Outstanding Business Award July – December 2009

The City of Gardena Outstanding Business Award is presented semi-annually, to a business in the city based on quality of the business, business achievements, and community involvement. Winners are selected every six months, and nominations are reviewed by the Gardena Business Advisory Council (G-BAC). For more information about the Award Program, please contact the City Manager's Office at (310) 217-9645. Winner of the Outstanding Business Award July - December 2009 The Gardena Business ...

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Adopt County’s First Consensus Strategic Plan for Economic Development

On December 22, 2009, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted the County’s first-ever consensus Strategic Plan for Economic Development. The Strategic Plan for Economic Development in Los Angeles County identifies five core goals critical to ensuring L.A. County’s continued growth and economic success.  These goals are: 1) Preparing an educated workforce, 2) Creating a business-friendly environment, 3) Enhancing our quality of life, 4) Implementing smart land use and 5...

City of Gardena’s Largest Employers

Crenshaw Lumber Co. Hustler Casino Southwest Offset Printing Sam’s Club Ramona’s Target Gardena Honda Nissin Foods HITCO Carbon Composites Albertsons Memorial Hospital United States Postal Service Chromalloy Corporation Gardena Nissan Normandie Casino Marukai Market

Opening a Business in Gardena

To make the process of opening your business in Gardena as easy as possible, it is best that City regulations be understood early on. Please use this flowchart to familiarize yourself with the City’s regulatory process. Staff is here to assist you with the opening of your business and to navigate you through the city process (see full-size chart).

Business Workshops

The City of Gardena conducts business development workshops on a quarterly basis that include strategies on "How to Survive and Thrive in Tough Economic Times", "Getting Money For Your Small Business", and "Generating Power for Professionals and Businesses to Succeed in Social Media", i.e., utilizing linked in, facebook and twitter.

CALGreen, the first green building code in the nation, has officially been adopted.

In an interview with Green Technology, Dave Walls, executive director of the California Building Standards Commission (CBSC), discusses this groundbreaking work and how it will be implemented.  To read the full article, please Click here. By Racquel Palmese He’s been called a maverick, a game changer and sometimes just plain crazy for trying to rewrite the California Building Standards Code to greatly increase water and energy efficiency standards, to lower the use of volatile organic comp...

Forecast Says Demand Will Rise for Industrial Space in County

Written By: Amanda Baumfeld, Staff Writer for the San Gabriel Valley Newspaper Group Although office vacancies may continue to be affected by the recession, industrial markets are looking at a possible recovery as overseas demand for American goods increases, according to a report released Thursday. The 2010 Casden Industrial and Office Market Forecast, released Thursday by USC's Lusk Center for Real Estate, studied the industrial and office markets between the summers of 2008 and 2009. It sh...

The Most Important Factor in Business Starts with a “P”

I had the occasion to speak to a college class the other day.  It was a management strategy class of seniors at the B-school of a major university.  My opening statement was the title of this piece.  I asked them to name what I was referring to.  The first response I got was “Profit.”  WRONG! The answer, you may already realize is “People.”  I could have asked what was the most important factor in life.  Same answer.  “People” will have a more profound effect on your life, your work, your succe...