Business View Civil and Municipal | January 2021

127 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL JANUARY 2021 California University of Science and Medicine City of Colton COLTON, CAL I FORNI A is a state-of-the-art teaching hospital moving from a Level 2 Trauma Center to a Level 3, and houses a nationally recognized Burn Unit. “We’re hoping to attract buyers to those homes who are doctors and teachers, as well as medical students,” says Art Morgan, Director of Economic Development. “About 4,000 employees work out of the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, and receives more than 1,600 daily. We see it and the new medical university as our anchor tenants for that area. We’ve got a unique opportunity to develop something special out there.” “Not only do we have the ARMC and CUSM, but to the east is Loma Linda University Medical Center, and to the west is a large Kaiser Permanente facility,” says Elshof. “We’re talking a handful of miles in either direction. We’re looking for part of the Hub City Centre to develop as a medical R&D, independent medical offices, and training centers to use the housing and retail planned for the area. In the future, CUSM is looking to do a physician’s assistant program. They’ve got lots of

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