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BRIDGEPORT - LAKESIDE HOMES NOW PREVIEWING! By Van Daele Homes 4-7 Bedrooms . 2,939 - 4,462+ sq ft . Priced from the high $500,000s
NEWPORT - PREVIEW SHOWING OF NEW LAKESIDE HOMES! By Kiper Homes Up to 6 Bedrooms . 2,286 - 3,948 sq ft . Priced from the low $500,000s
HAVEN - NEWLY GRAND OPENED By Anthem United 3-6 Bedrooms . 2,244 - 3,250 sq ft . Priced from the high $400,000s
WATERMARK - NEWLY GRAND OPENED By Richmond American Homes 3-6 Bedrooms . 1,710 - 2,638 sq ft . Priced from the low $400,000s
LATITUDE II - NEW LOCATION NOW OPEN By Van Daele Homes 3-5 Bedrooms . 1,813 - 2,584 sq ft . Priced from the mid $400,000s
BEACON BAY - 4 MODELS OPEN By Kiper Homes 3-5 Bedrooms . 2,281 - 2,939 sq ft . Priced from the high $400,000s
CASTAWAY - 3 MODELS OPEN By Van Daele Homes 3-4 Bedrooms . 1,575 - 1,776 sq ft . Priced from the high $300,000s
CRYSTAL COVE - 3 MODELS OPEN By Tim Lewis Communities 3-5 Bedrooms . 2,129 - 2,806 sq ft . Priced from the high $400,000s
LAKESIDE - 3 MODELS OPEN By Kiper Homes 3-5 Bedrooms . 2,106 - 2,566 sq ft . Priced from the high $400,000s
REFLECTIONS - 3 MODELS OPEN By Anthem United 4-7 Bedrooms . 3,132 - 4,062 sq ft . Priced from the low $600,000s
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ISLANDS SOMERSTONPRWY RIVER Visit our Welcome Center ISLANDS Open daily 10 am –5 pm I-5 1401 River Islands Parkway LAKESIDE DR (at the corner of Somerston and River Islands Parkway) LATHROP STEWART RD (209) 808-5168
MANTHEY RD Driving directions: From the Bay Area, N take I-580 East across the Altamont I-5 MOSSDALE RD to I-205; stay on I-5 past Tracy and 1-205 exit at Mossdale Road.
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CONTENTS Manteca Chamber Magazine 2019-2020 PRODUCED BY Manteca Bulletin FEATURES Manteca on the grow 5 Flags over Manteca 7 At the heart of it all 8 Manteca area events 10 Family recreation 12 The great outdoors 14 ON THE COVER The Family City 15 The photos on the cover include, Agriculture still king 16 clockwise from upper left, the Manteca Bass Pro Shops, a glimpse at what Great Reach 18 million consumers 17 Wolf indoor waterpark opening in mid- Manteca’s murals 18 2020 in Manteca will offer, a rendering Chamber staff 19 of the 500-room Great Wolf Lodge hotel now under construction that is part of Your chamber 20 the indoor waster park resort complex, President’s Circle 23 family fun at the Manteca Big League Chamber awards 24 Dreams sports complex, Manteca’s 18-hole municipal golf course, and wine Volunteers 25 tasting at Delicato Vineyards. Business Directory 26
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The Epicenter of Commerce & Culture Page 5 Manteca MANTECA ON THE GROW centers 5.11 Tactical, Penske Logistics (Lowe’s to reach Lathrop. Home Improvement), Medline, Amazon Prime, Manteca is also a place that people chose to Ford Motor Company Small Parts, Lineage raise families. Refrigeration Services, Dreyer’s Ice Cream, For the past decade Manteca has been and more. There is over 1 million square feet consistently among the fastest growing cities of distribution style space under construction in the state. It has been adding more than 2,200 with nearly another 5 million square feet in the new residents a year. planning process. There are nearly 8,000 housing units Lathrop counts among its major employers in various stages of approval in Manteca. Wayfair, Tesla, Home Depot distribution Combined that with 10,000 more homes in the center, United Parcel Service hub, California River Islands at Lathrop planned community of Natural Products, Simplot, In-n-Out Burger 11,500 homes along with 2,500 other planned distribution, plus Ghirardelli Chocolate. And homes in the rest of Lathrop that are moving that is literally just the tip of the iceberg. toward construction, is why Manteca and Those firms and more have come to the greater Manteca area as opposed to other Lathrop’s status as the fastest two growing locales in the Northern California Mega Region cities in the mega region will likely be secured of 18 million consumers partly on the strength for years. of location. But when that is wedded with Manteca has secured the water and the unparalleled transportation infrastructure to wastewater treatment capacity to accommodate move goods to market that Manteca-Lathrop the growth. are at the epicenter of, the reason the likes of Manteca isn’t just building homes, however. Amazon has opened four major distribution They are building a community with all of the centers in the Southern San Joaquin County/ attributes people raising families or seeking Northern Stanislaus County becomes clear. to enjoy retirement are looking for, hence Highway 99 — dubbed California’ “Main Altamont Corridor Express commuter Manteca’s motto “The Family City”. trains will starting running from the Street that runs the length of the Great Central The City of Manteca is meeting the challenge downtown Manteca Transit Center to San Valley moving the lion’ share of the nation’s Jose and Sacramento in 2023. of growth through solid governance and fruits, vegetable and nuts to market as well as innovative thinking. other goods — passes through Manteca while The Port of Stockton — the eastern most Manteca has a healthy 25 percent budget the commerce heavy Interstate 5 that runs seaport in California is less than 25 minutes reserve and no general fund obligation bond from Mexico to Canada passes through nearby away. debt. Lathrop. The 120 Bypass through Manteca Manteca is not just the place to get the job The city’s fiscal prudence and drive connects the two major north-south corridors. done. to continue improving the quality of life is Interstate 205/580 is a direct link to the heart of Manteca, called by some the Crossroads of reflected in its approach to projects. the consumer heavy Bay Area. Manteca is now building California’s first There are two