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Local Community Perris, Calif.

Perris is named in honor of Fred T. Perris, chief engineer of the California Southern Railroad. The California Southern connected through the city in the 1880s to build a rail connection between the present day cities of Barstow and San Diego. CSR purchased the land fromSouthern Pacific Railroad in the Pinacate area for a town site. Local citizens offered to erect a depot, dig a well, and donate a number of lots to the railroad in exchange for establishing a station at the new town site. The Perris station came online in April 1886. By 1887, six passenger trains and two freight trains stopped at Perris daily and rapid growth followed for several years. After storms repeatedly washed out the tracks in the Temecula

Gorge, service to San Diego through this route ended. Perris officially incorporated as a city in 1911. The City, which turned 100 years old in 2011, began as a sleepy farming community on the California Pacific Railroad line. There was no State Recreation Area at Lake Perris, or even a Lake Perris, no National Cemetery adjacent to the City, not even March Air Force Base. In general, Perris has a sunny, mild Mediterranean climate. On average, Perris gets only 10 inches of rain per year. The humidy is quite low all year. The July high temperatures average 97 degrees, while January low temperatures average 35 degrees. There are 275 sunny days per year.

and can assist businesses and developers through the entitlement and permitting processes, site selection, and any other individual needs that may arise. With 8,396 units of approved residential development, population growth is projected to exceed 33,500 (based on an average 4-person household). In addition to the booming residential development, the City of Perris also benefits from the additional traffic brought in by our high volume jobmarket, which contains over 25,000 employees. Further, our local school districts add an additional component to daily foot traffic, with 3 districts and 22 schools carrying over 1,500 staff and faculty members, and nearly 19,000 students.

The City of Perris is pro-business! Our Economic Development Department is proactive and supportive,

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