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Article: Compton is looking to the future
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- Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.
- Article date:
- August 28, 2009
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The city of Compton is in the middle of it all.
Located near the geographical center of Los Angeles County, which
makes it known as the Hub City, Compton's position allows it to
benefit economically from the transportation routes around it.
Four major freeways surround the city while the Los Angeles
International Airport lies just 30 minutes away. The ports of Long
Beach and Los Angeles are also nearby.
As a result, logistics distribution combines with retail as the
two largest business sectors within the city, according to Compton's
administrative analyst, Daisie Kenney.
Compton had 40 new businesses open this year and expects the
opening of a Burlington Coat Factory in the nearby future, ...