Labor Force

The population within the five Percent of population mile focus area has a higher with high school degrees / equivalency: percentage of high school graduates than either the Tucson International Airport Area 32% Pima County or . Pima County 24% This is an important State of Arizona 25% demographic for the import distribution center, Average length of work commute: which relies on many workers with high school Tucson International Airport Area 23 min. level educations. Pima County 24 min. State of Arizona 25 min. Twenty percent of households within the focus area earn less than $35,000 annually. This demographic fits with an import distribution center, Tucson International Airport Focus Area which is interested in employing workers seeking jobs freight businesses move petroleum and paying close to $15 an hour. plastic products, beverages, machinery and equipment, automobile and motor vehicle Average household travel time to work within the items, aeronautical/nautical systems and mport Distribution Facility focus area is 23 minutes, which is on par with both the instruments, and more! County and State averages. TUCSON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOCUS AREA Alcoa Fastening Systems Auto Safety House I Chamberlain Manufacturing Plans and Policies Golden Eagle Distributors Inc Modular Mining Systems Inc Pepsi Bottling Group Pima County Economic Development R&R Products Inc The County identifies past transportation investments Sundt Co Inc that have been credited in part with sparking past Universal Avionics Systs Corp private investment such as the IBM, TIA, and U of A Western Refining Wholesale employment centers. The County also calls for the creation of a major aerospace and defense corridor Source: HIS Global Insight. 2010 stretching from I-19 to I-10 south of existing TIA facilities. www.pima.gov/CED

Emerging Project: Port Of Tucson Transloading Facility The Port of Tucson is a multifaceted transportation and Recommendation logistics center serving Tucson and the Southwest. Pima County and the Port of Tucson are collaborating Develop a Sun Corridor Freight to develop an intermodal transportation and logistics rail Development Zone for the proposed high improvement in association with Union Pacific Railroad. capacity corridor that will provide attractive Potential economic development and community incentives for business seeking to locate within benefits include: the region, which may include property tax • Construction jobs reductions, state income tax credits, etc.

• Logistics support for major manufacturers in the 17 aerospace, defense, agriculture, and mining The TREO Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) service industries area should be actively promoted by 10 • Reduced reliance on trucks and less congestion on Policymakrers. Qualifying companies should I-10 be encouraged to apply for FTZ status. 8 • Minimized deadhead containers Companies that achieve FTZ status can A study by the JOINT PLANNING ADVISORY COUNCIL benefit from lower inventory costs, • Path for Air-Rail-Truck transloading A planning partnership for the Arizona Sun Corridor reduced or eliminated U.S. Customs 10 www.portoftucson.net Duties, and property tax incentives.

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ucson International Airport Focus Area Transportation THREE DAY DRIVE TIME Port of IMPORT DISTRIBUTION FACILITY OPPORTUNITY Oakland T Not only is this area well-placed geographically, but TWO DAY DRIVE TIME Ports of it has in place the necessary elements for import Los Angeles/ Commonly the first stop for distribution—rail, air, and interstate access all are Long Beach ONE DAY DRIVE TIME imported goods conveniently co-located. Focused on unloading Tucson International Airport Characteristics:

containers and redirecting • 3 runways Port of 10 Houston goods to precise markets Port of 60 miles 100 miles Union Pacific • 11,000’ primary runway Guaymas Phoenix Classification Metro Area Yard Most effective when located • Land available for development Port of Mazatlan University near port or international Bioscience • Improved land available Park border crossing • Enterprise Zone Port of Manzanillo Aerotech Mexico City 86 Labs Davis Monthan • Empowerment Zone Port of Lazaro Cardenas Sierra Air Force Base Bioresearch Caid • Foreign Trade Zone Industries Distance to Market Road Rail Brush Laredo 947 mi. 1,021 mi. Canamex Ceramics Recommendation Houston 1,058 mi. 1,072 mi. Corridor Kaman Aerospace Dallas 949 mi. 945 mi. Air Port Develop high capacity multimodal Nogales Port of Entry 53 mi. 55 mi. National of Tucson transportation corridor south of TIA Guard Universal FTZ 174 (with Mexico) Avionics 10 connecting to Interstate 10 19 Rail Features Bombardier Create good rail connectivity Tucson Distance to Intermodal Terminal 5 mi. International Proposed Freight Airport Rail Connection Targeted transportation investments Miles of Access 18 mi. to accommodate and complement N Raytheon expansion efforts at Port of Tucson Distance to Freeways Recommendation to I-10 3 mi. Proposed High Capacity Multimodal Corridor Improve I-19 corridor signage and Connectivity to I-19 3 mi. between two increase trucking services Tucson Aerospace and Defense Corridor railroads and interstates Miles of Existing Major Roadway 50 miles UP Nogales 17 mi. Mariposa Branch Port of Entry only AZ rail connecting to Mexico Freight Now and Ahead Developable Land

$9.42 billion of goods were traded in Existing Land Use PHOENIX-MESA GATEWAY The Tucson International Airport area is ideal for a Land use planning is critical when developing freight 14.4% / 11.3 sq. mi. the Tucson International Airport Area 45.7% / 46.1 sq. mi. Residential clusters. It is key to the success of a freight corridor to Developable Land Import Distribution Facility, which focuses on accepting in 2009, with Mexico as an important protect available land at key transportation junctions for 3.4% / 2.7 sq. mi. imports and redirecting to precise markets. The area trading partner. Commercial encompasses major air, rail and freeway facilities, is additional industrial development. 6.1% / 4.8 sq. mi. within two days by truck of major Texas and Mexican Industrial By 2015 the level of activity is Nearly 50 percent of the area is considered developable, markets, and is within 53 miles of the Nogales anticipated to grow by 41%, for and businesses also can be accommodated by existing 11% / 13 sq. mi. international border crossing with Mexico. a total of $13.25 billion. vacant industrial and commercial properties. The region Institutional is also actively planning an aerospace and defense 9% / 0.6 sq. mi. Source: IHS Global Insight, 2010 “high-tech” corridor south of the airport. Transportation