Business View Magazine | February 2020

173 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 2020 LA HABRA , CAL I FORNI A distribution facilities in our industrial areas.” While working to attract new business development, La Habra is also paying attention to its citizens’ desire for a more walkable and bikeable city. “Recently, we adopted a Master Street Plan and a Master Bikeway Plan,” Ho states. “Over the next couple of years, when we have the opportunities, we’ll invest in the creation of bike lanes and wider sidewalks. La Habra is mostly a built-out community, so a lot of the sidewalks and right-of-ways are in place, but we’re looking to enhance and widen existing sidewalks. We’re also looking to connect all of our bikeways and pedestrian linkages to it a particularly good place to establish retail businesses. “We’re surrounded by freeways,” he remarks. “There’s the 60 Freeway to the north, the 605 freeway to the west, the 57 freeway to the east, and the 5 and the 91 freeways to the south. All those freeways are about 15 minutes away from La Habra, placing us as a well situated suburban community benefiting from both the Orange County and greater Los Angeles County basins. This has become one of our greatest assets because the business community views La Habra as a key, centrally located market in the region. As such, we are home to big box retailers and warehouses like Costco, Sam’s Club, two Wal-Marts, a Target, and several other major