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Cathedral City   Cathedral City
Look around Cathedral City — from its vibrant downtown and Town Square, where residents and visitors dine, shop, and play, to the new 17-acre Soccer Park and the emergence of Date Palm Drive as a major retail corridor — and you’ll see a family-orientated city with a fastgrowing list of achievements.

Splash in the award-winning Fountain of Life, ride in bumper boats at Boomers!, play softball at Big League Dreams Sports Park, take a Jeep ride with Desert Adventures, and catch a movie at the Mary Pickford Theatre or the Desert IMAX. Cathedral City offers a wide variety of family activities — plus antique row, lively sports bars, wine tasting, and an eclectic mix of restaurants. 
Mayor Kathy DeRosa

 
Coachella   Coachella
Coachella is a city with a vision. The former farming hamlet has grown in a measured, thoughtful way from a modest 2.5 square miles to 32 square miles and a population of nearly 40,000. It is the fastest-growing city in the Coachella Valley, and in the top 20 fastest-growing cities in California.

Coachella is a stable, year-round family community offering jobs in manufacturing, processing, education, construction, and entertainment. Esterline Defense Group, a world leader in combustible ordnance; Precision Gunite; and Imperial Western Products, a manufacturer of livestock feed and biotane fuel, may not be household names, but they are large employers and solid business concerns that reach well beyond the Coachella Valley.

 
   Desert Hot Springs
Desert Hot Springs is the Coachella Valley’s gateway to Joshua Tree National Park. More than three million people each year travel historic Highway 62 to visit the unique wilderness to rock climb, hike, and camp in a setting unlike any other.

Desert Hot Springs is making a name for itself as a world-class health and wellness destination with its famous mineral water spas, spectacular mountain views, and unique natural environment. The City is dedicated to ensuring a high quality of life for residents and a memorable recreational experience for visitors. The “Spa City” puts great value in enhancing community and family values and nurturing social and cultural diversity.
Mayor Alex Bias

 
Indian Wells   Indian Wells
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2007, Indian Wells is known as a beautiful enclave with luxurious resorts and high-caliber residential living. When the City of Indian Wells celebrates a landmark occasion, this vibrant desert community knows how to throw a party in style.

We cordially invite you to sample the incomparable Indian Wells lifestyle. Experience spectacular tennis events at our state-of-the-art Tennis Garden, home of the Pacific Life Open; championship links at our acclaimed Golf Resort, and worldclass amenities at our four spectacular luxury hotels. Factor in a wide array of exhilarating cultural events and you will understand why Indian Wells is recognized worldwide as the ultimate vacation oasis!
Mayor Rob Bernheimer

 
Indio   Indio
Indio is the Coachella Valley’s oldest city: first surveyed in 1888 and incorporated in 1930 (population 1,875). It is also the region’s “newest city,” bustling and changing with the population growth of the California desert cities resort area. Indio itself today is dynamic, cutting-edge, forward-thinking: mindful of its citizens, and respectful of its rich heritage, for this is the cradle of the Coachella Valley.

Visitors to Indio can travel in both time and space from the polo grounds on the southern border of Indio to the beautiful Landmark Golf Club course in the northern Shadow Hills area and from the Coachella Valley Museum and Cultural Center and historic murals downtown to the famous Shields Date Garden, where they can enjoy date shakes while viewing Romance and Sex Life of the Date.
Mayor Gene Gilbert

 
La Quinta   La Quinta
Celebrating 25 prosperous years, the City of La Quinta continues to be the Coachella Valley’s finest place to live, work, and play. A combination of majestic beauty, unmatched opportunity, and superior quality of life, the “Gem of the Desert” has become the cornerstone of exceptional life in the desert.

The “Gem of the Desert” has never shined brighter. I invite you to experience La Quinta for yourself. A few things to expect: breathtaking surroundings, top retail outlets and restaurants, unsurpassed hospitality, an abundance of parks and recreational opportunities, and a stunning library. While you're here, enjoy the Arnold Palmer Classic Course at SilverRock. It's a magnificent, must-play course!
Mayor Don Adolph

 
Palm Desert   Palm Desert
With strong retail sales, upscale shopping and dining, and a world-class tourism and resort industry, Palm Desert offers expanding business, development, entrepreneurial, and educational opportunities, plus outstanding cultural and public amenities. This 34-year-old city with nearly 50,000 permanent residents is the second largest city in the Coachella Valley and a premier destination for visitors, families, retired, and relocated urbanites.

Palm Desert is the Coachella Valley's focal point for shopping, dining, entertainment, and outdoor sports. A wide variety of opportunities await you, so stroll along the shops of El Paseo, hike in the rugged Santa Rosa Mountains, play golf at Desert Willow Golf Resort, and enjoy remarkable dining experiences at one of our many restaurants. Enjoy Palm Desert!
Mayor Richard S. Kelly

 
Palm Springs   Palm Springs
At the graceful age of 70, the city of Palm Springs is undergoing a rejuvenation and facelift that would be the envy of any spa patron. The city’s rich historical past and promising future will give Palm Springs much to celebrate in 2008 as it commemorates the 70th anniversary of its 1938 founding.

We are honored that you have chosen to spend time with us in Palm Springs. Our aerial tramway, golf, tennis, and hiking are but a few of the most popular activities available here, along with the beautiful Spa Resort Casino within walking distance of downtown. Be sure to enjoy our downtown, with its art galleries, boutiques, antique shops, fine restaurants, and nightclubs.
Mayor Ron Oden

 
Rancho Mirage   Rancho Mirage
From fine dining to championship golf to the worldclass, $25 million La Prairie Spa at the new The Ritz-Carlton, Rancho Mirage, there’s no doubt, Rancho Mirage is a five-star resort experience within a small city. Visitors need never leave the city limits to enjoy almost 70 restaurants, over a million square feet of shopping; and a variety of dining, shopping, and entertainment choices at The River.

A paradise of plush hotels, elegant and memorable dining experiences, unique shops, and fabulous homes makes Rancho Mirage a perfect destination resort. This vacation wonderland has exceptional weather year-round. The River at Rancho Mirage is the one of desert's finest shopping and entertainment centers, with a wide variety of gourmet restaurants and the finest theater. Welcome to Rancho Mirage — a vacation to remember forever.
Mayor Richard Kite
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