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HUB CITY

Compton is a great place to live,work, and raise a family. It is home to almost 100,000 citizens. Known as the “Hub City” because of its unique position in almost the exact geographical center of Los Angeles County, Compton is strategically located along the Alameda Corridor...

OLSON HOMES WILLOW WALK

The City of Compton's newest residential community, Olson Homes Willow Walk, has been recognized as one of California's most successful redevelopment projects and currently leads the nation in homebuyer satisfaction for new home communities.

SHOP IN COMPTON

Invest in Your Community...Invest in Yourself...Shop in Compton

By encouraging shoppers to patronize local businesses, Compton is able to keep more sales tax dollars at home for the benefit of the community. For this reason, the City of Compton continues to encourage the community to choose their hometown businesses first.

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Changing Face of Compton

Compton is a great place to live, work, and raise a family. It is home to almost 100,000 citizens. Known as the “Hub City” because of its unique position in almost the exact geographical center of Los Angeles County, Compton is strategically located along the Alameda Corridor, a passageway of 25 percent of all U.S. waterborne international trade. Compton is rapidly emerging as a large industrial center in Los Angeles County for transit and distribution, business services, high technology, home and lifestyle products, metals, financial services, and textile manufacturing.

Youth Basketball League

The Compton Department of Parks & Recreation present a Boys & Girls Youth Basketball League.

Registration begins November 1st, 2011

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City of Compton Neighborhood Stabilization Homeownership Program

The Community Redevelopment Agency has partnered with ANR Industries to purchase previously foreclosed homes that have been rehabilitated. These homes will be sold to income-qualified families.

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CRA Newsletter - Issue 2

The City of Compton CRA Newsletter - Issue 2 features a preview of the exciting retail, commercial, and residential redevelopment projects currently in the pipeline and the latest on revitalization efforts for Birthing A New Compton!

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Preferential and Guest Parking Permits

It’s time to renew your preferential parking and guest permits. Your current permits expire on 12/31/2011. Bring in your current permits along with the required documents (listed below) to receive you new permits. p>Please complete the included application and return it to us by January 16, 2012 days to avoid the issuance of citations for expired permits.

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Garage Sale Permit

Garage or yard sales must acquire a vaild permit to be available for inspection by Code Enforcement.

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City of Compton Youth Construction Trade Apprenticeship

City of Compton CareerLink Center in Partnership with the City of Compton Redevelopment Agency, will present the first steps in learning a trade in the construction industry.

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City of Compton Parks & Recreation, & Special Services

The City of Compton enrich lives through quality parks and programs.

Come out today and play!

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2010 Consumer Confidence Report

Since 1991, California water utilities have been providing information on water served to its consumers. This report is a snapshot of the tap water quality that the City of Compton provided last year.

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