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THE WESTSIDE INDUSTRIAL AREA August 13-26, 2013
Long Beach Business Journal 9
Infrastructure Needs Persist In The Greater Westside Industrial Area Despite Developmental Progress ■ By SAMANTHA MEHLINGER Staff Writer
nlike newer, pre-planned cities, the industries of the Westside sprouted out of the dust with economic urgency over 100 years ago. Much of the area remained unchanged until about the 1970s, when the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA) and its community advisory board, the Westside Project Area Committee (PAC), were formed based on the needs of the business community. Since then, the RDA, Westside PAC and city have worked to improve the area’s infrastructure. In the late 1980s, the Westside industrial area finally received streetlights, gutters, paved roads and sidewalks. While redevelopment funds have dried up, the city and Westside PAC continue to work for infrastructure improvements.
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Mike Zupanovich, right, president of HD Industries, a division of Harbor Diesel & Equipment, Inc., poses with his service manager, Art Havens, at the company’s location within the Magnolia Industrial Group area at 537 W. Anaheim St. Zupanovich’s father, Jim, founded the company as in 1971 in San Pedro and moved the firm to Long Beach in 1974. The sales, parts and service company employs 50 people. For more information, call 562/591-2941 or visit www.harbordiesel.com.