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Business Intelligence

Temecula Valley Wine Country The Temecula Valley Wine Country story map showcases the County of Riverside’s Wine Country. It was created to generate more visitors to the Wine Country, which in turn would generate and sustain employment in the county. The forty-one Temecula Valley wineries are plotted on the map. The pop-ups contain brief descriptions of the wineries and links to their websites. The pop-ups are generated by clicking on the logo or point of each respective winery. Link to Map: http://www.rivcoeda.org/StoryMaps/WineCountry/ index.html# University Research Park Amenities The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is looking at the University Research Park (URP) as a possible site to house their operations. URP is designed specifically for research and development and technology-based businesses and is located in the City of Riverside’s Hunter Industrial Park District. The story that University Research Park Amenities map tells is that there are ample amenities to meet the needs of the CARB employees. The map is dynamic and has three tabs – Lifestyle and Culture, Schools and Colleges, and Restaurants and Eateries. Amenities such as museums, performing arts centers, golf courses, movie theaters, colleges and restaurants within an eight mile radius of URP are mapped. Clicking on the logos or points will generate a pop-up with a brief description of the amenity and a link to the amenity’s Internet site. Link to map: http://www.rivcoeda.org/storymaps/ UniversityResearchParkAmenities/index.html

Business Intelligence completed three story maps that were showcased at the County Department Head’s meeting that was held at the Esri headquarters in Redlands, California on September 17, 2015. The intent of the meeting was to demonstrate how Geographic Information System technology is being used in the administration and delivery of county services to the public. The three Economic Development Agency story maps that were showcased were an Economic Diversity map, a Temecula Valley Wine Country map and a University Research Park Amenities map Economic Diversity The story that the Economic Diversity map tells is that Riverside County has a mature economy. The 837 employers in the county with 100 or more employees were mapped by economic region. The points for each employer were colored coded by NAICS code to represent the industry each employer is in. The map is dynamic and a point can be clicked on to identify the employer and a link to the employer’s website is found in the pop-up for that employer. The map also contains descriptions of the economic regions, which include population, key industries and communities in the respective region. Link to Map: http://arcg.is/1UFdSJp. iHerb, one of the leading suppliers of nutritional supplements and other healthy products, both do- mestically and internationally, recently expanded its ecommerce presence in Riverside County. They leased a new 392,617 square foot facility in the Knox Logistics Center in the unincorporated com- munity of Mead Valley. A rapidly-expanding busi- ness, iHerb carries one of the largest selections of high-quality nutritional products in the world. The new building contains 10,000 square feet of prime office space, a vast warehouse with abundant racking and shelf space, as well as a state-of-the- art product picking and packing system, one of the first of its kind. Economic Development

The company has had a presence in Moreno Valley for many years and this project represents an expan- sion and retention of a business that employs over 600 people. The Economic Development team assist- ed iHerb with Fast Track permitting to facilitate their move into the new facility, assistance in obtaining an allocation of the CA Competes income tax credit, and workforce development assistance from the Busi- ness Solutions team.