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END OF CASTAIC WILL SOON BE THE MAJOR TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING

AREA FOR THE SANTA CLARITA REGION. BY 2010 IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ONE

OUT OF FOUR RESIDENTS IN THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WILL BE FROM THE

CASTAIC AREA.

CASTAIC ALREADY SERVES AS THE MAJOR RECREATIONAL RESOURCE
FOR THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. THIS ROLE WILL BE AMPLIFIED BY THE

CONSTRUCTION OF A REGIONAL PARK IN CASTAIC TO OFFER A GYMNASIUM,
TENNIS COURTS, BASEBALL FIELDS, OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOL, AND

OTHER AMENITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE SANTA

CLARITA VALLEY.

THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL FACILITIES IN CASTAIC ARE MODEST AT

PRESENT. THE RESIDENTS TRAVEL TO VALENCIA TO BUY THEIR FOOD,

MEDICAL SUPPLIES, CLOTHING OR TO VISIT THEIR DOCTOR OR THE LIBRARY.

THEY TRAVEL TO SAUGUS, CANYON COUNTRY OR NEWHALL FOR HARDWARE AND

BUILDING SUPPLIES. THEY GO TO VALENCIA TO WATCH THE MOVIES, GO TO

NEWHALL TO DO THEIR LAUNDRY. THEY GO TO CANYON COUNTRY FOR PET

· SUPPLIES, TACK AND FEED. WHILE WE EXPECT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL

COMMERCIAL FUNCTIONS IN CASTAIC, I IMAGINE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE

SEVERAL REASONS WHY WE WILL HAVE TO SHOP IN THE REST OF THE SANTA

CLARITA VALLEY. BUT THIS IS NOT REALLY A DRAWBACK; IT TAKES ONLY

ABOUT TEN TO FIFTEEN MINUTES TO REACH MOST OF THESE PLACES FROM THE

CENTER OF CASTAIC.

THE PEOPLE OF CASTAIC READ THE SAME LOCAL NEWSPAPER AS THE

REST OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. OUR CHARITABLE FUNCTIONS AND MOST

OF OUR SOCIAL FUNCTIONS TAKE PLACE WITHIN AND AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE
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SANTA CLARITA VALLEY. MOST OF THOSE WHO WORSHIP DO SO IN CHURCHES