Selma California. The Place You Want to Be!

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1 Selma California The Place You Want to Be! Contact: D-B Heusser, City Manager Roseann Galvan, Administrative Analyst SELMA

2 The City of Selma The Place You Want to Be! Introduction The City of Selma is located on State Highway 99 in California's Great Central Valley and is conveniently located halfway between California's two largest population areas - Los Angeles (207 miles to the south) and the Bay Area (209 miles to the north). Hub City The City of Selma (population 23,194) has become the retail and service Hub City for southeast Fresno, northern Tulare and eastern Kings counties with a retail trade area of over 140,000. With three regional shopping centers anchored with Wal-Mart, J.C. Penney, Sears, Office Max, Rite Aid, Save Mart Super Market, Food 4 Less, Home Depot and Selma 6 Cinema, the City of Selma has developed a shopping base of over 150,000 persons. Three additional regional shopping centers are proposed. Add to this the Selma Auto Center and the Selma Auto Mall, with their major advertising programs, the shopping base increases drastically. The automobile dealerships bring in customers from as far away as Bakersfield and Modesto. Auto dealerships currently located in Selma are: Ford, Buick, Scion, GMC, Toyota, Honda, Chevrolet, Mazda, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Suzuki and Mitsubishi. Auto Dealerships Expand Selma s Auto Dealership continues strong. In April 2007 Selma Nissan opened a new 21,500 square foot facility across the street from its former facility. The older building now houses an expanded Mitsubishi dealership. Two of our other present dealership have purchased property and are looking to expand within the next year. Both dealerships have been given expanded territory by and for expansions of their companies. Additionally, we have two new dealerships interested in locating in Selma. Sales Tax Leader Because of the strong retail sales base, the City of Selma is the per capita sales tax leader in Fresno County and ranks only behind the larger cities of Fresno and Clovis in total taxable sales. The Annual Taxable Sales for the past decade (in thousands of dollars) shows a strong and healthy growth: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,272 Rite Aid Opened and Big 5 Sporting Goods Opens Soon Showing Selma's continued regional growth Rite Aid opened a new 18,858 square foot stand alone building while a number of tenants are interested in their former building located in the Selma Plaza Shopping Center. Big 5 Sporting Goods is finishing the improvements and will open in mid-june at 10,000 square foot store located in the Garden Vineyard Plaza Shopping Center. -continued-

3 Wal-Mart Supercenter / Lowes Plans for a new 230,000 sq. ft. Wal-Mart Supercenter have been approved by the City, but challenged in court. Presently Wal-Mart and the City of Selma are completing a new E.I.R. for this project. The Supercenter will anchor a 38 acre development in northwest Selma. Additionally, the present Wal-Mart building is in escrow and will be razed for a new 130,000 sq. ft. Lowes. Commercial Developments Showing that Selma is a commercial hub the City of Selma has received plans for additional four major regional commercial projects which includes: Selma West West of the present Garden Vineyard Shopping Center; Selma Crossing - Mt. View and SR 99; Pioneer Village Shopping Center (East of SR 99 and McCall and Manning Avenues. Retailers are showing high interest in these regional shopping centers. Buxton Retail Study The City of Selma recently competed a Retail Study with the Buxton Company. The Company identified a trade area as well as businesses that fit the Lifestyle Segmentation within the area. Twenty core businesses were identified and presently one has located in Selma while two others are determining the location within Selma that best fits their needs. New Interchange, Interchange Upgrades and Highway Realignment The City of Selma is working with Caltrans on the development of a new interchange at Dinuba Avenue as well as the rconfiguration and widening of the existing Dinuba Avenue. The City also is working with Caltrans on the realignment of Highland Avenue (SR 43) to the west to make connection to the new interchange at Dinuba and SR 99. In addition the City is working at the upgrading the interchange at Floral Avenue and SR 99 amd Mt. View Avenue and SR 99. All of these upgrades are being done to assist in the planned commercial and residential growth anticipated in Selma. Here To Serve You The City of Selma prides itself on providing a "Hassle-Free Zone" for business and industrial development. In the past few years the city has worked with businesses in creating over 5,000 new jobs. For more information please contact: D-B Heusser, City Manager 1710 Tucker St. Selma, CA SELMA dbh@cityofselma.com

4 The City of Selma The Place You Want to Be! Central Business District The Heart of Selma The City of Selma has implemented a Central Business District Action Plan that places special emphasis on this area. This includes: assignment of a public works person; foot patrol by police officers and Volunteer in Policing; and with the Chamber of Commerce co-sponsoring special events. Small Business Support Center / Team Selma The award winning Selma Small Business Support Center works to support small, home-based and start up businesses. The Center offers business counseling, training workshops and provides technical assistance for loans. Additionally, the Center manages the city s revolving loan fund that can help smaller businesses up to $20,000. TEAM SELMA. Selma Economic Development Team, is composed of key decision-makers in the utilities, financial, workforce training/development and support sectors of Selma. The TEAM can meet with interested developers and provide one-stop answers to development questions. Confidentially, is a key to TEAM SELMA S operation! Business Visitation Knowing that business success is a key to Selma each year Selma s economic development staff and Ambassador s visit local businesses to identify concerns, issues and ways that the City of Selma might assist their business growth/retention. Housing Development Strong Housing development continues strong in Selma! The City has undertaken four specific plans for approximately 4,000 new homes. One project includes a 620 acre specific plan for eastern Selma. Other housing projects are to the northeast and to the southwest of Selma. Industrial Development The City of Selma has a fully developed 52 acre industrial park that presently has 4 tenants and has commitments for the remaining lots. The City of Selma is working with three developers The City of Selma took on the operation of the former UpRight, Inc. plant renaming it the Selma Manufacturing Complex after the owner went bankrupt. This plant has 350,000 sq. feet under roof on 30 acres. The site contains 20,000 Class 1 office-spaces, manufacturing buildings, a wet painting system and a dry-coating paint system. The businesses presently located in the Complex employ 250 persons. The City is working with an expansion that could add up to 500 jobs. Recently we entered into escrow for the sale of this site that will ensure that all bond holders will be made whole. Here to Serve You The City of Selma prides itself in providing a Hassle-Free Zone for business and industrial development. or more information contact: D-B Heusser, City Manager 1710 Tucker Street Selma, CA SELMA / dbh@cityofselma.com

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8 Current and Proposed Commercial Development Northwest Selma New Excelerate Fitness Center Proposed Power Retail Center Proposed Super Wal-Mart Proposed Retail Center This map was prepared by Jerry Howell City of Selma GIS Dept 2/22/2010

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14 Subdivsions Currently Constructing City of Selma Current Subdivision Information Tract Number Total Lots Final Map Approved Name of Tract Country View Estates # /1/04 Country Rose Estates Owner/ Developer Permits Issued Vacant Lots Olivia Merigian 44 6 La Dante Rose /4/2005 Canales Canales - Selma LLC /20/2005 Villa Corvino X /18/2005 Valley View Village Raven Development Lynx Management /06/2006 Country View III Olivia Merigian 0 44 Tentative Tracts (Not Yet Constructing) Tract Number Total Lots Tentative Map Approved Name of Tract Owner/ Developer Expiration Date Date Annexed Country Rose Phase II Villa Corvino XI Cambridge Homes Esraelian Estates La Dante Rose Larry Raven Lennar Homes Synergy Land Group G.L.C. Brandywine, LLC Seville Gardens Villa Corvino XII G.L.C. Brandywine, LLC R.J. Hill Larry Raven Heritage Park Erickson Realty Group Bratton I Bratton I UPDATED 6/19/2007 S/COMDEV/PUBLISH/TRACTMAP