According to the Victorville Daily Press, April 20, 2010, a local fiberglass fabrication firm has built and shipped a series of massive odor control scrubbers that will be part of a $1.8 billion wastewater project near Seattle, Wash., the company announced. Adelanto-based National Environmental Fiberglass LLC fabricated seven odor control biological scrubbers according to the design specifications, according to a company press release. Each unit was 26 feet tall, 12 feet wide and 12 feet long. NEF is a custom fabricator that has been in business for more than 22 years. They specialize in water treatment, wastewater, chemical filtration and odor control equipment. Their products are in use throughout the United States as well as Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

 

 

According to the Victorville Daily Press, November 17, 2010, Molina Healthcare plans to open a neighborhood medical clinic in Adelanto by the second quarter of 2011. City and community leaders hope the new facility will provide preventative care for the local population, comprised of many residents who are low-income and don't have vehicles, and ease overcrowding in Victor Valley emergency rooms. Molina Healthcare is in the final stages of securing a lease for the new clinic at a 4,800-square-foot suite in Weaver Plaza, a shopping center that houses a liquor store, dental office and bingo parlor off Highway 395 and Cactus Road. The Long Beach-based private management company is geared toward providing affordable services to patients on government-funded health care plans. The neighborhood clinic will serve up to 5,000 patients and create about a dozen new jobs, including several medical assistants, administrative help and one to two physicians, according to Gloria Calderon, vice president of clinic operations for Molina Healthcare of California. The planned clinic won't have all the resources of an urgent care center, though Calderon said Molina Healthcare may expand the operation and open more local clinics depending on community needs. Residents can visit the clinic for routine procedures, wellness check-ups and treatment of minor illnesses and injuries. The clinic will accept both scheduled appointments and walk-ins and have a mostly bilingual staff. And it will include a pharmacy dispenser to ensure patients get their first dose of medication.

 

 

According to the High Desert Business Journal, October 21, 2010, Adelanto is focused on the unlimited possibility of a city that is located at the crossroads of the past and the future. It has become the fastest-growing city in the High Desert. Its location at the juncture of U.S. Highway 395 and Interstate 15, just 35 miles north of San Bernardino, places it in the middle of a growth path resulting from the expected eastward expansion of Palmdale and Lancaster and the westward movement of Victorville. Not only is it positioned between freight distribution centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco that are fast becoming maxed out, it is even located directly on the route between Canada and Baja, Mexico. Perhaps most important of all, its eastern border is immediately adjacent to the Southern California Logistics Airport, which is the centerpiece of the High Desert's plan to become a major distribution between the West Coast and the rest of the country.

Adelanto had been a sleepy little desert town for decades, but it began with the intention of being one of the first master-planned communities in the country. City Manager Jim Hart says that the focus of the city in its plan for the future is twofold. "First, we plan to entice retail development. Target has plans to come in and they have bought the property where the store will be located. As always, Target draws a large number of retail operations like Bed, Bath and Beyond, CVS and others to its centers." The Target will be the retail anchor of the Adelanto Towne Center, a 280,000-square-foot retail project that will be located on 35 acres at the corner of Highway 395 and Mojave Drive. Adelanto partnered with the Lewis Retail Group to bring the development to the city. "The location of the project solidifies the theory that Highway 395 is set to become a major retail corridor in the region," said Hart. The city is also working to bring in industry, especially point-of-sale operations that will bring in sales tax revenue. Between 1992 and 2002 Adelanto's population doubled. All signs indicate that it could double again in the next decade because of the city's close proximity to SCLA, which is expected to add 20,000 jobs to the local economy.

As if to provide a visible promise of its confidence in the city's future, the city is building its first public high school, with completion expected in time for the 2012 fall semester. The $120 million project was entirely funded by the state, and will include a 450-seat performing arts center, eight tennis courts, eight outdoor basketball courts and a 3,500-seat stadium with an all-weather rubberized track and synthetic-turf field. The sleeping desert town has awakened to find itself a bustling metropolis coiled and ready to spring. It's a colony of residents ready and waiting for new jobs without a long commute and new stores without the drive to neighboring cities. You could call it a huge shopping center just waiting to happen.

 

 

Adelanto can boast about being the fastest growing city of the Victor Valley in the last decade, achieving an increase of 113% growth in its population. Adelanto is located 13 miles north of the I-15 Freeway on Highway 395. It covers a land area of 50.6 square miles. Adelanto offers a pro growth posture to business with fast track processing for new construction and tax incentives for industry. Adelanto currently prides itself in having three industrial parks. The City offers ready made parcels for industrial and manufacturing companies who locate there. Additionally, the Redevelopment Agency will grant the prospective company deferred payment and no interest loans. Once companies have completed their environmental impact reports, they can almost immediately begin development in a fraction of the time that would be required in Los Angeles or Orange County. Since 1989, more than 80 companies have selected Adelanto as their place of business. Adelanto has constructed over 3000 homes and has provided 4500 jobs in its three industrial parks.

 

 

Adelanto's Larger Industrial Park Companies

 

1. Cabo Yachts
2. Label House
3. Andersen Metal Products
4. Northwest Pipe
5. Roadway Express
6. Owens Corning
7. National Arnold Magnetics
8. Speedcut Abrasives
9. International Carbonic
10. Commercial Wood Products

 

 

In addition, Dairy Queen International, Subway, Chicago Deli, Ultra Mar Gas and Chevron Truck Stop have submitted plans or begun construction. Flavor House has recently added 60,000 square foot building and Western Conveyors has added two 20,000 square foot buildings. Reliance Beverage has been reported to be in plan check for a 12,000 square foot building, which could increase to 100,000 square feet in the next five years.

 

 

SCLA building first in High Desert to be LEED certified

According to the Victorville Daily Press, March 23, 2009, a new industrial building at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Adelanto recently became the first LEED-certified project in the High Desert, recognizing the “green” elements included in the warehouse. It is only the fourth industrial warehouse in California to be awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

“(The warehouse) uses approximately 42 percent less energy than a baseline facility, saving a tenant upwards of $68,800 per year in energy costs alone,” said Brian Parno, Vice President of SCLA developer Stirling Capital Investments. Sustainable and energy-saving features of the building include reduced-flow restroom fixtures, drought-tolerant landscaping, skylights and more. Construction was completed on the 296,490-square-foot warehouse last May. The distribution center also used green standards during construction, diverting 95 percent of demolition and construction waste from the landfill and using 20 to 35 percent recycled and local materials.

 

 

Adelanto Company to build the world's most powerful Wind Turbine

According to the Victorville Daily Press, February 1, 2009, Adelanto-based defense and aeronautics company, Exquadrum, is working on an innovative wind turbine that could cost much less than - and outpower - the largest existing wind turbines in the world.

Exquadrum's goal is to build a wind turbine that could pump out 15 megawatts of power, which would supply more power to farms than any other turbine on the market. The biggest wind turbine now, located in Germany, only pumps out about 6 megawatts, Mahaffy said. The 15-megawatt wind turbine could produce enough electricity to power nearly 4,000 homes, Mahaffy said. It would have to be proportionately large - about 2,500 feet in diameter, he said.

 

 

 

 

Adelanto's own baseball team and stadium

Did you know that Adelanto has its own Minor League Baseball team and stadium? In 1991, Adelanto built the Maverick Stadium, which is large enough to host over 4000 spectators. The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league team affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers, and are proud to have won three California League Championships in 1991, 1993 and 1997. In a typical season, the High Desert Mavs play 70 home games at Maverick Stadium in Adelanto and another 70 games on the road.