major intermodal yards for California due to its freeway connections in the state’s Heartland, is also at the crossroad of an diverging diamond interchange. Not only truck trailer to train movements of goods. does it cost $10 million less than a traditional The Union Pacific Railroad intermodal yard emerging passenger rail network. interchange projects as it didn’t require more is sandwiched between Manteca and Lathrop. Already four weekday Altamont Corridor land to widen or entail the demolition of the The Santa Fe Railroad intermodal yard is 10 Express commuter trains depart the Lathrop- miles north of Manteca via Austin Road. Manteca station for San Jose plus another existing bridge deck, but it allows for more Stockton Metro Airport with more than a two trains run on Saturdays. By 2023 ACE efficient traffic movements by eliminating half half dozen Amazon Prime Air flights per day service will be extended to downtown Manteca of the normally required number of traffic is the most non-congested airport for freight and south to Ceres. You will also be able to signals while at same time substantially movement in the San Francisco Bay Area- catch an ACE train in downtown to travel to reducing the number of conflict movements Sacramento region in terms of both air traffic Sacramento. that can lead to crashes. and accessible by ground traffic. It’s just a 15 Valley Link — a rail connection to the BART The city has also just rolled out its innovative minute drive from central Manteca. station at Pleasanton/Dublin — is in the works food waste to fuel program. It takes commercial food waste, combines it with methane gas from the wastewater treatment process and produces compressed liquefied gas that is being used to Small Business Loans fuel the city’s fleet of 30 solid waste collection trucks. It eliminates burning off methane into Sweet Solutions for the atmosphere and replaces diesel burning Small Businesses solid waste trucks to improve air quality. It also avoids landfilling food waste and at the same Business Loans | Agricultural Credit time reduces the cost of operating solid waste Commercial Banking | Cash Management Services services as the trucks burn cleaner fuel and they last longer. Manteca is a place where you can live, work, IN MANTECA 660 N Main Street and play in a family friendly setting and do so bankofstockton.com knowing technology and fiscal responsibility makes a future here sustainable. Page 6 Manteca Chamber of Commerce 2019-2020 Manteca FLAGS OVER MANTECA Manteca — America’s most patriotic city? for their retirement. It is more than just wishful thinking. Patriotism is more than just placing flags. Ten times a year hundreds of volunteers get It isn’t uncommon for those in uniform to up before dawn’s early light to place 2,400 have complete strangers — Manteca residents American flags along Manteca’s main streets — walk up to them and thank them for their to honor our fallen, our veterans, our military, service. our civl rights leader, and our founding prin- Past commemorations have included Man- ciples. It is all a part of the Manteca Chamber teca’s own Medal of Honor recipient Sammy of Commerce’s marquee community service Davis, a Vietnam War hero who attended endeavor Flag over Manteca. Manteca High. Months after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, Davis also was involved with another bench- 2001, then Manteca Chamber of Commerce mark event in Manteca’s long history of rever- executive director Joe Pellegrino proposed ence for those who have served and those who to the chamber board that the business group have fallen. should undertake a flag project to reflect the Volunteers — young and old — get up Back in 1993, Manteca was the site if what community’s patriotic sentiments that were before dawn ten days a year to place 2,400 then was the biggest one-day draw for the sharpened by the terrorist attacks flags along Manteca’s main streets. Traveling Wall replica of the Vietnam Memo- The idea spread like wildfire. rial in Washington, D.C. Nearly 15,000 people Thomas — like many others — never Within two months the community donated crowded the bleachers and fields of Manteca missed a day of putting the flags out. Thomas $70,000. Mountain Valley Express donated a High to not only see the wall but to witness truck trailer to the flags, Perez & Sons Cabi- has gone a step further. He stepped up and a surprise reunion between Davis and one the nets stepped up to make the flag poles, Luna coordinated the distribution and collection of men he rescued under heavy enemy fire that he Painting varnished them. Monogram Magic the 2,400 flags. hadn’t seen since the war. embroidered the flags. And then volunteers The impact of the flags goes beyond Man- The Manteca Mural Society has also invested like Les Thomas stepped up to place the flags teca. $125,000 creating a series of five murals grac- and retrieve them on days such as Presidents Residents from up and down the Northern ing the two-story Manteca Bedquarters wall at Day, Veterans Day, Armed Forces Day, Martin San Joaquin Valley come to Manteca on the Yosemite Avenue and Main Street at the heart Luther King Day, Flag Day, Memorial Day, day the streets are graced with the nation’s of Manteca’s downtown honoring those who Fourth of July, Labor Day, Pearl Harbor Day colors. served America in World War I, World War and Patriot Day on Sept. 11. Thomas and oth- And there have been instances where the II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the ers also step up on somber occasions when flags — when seen on a visit by people passing Global War on Terror. Professional muralists service men return home or when the fallen through Manteca from the Bay Area — used say it is the largest mural salute to veterans of come home. them as the deciding factor of where to move its kind in California.
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