Business View Civil and Municipal | January 2021

128 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL JANUARY 2021 www.marinita.com (949) 756-8677 3835 Birch Street, Newport Beach, CA 92660 Marinita prides itself on its commitment to adhere to the highest quality standards in each project; the same standards are maintained with its relationships with major tenants and investor partners. Honored by U.S. Congress for contributing to the growth and development of the City of Colton. programs like these coming up. We see this as a potential incubator for R&D and other medical options here in Colton.” Although CUSM’s building only just opened this year, the institution held its first classes for the MD program back in July 2018. CUSM had been operating out of a classroom facility in San Bernardino, but they’ve since moved back here to Colton, where they belong.” A FULL-SERVICE, SUSTAINABLE CITY A full-service city is one capable of funding and providing a complete array of in-house public services to residents, without contracting anything out to third-party agencies. Colton is just such a city – it owns and operates its own electric, water, wastewater, police, and a fire department that provides mutual support to neighboring cities. According to the Mayor, that’s a very attractive “in” to what they’ve already got to offer businesses considering Colton as a home base. “These are our people that are working those facilities and providing those services,” Navarro