recreational activities, the Santa Clarita
Valley is known throughout the nation
as a great community in which to live.
In much the same way, the Santa
Clarita Valley has also become a
sought-after destination for a wide
range of business and industry. Attracted by an educated workforce,
lower costs of doing business and
abundant supply of available land and
buildings, firms from throughout the
country have chosen to locate in the
Santa Clarita Valley.
To ensure future success in this
endeavor, the Valley’s leadership has
recognized that the process of attracting, retaining and expanding firms
should be a united effort. And, as the
Santa Clarita Valley continues to grow,
the process requires a comprehensive,
regional focus. The Santa Clarita Valley
(SCVEDC) represents the culmination
of those ideas.
Business Attraction
While the Santa Clarita Valley currently enjoys one of the lowest unem-
ployment rates in Southern California
(an amazing testament to the quality and
diversity of the local industry), new developments are on the horizon, making
attracting additional employers to the
Valley a top priority.
To that end the SCVEDC conducted
a Target Industry Analysis of firms and
industry clusters expected to thrive in
the Santa Clarita Valley. The results of
this study make up the backbone of the
Santa Clarita Valley’s regional business
attraction program.
“Our recruitment goal is to make
sure as many companies as possible
understand and take advantage of the
many benefits of doing business in the
Santa Clarita Valley,” according to Jonas
Peterson – SCVEDC President/CEO.
to better understand the strengths
and weaknesses of their particular
enterprise. Information gathered
is used to locate potential expansion
opportunities, develop partnerships
and to provide assistance referrals to
participating companies.
“Often owners and managers are
so focused on running the day-to-day
operations of their businesses, they
miss out on some of the benefits
and future prospects that may be out
there,” noted Josh Mann, SCVEDC
Business Retention and Marketing
Manager. “By conducting an independent analysis of their operations, the
SCVEDC can easily make referrals to
the programs or agencies that can help
improve their bottom line.”
Business Retention
In addition to business attraction
efforts, SCVEDC leaders also know
that the key to a successful economy
is about helping to grow the business
of existing employers. To aid in that
effort, the SCVEDC oversees the
Business Expansion and Retention
(BEAR) program. Through the BEAR
program, the SCVEDC offers no-cost,
confidential one-on-one business
assistance visits with local employers
Enterprise Zone
One of the SCVEDC’s recent accomplishments was championing the
expansion of the Santa Clarita Valley
Enterprise Zone to encompass industrial
and commercial properties outside of
the City of Santa Clarita. With new developments, such as the Valencia Commerce Center, located in unincorporated
Los Angeles County, it was important to
expand the Enterprise Zone boundaries.
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• No gross receipts tax
• No utility users’ tax
• Use-tax Incentive Program
• One-Stop Permit Center providing
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the development
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• Electronic Plan Submittal & Review
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• Business Ombudsman to
assist businesses through the
development process from start to
finish
• Permit Subsidies for qualifying
businesses
Partnerships
Many of the SCVEDC’s major
activities are designed around partnerships. From the diverse membership
of its board of directors to its location at College of the Canyons’ Diane
G. Van Hook University Center, the
SCVEDC has worked to leverage both
the available resources and the return to
the community through the economic
development process.
A great example of this partnership
is the Santa Clarita Valley Economic
& Real Estate Outlook held each year.
The event, held in partnership with
College of the Canyons’ Economic Development Department, features some
of California’s leading economists and
draws several hundred of the Valley’s
top business and community leaders.
The information presented at the event
has already been utilized by both business and academia to better plan for the
future of the Santa Clarita Valley.
Continued Progress
The SCVEDC looks to continue the
progress begun by local government and
private industry. In doing so, the organization works diligently to build an economic
development model that spurs a high
level of new industrial and commercial
development. The economic activity created by these new and growing companies will serve to underwrite the public
spaces, jobs and lifestyle amenities that
will continue to make the Santa Clarita
Valley a great place to live, work and play!
About the Santa
Clarita Valley
Economic Development
Corporation
The Santa Clarita Valley Economic
Development Corporation (SCVEDC)
is a regional economic development
organization working to attract, retain
and expand quality business and
industry in Southern California’s Santa
Clarita Valley. Through marketing initiatives, research and reporting services,
site surveys and strategic partnerships,
SCVEDC provides regional stakeholders and its investors with the necessary
resources to promote the benefits of
doing business in the Santa Clarita Valley. For more information, visit www.
scvedc.org.
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{Entertainment}
Natural
Playground
Beauty of outdoors, glamour of Hollywood
make for exciting and dynamic environment
A
lthough just a short distance
from the dynamic Los Angeles
metropolis, the Santa Clarita
Valley has several tourist attractions of
its own.
Six Flags Magic
Mountain
One of the world’s most famous
theme parks, Six Flags Magic Mountain
is spread over 260 acres and features
17 roller coasters, including Superman:
Escape from Krypton, Revolution and
the park’s latest addition – Green Lantern: First Flight - surrounded by over
100 rides and attractions. Next door sits
Hurricane Harbor, a 22-acre water park
with a 1,300 foot river, wave pool and
two fully enclosed speed slides.
