The City of Duarte is dedicated to promoting the economic health of the community and takes a comprehensive approach to accomplish that goal. Our economic development plan is to focus on fiscal stability, enhance the business and commercial health of the community, build the City’s jobs base and coordinate with regional industry clusters to bring vitality to the community.

Duarte was selected by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) as the County’s Most Business Friendly City, in the category of cities under 50,000 in population. It takes a strong focus on economic growth to receive an honor like that. The City cooperates with the Chamber of Commerce, local businesses, residents and regional agencies to expand economic opportunities.

Recent Successes

Future Projects

"We are proud of the recent success in Duarte. This success isn't an accident. In the past few years, we have adopted three major specific plan areas in the core of our community. This planning has spurred growth at Duarte Station, in the Town Center area, and at the City of Hope. We planned not just for growth, but for quality growth and we are seeing the results. But we're not done."

- Craig Hensley, Community Development Director

Specific Plans