Tulare County officials and project developers will attend aground breaking ceremony Monday, July 8 for a new commercial center in the farmworker town of Earlimart – White River Plaza – that includes an Autozone and Dollar General, a supermarket, national fast food restaurants and other food and retail businesses, a total of 12 tenants.
“The White River Plaza project represents the largest retail commercialdevelopment ever built within the community of Earlimart,” said ChairmanPete Vander Poel, who represents the Earlimart area on the Tulare County Board of Supervisors. “The jobs that will be created are welcome in Tulare County. The established national businesses associated with it will provide the residents of Earlimart and the surrounding area with quality services that will sustain and improve the community’s economic well-being and quality of life.”
The project is spearheaded by Tom Hocking and Max Bacerra, based in Delano. Bacerra said both men wanted to help bring more job opportunities to Earlimart to bolster the local economy.”At build-out of the entire project, White River Plaza will bring in200-230 new jobs and will create a better quality of life for the residents of Earlimart, Bacerra said.
Autozone and Dollar General are expected to be completed and open for business by the end of 2013.