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"Dozens of city leaders, business and community members showed up at the Grand Theatre in Tracy to hear their mayor deliver his State of the City address.It was all good news for the Central Valley city.Tracy Mayor Brent Ives said the city has seen the largest job growth in 40 years. The city added 2,500 jobs in 2012.\"Twenty-five\u00A0hundred\u00A0jobs is significant for this part of the Valley, for the Central Valley, at all. And, this is before Amazon,\" Ives said.Amazon will open fulfillment centers in Patterson and Tracy later this summer.Amazon to hold job fair in Central ValleyIves went on to say that the city has added more than 200 businesses in 2012, some that have yet to open.Ives said most of the businesses are mom-and-pop shops.He cites the city's easy process for businesses to quickly get permits and open their doors for the current success of filling the city's commercial space.Ives also touched on the need to bring a college or university to town.The city is now working with California Lutheran University.In his speech, Ives touched on Tracy having the lowest crime rate in the county. Auto thefts went down 17 percent.And that's not all -- Ives said there is room for even more job growth on the horizon.The city has 1,700 acres of land slated for a mixed use development on the west side of town.The mayor said over the long term, the development could provide tens of thousands of jobs."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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