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The Population Growth of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley

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With the rate of population growing daily, not many small or decent sized towns, cities, or states are actually quite ready for the anticipated growth explosion in the rapidly arriving New Year.  Coachella Valley is one of those towns that is taking it one step at a time, and planning on being prepared for population growth in the Coachella Valley, and how it will impact the current residents. This impact on these residents is what some of the city managers are using as a basis for their planning. Experts say the valley's population is expected to double in the next 25 years to about 800,000. By 2066, it should surpass 1.1 million. The Coachella Valley's population grows by 53 people daily.    We Have Grown 59 % in the past 15 years, to our current 410,974.  That growth rate tops those for Riverside County, California and the Nation. 

Along with population growth, comes numerous other growth areas that if not controlled properly could have your city or town in a dire strait, and becoming overwhelmed with the vast increase in the number of residents. Some of these areas of growth that often have negative aspects attached to them, are traffic congestion, a noticeable rise in crime, a greater need for more and sometimes larger housing areas. These are only a few from the terribly long list of issues that have to be addressed and handled properly for a town or city to grow up and not merely out. 

When a town or city grows "out" they are not not only increasing their growth population, and expanding the number of residents, but not building to house them, nor are they expanding any of the schools, stores, or other necessary endeavors that people follow. This "growing out" often ends in the town or city becoming overgrown with people, which too often turns a once lovely town into a negative and dark place. People, embittered by the rapid growth, and none of them the wiser as to how to help their home, find themselves turning the anger outward, ushering in with this anger, a rise in violence and crime. These once beautiful towns and cities become known as "bad" places or ones to be entirely avoided when one is traveling.

The population growth here in Coachella Valley is being prepared for, as we speak. Almost all of the city managers are managing to find creative and fantastic ways of encouraging the residents to prepare as well. Homes are being built to accommodate the rise in population, and stores are either expanding or building new branches. Schools are being given the heads up to begin their expansion plans as well, allowing for the education level to rise along with the number of residents. 

Although this growth in the population in the Coachella Valley is not expected to dramatically increase for the next 3 - 6 years, they are all being prepared, rather than have it accumulate and happen all at one time. By preparing in advance, they are essentially putting the good and betterment of their towns and cities ahead of time, and reaching beyond their comfort zones to make their homes a better place in the future FOR the future.

Comments (2)

Birmingham Alabama Real Estate, Stephen Wolfe
LivingInBirmingham.com - Birmingham, AL
Elaine, it sounds like you are in a good place. Not many places are preparing with such forsight as there. The population is growing... period, and we have to get ready for it or it will leave some areas and go to new ones. It sounds like your area will be welcoming quite a bit with open arms
Nov 25, 2007 07:44 AM
Carole Cohen
Howard Hanna Cleveland City Office - Cleveland, OH
Realtor, ePRO
Wow, I am envious of you having all that growth. I think the biggest issue in situations like this is infrastructure growth. Sounds like (since City Managers are involved) planning for roads etc might be on the books. I hope so! 
Nov 27, 2007 01:12 PM