Business View Magazine | December 2019

297 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 661-589-2796 7420 Enos Ln, Bakersfield, CA 93314 SHAFTER , CAL I FORNI A proximity to jobs within the city, and are located about six miles southeast of the downtown core area. Meadows reflects, “We also want to refresh downtown; fill some vacant spots with retail so people would come out more in the evenings. But Shafter is just 20 minutes away from Bakersfield, where there are seven or eight movie complexes, live entertainment, well- known restaurants, even some of the larger shopping outlets – because of that proximity, it’s still a hard sell to try to get those kinds of things out here.” Infrastructure projects are forever in the works. Roads are upgraded on a regular basis and the city is refurbishing some of its eight public parks. Residents like the fact that that this is an ongoing process and often offer feedback in that regard. In general, roads are fixed quickly when there is an issue, and one of the main roads is currently undergoing a major rehab. Shafter is also the only city in Kern County to offer a fiber optic network with a backbone of Shafter Rail