Business View Magazine | December 2019

296 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 people and talk with them is unmatched, even though those projects may not be coming for two or three years. They often refer to that as how they felt bonded to the city. That philosophy is how we make ourselves different and people appreciate it.” In 2005, Shafter annexed a large area and zoned it for industrial development. It also approved three specific plans for residential and commercial development near that industrial complex; a total of 11,000 residential lots are approved under those plans. Due to the housing bubble and the market crash of the early 2000s, there was no initial movement on it, and now it’s taking off again. Approximately 500 homes have been built within one of those specific plans, a tract map for about 400 homes has been approved in an adjacent specific plan, and potential development at the third, in the next three years, is now under consideration. These specific plans provide enhanced walkable communities, close driving transportation, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL & RECYCLING SERVICES 1808 Roberts Lane, Bakersfield, CA 93308 (661) 399-2944 Serving Shafter, Bakersfield and Kern County For over 80 years Walmart Distribution Center Aerial