About Richmond
Richmond is a city on the rise. Its diverse communities are in motion, re-tooling neighborhoods street by street through greenway cleanup programs, urban 'ag' initiatives, merchant associations, industry clusters, and much more.
Richmond’s ample and superior cost advantage gives new and existing businesses competitive opportunity to grow and expand. Its location along the north shore of San Francisco Bay provides easy access to a deep-water port, passenger and freight trains, public transit, and international airports. Its proximity to I-80 and I-580 and adjacent BART and Amtrak stations makes it easy for residents, workers, and visitors to travel to and from cities in the nearby counties of Alameda, Marin, and Solano. Richmond’s unique transit station also connects BART to Amtrak’s Capital Express for a short train ride to the state’s capital. |
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Home to globally recognized companies, Richmond is also within 20 minutes of a world renowned university and its research institutions and is less than an hour from several other first tier universities. Along with its prime affordable space and Enterprise Zone tax credits, Richmond’s assets are attracting new clean tech, green, and applied science businesses to existing energy, marine, food, health, light industrial, and professional service businesses that already are a key part of the city’s economy. Equal to Richmond’s physical attributes is the can-do attitude among a wide range of engaged individuals – elected officials, city employees, businesses, educators, and community leaders. This collaborative collection of visionaries is building a new Richmond together.
Richmond’s deep water channels six marinas, and award winning boat builders attract the very best of the yachting community who are preparing now for the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay. Its revitalized downtown area, great weather, bayside view homes, 30 miles of shoreline trails, national historic park, and strong engaged communities make Richmond an unpretentious and fun place to live and work. These, and more, are great reasons why Richmond is a city on the rise.
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