Business View Magazine | August 2019

231 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE AUGUST 2019 ADELANTO, CAL I FORNI A But Adelanto is far from a one-business town. “We also have non-cannabis related activity in our city,” Flores notes, “such as General Atomics, a private air defense contractor that has a contract with the federal government and builds the engines for the Predator drone. We also have attracted Clark Pacific, one of southern California’s largest concrete manufacturers. They secured 110 acres within the city, and they are already up and running. They secured a contract with Apple to build their headquarters office. They built the Charger Stadium, major off ramps and large parking structures in various cities in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and San Diego, to name a few.” Speaking of stadiums, Adelanto has its own. The city-owned $6.5 million Adelanto Stadium was built in 1991 for the High Desert Mavericks, a Minor League Baseball Team in the Class A-Advanced California League that played there until 2016. In 2017, the High Desert Yardbirds of the independent Pecos League took over the diamond. Most recently, the city has utilized the stadium for music concerts, cannabis-related events, soccer, motocross, rodeo, and other types of entertainment. Flores believes that Adelanto’s best days are surely ahead. “We’re building a new city,” he exclaims. “We’re not rebuilding and there’s plenty of land to do so.” One item on the city’s agenda is potential development in the Rancho Road area. “Right now, it’s the center of our city, and divides it north and south,” says Mayor Pro Tem, Stevevonna Evans. “We want to bring the two sides together, so we’re looking for businesses to come in there. Maybe some stores on the bottom with apartments and/ or hotel situations on the top; kind of a downtown where people can have dinner, go to a movie, maybe a couple of upscale bars. It’s already zoned as mixed use.” Meanwhile, some interesting projects are already beginning to manifest. “Tesla has expressed an interest in our city with respect to bringing in 16 supercharging stations to one of the local developers that’s going to be breaking ground for a brand new gas station and car wash along 395,” Flores reports. “We also have major retailers