

This expansion will more than double the capacity to 8,000 students. College of the Desert Indio campus expansionĬurrently in the design stage, College of the Desert officials have plans to expand the downtown Indio campus, including a three-story classroom building with an adjacent plaza and outdoor pavilion. “This will be the perfect location for COD students, teachers and people who work in the County buildings,” said Schuman, noting that the newly expanded County Justice Center complex is just four blocks away. The top three floors will house 70 apartments with 7,500 square feet of retail offerings below. At the corner of Bliss Avenue and Oasis Street, convenient to the College of the Desert Indio campus, Coachella Valley Development Partners is building a four-story mixed-use residential and retail project within the City’s opportunity zone. David Schuman of Coachella Valley Development Partners had the opportunity to be the first to submit a project under the new plan. “We see more development in downtown, which will blossom into more of a traditional downtown feel.”Īs part of Indio’s downtown specific plan, adopted in April 2020, the City completed an extensive environmental analysis that allows expedited reviews for downtown projects. We have a true downtown pattern that is a walkable core,” said Kevin Snyder, director of community development. “Indio benefits from being the oldest incorporated city. Vallarta Supermarkets features all the traditional departments - tortilleria, deli, meat, seafood, produce, bakery, grocery, health/beauty, floral, and more, but it also offers a Hispanic specialty section, sushi bar, food court, outdoor patio seating, and a bar - the Sayulita Tap Room. Becoming the eighth full-service supermarket in Indio, this company plans to elevate the shopping experience to a new level. The 38,000-square-foot Vallarta Supermarkets at Jackson and Avenue 42 held its grand opening this October. It is the 52nd statewide supermarket location for the family-owned business. This meeting led the company to pursue its first Riverside County location in Indio, creating 150 new jobs. Cesar Gonzalez, director of operations, learned about the availability of the former Marshall’s building in north Indio at a convention in Las Vegas in 2019 from a Riverside County economic development executive. One company that saw tremendous opportunity in Indio was California-based Vallarta Supermarkets. Carreon Boulevard Opportunity for growth in Indio This campus will house a dispatch center, public safety services building and fire station headquarters on land adjacent to the existing offices at Jackson Street and Dr.
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Indio also is moving forward with a multi-million design contract with Holt Architecture for much-needed new public safety facilities to be built primarily with voter-approved Measure X funds.
