Business View Magazine | October 2019

284 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 confidence in your plans based on the work of your professionals who make sure that they’re done to code, and then you’re out building. If you’ve got competent professionals working behind you as your architects and engineers, you can save two to three months of plan check time by going through our voluntary self-certification program.” As for encouraging new businesses, city staff are very hands-on with helping people through the process of starting up. DellaLonga shares the benefits of locating in Bellflower, “Although we have limited monetary incentives, from small businesses up to larger corporations, such as the franchisee that’s doing the hotels in our town, we’ll walk you through the city process to help you understand and get through the fees and details. We’re a small city with a relatively small staff, so there’s not a lot of bureaucracy or red tape. There are some processes that have to be done, but we’re all here to help developers and business owners get through those processes.” PREFERRED VENDOR n City Ventures www.cityventures.com Bellflower, a city evoking beauty by the mere mention of its name; so close in proximity to the LA highlife, yet replete with its own charming and innovative personality. Indeed, it’s a beautiful location for business and pleasure. The City of Bellflower was recently named as a finalist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation’s Most Business Friendly City Award for cities over 50,000 in population. This is the third time the city has made finalist and they are hoping to take the title this year. Bellflower: You have our vote!