{"id":19243,"date":"2017-09-20T11:49:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T19:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.cityofgardena.org\/?p=19243"},"modified":"2026-03-10T16:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:15:59","slug":"from-strawberries-to-top-businesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/from-strawberries-to-top-businesses\/","title":{"rendered":"From Strawberries to Top Businesses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-19244 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27183%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20183%20274%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27183%27%20height%3D%27274%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/b3266831.smushcdn.com\/3266831\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shop-first-pin.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"274\" \/>From its early beginnings in the 1900&#8217;s of strawberry farming, to the 21st century, Gardena is a city that now points to upscale housing, nationally known business tenants, infamous entertainment and eclectic cuisines. Yes &#8211; Gardena is a City in transition.<\/p>\n<p>Like many of the smaller cities, Gardena has become a community where vacant land is scarce, making the attraction of new businesses a constant work in progress. Currently, the City of Gardena is home to 2,529 businesses and provides employment to thousands of South Bay and Gardena residents.<\/p>\n<p>Each business has its own brand of service and products that contribute to the overall health and well- being of the community. The business mix includes a variety of products and services, a diverse venue of both adult and family entertainment and a choice of housing that appeals to family, professional and entrepreneurial house seekers.<\/p>\n<p>Its manufacturing and industrial sector include companies like\u00a0<em>Avcorp Inc, Hitco Carbon Composites, Southwest Offset Printing, Brek Manufacturing, Z-Gallerie, Sweet Ovations and others. <\/em>Retail includes car dealerships,\u00a0<em>Honda and Nissan<\/em>, retail giant\u00a0<em>Target<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Big 5,<\/em>\u00a0and a state-of-the-art\u00a0<em>Best Western Plus<\/em> Hotel. With its 45,000 square feet,\u00a0<em>Marukai Forum<\/em>\u00a0is home to the largest selection of Japanese products in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Gardena\u2019s accessibility to every major freeway, makes movement of people and products between other South Bay cities and Los Angeles, a convenient advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Gardena has a rich history that tells a fascinating story about its journey from cultivating strawberries, to attracting national credit tenants and new technology. The best part of the story, is that it is a city that still genuinely seeks out and welcomes new businesses as it continues its transition throughout the twenty-first century.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19243\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofgardena.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}