Championship Golf
The Santa Clarita Valley is home
to some of California’s most sought
after golf destinations, including three
of the top ten courses in Los Angeles County: Valencia Country Club,
former host of the PGA Tour’s AT&T
Champions Classic, is a Robert Trent
Jones, Sr.-designed, 7,076-yard, par-72
course; Robinson Ranch Golf Club
features two Ted Robinson, Sr.-designed courses spread over 400 acres;
and TPC Valencia boasts a 7,220 yard,
par-72 course designed by PGA Tour
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William S. Hart Ranch
and Museum
William S. Hart Ranch and Museum, located in the heart of Old
Town Newhall, is the former home of
the famous cowboy, silent film star and
director. Today, the 22-room Spanish Colonial Revival-style mansion, a
member of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, houses
Hart’s collection of western art, Native
American artifacts, and early Hollywood memorabilia. The ranch grounds
feature a picnic area, cemetery, hiking
trails, animal barnyard, a furnished
1910 ranch house and a small herd
of bison.
Shopping and Dining at
Valencia Town Center
The Westfield Valencia Town
Center and its new outdoor addition,
The Patios, as well as the adjacent
Town Center Drive offer visitors over
two million square feet of pedestrian
friendly shopping, dining and entertainment options including Macy’s, an
Apple Store, Salt Creek Grille and the
Edwards Grand Palace Cinema. And if
you’ve really got the shopping bug, the
nearby Valencia Auto Center is home
to one of the largest selections of auto
brands in Southern California, including
Acura, Mercedes Benz, BMW, Lexus
and Infiniti.
Parks and Recreation
The Santa Clarita Valley’s parks, recreation facilities, open space and trails
are a great way for a family to enjoy
the day. Amenities include the Santa
Clarita Sports Complex (with an awardwinning aquatics center, skate park and
activities center), more than 20 parks
spread throughout the Valley, two dog
parks, hundreds of acres of preserved
open space and more than 50 miles of
scenic pathways, trails and paseos.
City of Santa Clarita
Cowboy Festival
Each spring the historic Melody
Ranch Motion Picture Studio opens its
22-acre back lot to the public for the
City of Santa Clarita Cowboy Festival.
This three-day family friendly event
brings together the best in country
music, food and entertainment. Visitors
can walk along the main street, where
Left: Hurricane Harbor is one of the most popular water parks in Southern California.
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westerns from Gunsmoke to Deadwood were filmed, and tour the Ranch
Museum’s collection of one-of-a-kind
movie memorabilia covering nine decades of filmmaking.
Mentryville
Located at the base of Pico Canyon,
Mentryville was an 1880s oil boom
town. The nearby oil field became
California’s first commercially successful and, ultimately, longest-running oil
strike. The last well was finally capped
in 1990. Named for oil field superintendent, Charles Alexander Mentry,
Mentryville was once home to over 200
residents, a schoolhouse, social hall,
bakery and a blacksmith shop. With its
days as a civic center a distant memory,
the town was donated to the Santa
Monica Mountains Conservancy in
1995. Today, Mentry’s grand 13-room
mansion, the one-room school house
and period barn are registered as California State Historical Landmarks and
are part of a historic park open to the
public for tours.
Placerita Canyon State
Park and Nature Center
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in
California, Placerita Canyon was occupied by the Tataviam Native American
people. The canyon was later included
in the 1842 Mexican land grant that was
issued for Rancho San Francisco (future Santa Clarita Valley). Today, Placerita Canyon State Park features several
shaded hiking trails, a Nature Center
featuring information on the surrounding flora and fauna and the circa-1920s
Walker Cabin. The park also preserves
the site of the first documented discovery of gold in California, in 1842.
Vasquez Rocks Natural
Area and Nature Center
Less than a half hour drive north
of Santa Clarita Valley is the 932-acre
Vasquez Rocks Natural Area and
Nature Center. Named after one of
California’s most notorious bandits in
the 1800s, Tiburcio Vasquez, Vasquez
Rocks features spectacular jagged red
rock formations formed in prehistoric
times by activity on the San Andreas
Fault. Today, the Los Angeles County
park, part of the National Register of
Historic Places, is a popular hiking and
equestrian area and has been a popular
filming location for movies, television
shows and commercials.
Scenic Drive on
State Route 126 to
the Pacific Ocean
The California coastline sits less than
an hour away from the Santa Clarita Valley off of State Route 126. Along the way
visitors can enjoy the scenic drive through
Ventura County featuring fertile valley
farmlands, the historic towns of Fillmore
and Santa Paula, and an ancient San Cayetano Mountain peak in the Los Padres
National Forest. The area between the
Santa Clarita Valley and the Pacific Ocean
is still largely driven by agriculture related
to orange, lemon and avocado farming.
At the western end of the highway lies
the beach community of Ventura, where
visitors can dine seaside, do a little surfing
or tour Mission San Buenaventura.
Left: Historic Old Town Newhall is home to several theater companies. Right: Visitors go day-hiking at Vasquez Rocks, a Los Angeles County
park and on the National Register of Historic Places.
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