Vallejo

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Located on the north-eastern shore of San Pablo Bay is Vallejo, the largest city within Solano County. It was named after General Mariano Guadalupe and presently hosts a population of 116,760.

There are a lot of major centers offering employment in the area consisting of: Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, Tri Valley area and Walnut Creek/Concord. Through the existing transportation system, these locations are effortlessly reachable.

There are major highways that run close by the city, like State Highways 29 and 37 as well as Interstate Highways 780 and 80. These highways make easy for workers within the area to work within the major cities nearby. The Vallejo Bay Link Ferry, that takes less then one hour to move from Vallejo to San Francisco, is utilized by more than 2000 people each day. The Union Pacific provides rail freight service, and Vallejo Transit offers bus connections to the Bay Area Rapid Transit System and service across town.

In the surrounding area, there are 2 private airports, comprising facilities at Buchanan Field in Concord and Napa County Airport. Within 50 miles, Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento all have main commercial airports. Shipping opportunities for businesses are vast, with ports located within San Fransisco, Oakland, Richmond and Sacramento.

The oldest naval base west of Mississippi used to be situated on Mare Island. Since its decommission in 1996, new homes have been built and planned on it's previous location. Touro University, which is located on the south side of the island, is planning on opening a state of the art cancer research facility. One economic plan of Vallejo is to revive Mare Island, which would be done by the construction of new neighborhoods. There is lots of rich history as well as an abundance of national historic landmarks located here, none the least of which is the one of the nations oldest decommissioned shipyard and naval bases. Together with these, there is also a 19th century brick industrial warehouse and a couple of coal shed artist studios. A couple of other famous historic landmarks are the Officers mansions, Alden Park and Chapel Park (designated historic landscapes), and the oldest golf course west of the Mississippi. Finally, the Saint Peters Chapel, which was built in the year 1901, houses the biggest collection of stain-glass windows made by Louis Comfort Tiffany.