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 Forklift Attachments Stockton - Stockton City has a population of 280,000, making it the 13th biggest city within the state of California. This culturally and ethnically diverse city continues to grow steadily. Sixty miles to the west is San Francisco Bay, and eighty three miles west is San Francisco itself. The city is in a relatively central location, with Sacramento located only 45 miles to the south. The San Joaquin Delta waterway unites the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers to San Francisco Bay.
With a major concentration on revitalizing the downtown area, the city of Stockton has recently experienced a huge economic development. At present, there are plans to build or improve apartments, housing, retail, an indoor arena, a hotel and a baseball stadium. The arena will host four major sports teams: Stockton Lightning Area2 Football, Stockton Thunder Hockey, California Cougar Soccer and the Stockton Ports Minor Baseball. At the gateways of the city, Stockton is building several retail and entertainment centers. During the year 2003 the City Centre Cinemas, the 16 screen movie theatre, was developed.
Originally, the economy in Stockton was practically exclusively agriculturally based. However, as time has passed the city has diversified, with telecommunication and manufacturing plants becoming more common. The strong ties with agriculture will slowly become increasingly more essential when the focus on attempting to find a renewable energy increases.
Low-cost land, as well as the proximity to the state and interstate, are some of the main reasons why companies like for instance Pac-West Telecommunications, Golden state Lumber Company and Duraflame have built their regional operations in Stockton. The city is likewise perfect for those companies based on renewable energy; amongst the largest receivers of wind turbines is the Port of Stockton. There is a very reliable and efficient rail system in the city, that helps to make the distribution of goods go smoothly. Even with the bio diesel and ethanol plants built close to the Port, there is still more than two thousand acres of free space accessible
Stockton is presently working on developing green sustainable resources. High Schools and secondary educational institutions are working together with the local government to be able to educate the population concerning the renewable energy industry with the hopes that a solution to the rapidly diminishing supply of oil could be found.
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