San Bernardino

Forklift Parts San Bernardino - The city of San Bernardino is known for its exceptional scenery and ethnic diversity. The city combines the many influences from emigrants, varying from the Spanish Missionaries to the Native Americans, has helped this interesting and culturally diverse city develop. The city was named by Father Dumetz, a Franciscan missionary, during the year 1810. The city itself is located west of the lower desert and south of the San Bernardino Mountains. It is now the county seat of San Bernardino County and hosts a population of over 205,000.

The financial system of San Bernardino is concentrated in government, retail, and services industries. In the city, there are all together 97,000 plus jobs provided, 20,000 of these are government jobs, sixteen thousand within retail, and 13,200 within education.

San Bernardino has a strategic location at the intersection of the I-215, SR-210 and I-10 freeways. It is even close to the Cajon and San Gorgonio passes. In the city lies the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern Railway's Intermodal fright transport yard, as well as the Pacific Motor Trucking and the Yellow Freight Systems' cross-docking trucking center. There are numerous warehouses located near the San Bernardino International Airport for large corporations, like for instance Mattel and Kohl's.

The Riverfront District, located along Hospitality Lane and near the Santa Ana River, has been the economic development hub in the city for the past couple of years. Some large office buildings, restaurants, retailers and hotels have been constructed here instead of downtown.

During the year 1994 the Norton Air Force Base was closed, causing San Bernardino's financial system to nearly collapse. The jobless rate grew to 12% because of more than ten thousand individuals losing their jobs and as a result numerous neighborhoods were emptied. The area still hasn't completely recovered and people within a mile of the centre of the city have a meager median income of $20,480.