We predict the Fairfield-Suisun region will continue to get more high paying jobs than Vacaville. Vacaville will do well with flashy stores coming along highway I-80's vacant land - but those type of businesses often pay lower salaries. Vacaville retail and restaurants usually pay less.
Vacaville's election politics is about bringing more good paying jobs. It was the same in Fairfield's elections too. But is Vacaville trying to beat Fairfield and become the business capital? Fairfield has clear advantages Vacaville can't hope to get.
Today, Vacaville City Council candidates stated they want more Vacaville small businesses. Vacaville is a very nice bedroom community, and is dreaming to try compete with Fairfield and Suisun in getting more high paying Vacaville jobs. Apples for apples, Vacaville house prices might be doing better than Fairfield these days. But house buyers still have longer commutes to the Inner Bay Area than Fairfield does. Fairfield already is the Solano county government and Solano business capital.
California Business Center did a survey a few years back. It found more people in Vacaville will come to Fairfield for business services. Fewer in Suisun and Fairfield were willing to take the hop over to Vacaville.
Studies show there aren't even enough potential tenants looking for vacant Vacaville office space for rent. They prefer renting Fairfield office space. For example California Business Center ran generic ads offering office space in Vacaville and Fairfield with just pricing and a phone number. No calls came from Vacaville, and two came from Fairfield over a several month time span in spring 2010. The office building with the most suites in Solano County happens to be California Business Center, not only because it offers the most cost affordable packages, but because it's near highways 80 and 680, and just 30 min drive to Berkeley during normal traffic.
What do the Vacaville City Council and Vacaville mayor feel about the Vacaville Office Space for Rent signs? They want to fill the vacant Vacaville office spaces for rent.
Vacaville Election Candidates Judith Everett, Carolyn Higgins, Michael Fortney, Curtis Hunt, Richard Flores, Mitch Mashburn, Manuel Hernandez:
• Judith Everett wants to bring more sports venues, and green Vacaville businesses. Everett is into getting Vacaville green business loans.
• Carolyn Higgins had similar views, and would give financial incentives to fix up and take up vacant Vacaville commercial space available for lease.
• Michael Fortney believes in small Vacaville government. Candidate Michael Fortney is into keeping taxes low for businesses. Fortney would create new Vacaville job opening through city incentives and by enhancing Vacaville’s Economic Development Department.
• Curtis Hunt would market Vacaville for its proximity to UC Davis in Yolo County. Curtis Hunt will further evaluate green technology’s potential in Vacaville industry.
• Richard Flores IV believes more Vacaville biotechnology is an important Vacaville business development strategy. However what about the fact that Vacaville’s Genentech is more of a manufacturing facility, with most of Genentech’s high paying Solano jobs outside Solano County? Flores wants to bring Vacaville small businesses, to balance out Vacaville big businesses.
• Mitch Mashburn said Vacaville needs to provide new Solano businesses as much information as possible. Candidate Mitch Mashburn wants to partner with Solano and Vacaville small business groups, and Vacaville trade organizations. Mitch Mashburn would work with the Vacaville union labor groups as well.
• Alex Henthorn is for developing more Vacaville higher education. The candidate Alex Henthorn wants more people to get a Vacaville Bachelors degree, or at least somewhere in Solano County’s Dixon or Fairfield… Alex Henthorn focused on redeveloping Vacaville’s infrastructure.
• Manuel Hernandez will work with Vacaville small businesses, and Vacaville large businesses. Manuel Hernandez discussed the proposed California state - Vacaville early release facility. Hernandez believes is may bring new Vacaville job openings. At least Vacaville will help take up some of the problem issues it tries forcing upon the Solano Cities of Dixon, Fairfield, and Vallejo.
Fairfield is generally Solano's business capital, while Vacaville is growing better with retails business.
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