Palm Springs has adopted a new “Economic Development Strategic Framework,” a sweeping but streamlined blueprint aimed at strengthening city systems, improving the business climate and expanding the city’s economy without losing sight of tourism, the city’s most...
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La Quinta Leaders Chart a Future Built on Growth, Stability, and a Surge of New Development
State of the City 2025 features major economic development announcements and a unified vision for the Highway 111 corridor At the 2025 State of the City address, council members delivered a clear, confident message: La Quinta is entering a new era of economic...
Desert Care Network to Shepherd a New Chapter for San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital
For more than seventy years, San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital has anchored healthcare in the San Gorgonio Pass, serving the growing communities of Banning and Beaumont. It has weathered shifts in the industry, changes in leadership, financial challenges, and the...
What’s For Sale: Five New Investment Opportunities Across the Region
The Greater Palm Springs commercial real estate market continues to move at full speed, with institutional capital, developers, and private investors chasing well-located assets across healthcare, hospitality, retail, and land. This month’s lineup brings a...
From Enron to Greater Palm Springs: Steve Lawrence Warns That Energy Is the Region’s Defining Economic Test
Steve Lawrence has spent his life in rooms where the country’s biggest energy decisions were made. He was an early architect of natural gas deregulation in the 1980s, built one of Enron’s most successful national programs before the company imploded, advised...




