Wasco is a growing community of almost 25,000 residents who prize their agricultural heritage while planning for the future.  Long known as the “Rose Capital of the Nation” in recognition of the amount of rose stock grown in the area, you will find a diversified agricultural base including almond and pistachio orchards, grapes, sugar beets, many varieties of fruits and vegetables, and white cotton fields.

Not content to rest on its diversified agriculture, Wasco is actively planning for additional retail and industrial development, and new housing choices, to diversify its economy.  While maintaining its historic downtown, Wasco is recruiting businesses for the new commercial developments along the Highway 46 corridor.  These will include new hotels, restaurants and general retail.  A new 1,800 acre rail served industrial park is also under development.  The new Rose City Industrial Park will provide the economic engine for Wasco’s job growth and capital investment.

With 21 new subdivisions under construction, the variety of housing choices in Wasco is exploding. New homes range upward from 1,200 square feet and $220,000 to executive homes on 1-acre lots.

In the City of Wasco, you’ll find safe, quiet neighborhoods, an available work force, commercial and industrial zoned land ready for development, reasonable prices, and a business friendly City ready to work with you to quickly move your project through the City approval process.

With its strategic location, affordable land, available labor and quality of life, Wasco is a great place to raise a family and your business.                                                                                 

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