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La Quinta is the Coachella Valley’s youngest city, incorporated in 1982 and growing ever since into a bedroom community and major tourist draw.

La Quinta’s history dates to 1926, when a San Francisco hotelier opened La Quinta Resort & Club in a once-secluded part of the Coachella Valley. The resort now dominates the city’s landscape, employing 1,900 people and offering more than 640 guest suites and casitas, 25 swimming pools, meeting rooms, three golf courses and a nationally acclaimed tennis club.

Web sites la-quinta.org laquintachamberofcommerce.com

The city has five parks: Fritz Burns Park, a complex with lighted tennis courts and a water sculpture; La Quinta Sports Complex, with ball-fields, playgrounds and basketball courts; Adams and Eisenhower parks, with a walking trail and playgrounds; and Frances Hack Park, with a community building and basketball courts. Lake Cahuilla County Park, a 135-acre reservoir surrounded by grass and date palms, is nearby, offering camping, boating, hiking and fishing in trout and bass-stocked waters.

Also available to residents are city-sponsored, family-oriented activities, including an annual Easter Egg Hunt, a Dog Day for city pooches and their owners, community picnics and bike rodeos. Other recreation opportunities include golf at some of the world’s finest courses, including PGA WEST™ and Rancho La Quinta, home of the 1997 and 1998 SKINS Games. Arts are also emphasized here. Each year, more than 250 North American artists exhibit their works at the La Quinta Arts Festival.

Bermuda Dunes is currently an unincorporated community of Riverside County adjacent to La Quinta. Nearly all the homes here consider Palm Desert and La Quinta their source for shopping and entertainment.

Mayor: Donald Adolph
City Hall: 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253, 760-777-7000
Population: 30,452
Median Age: 37.5
Average Household Income: $60,338
Average Resale House Price: $187,500
Households with Children: 76.6%
Sheriff: 911 (Administration: (760-863-8990)
Fire: 911 (Administration: (760-564-2122 or 760-564-4351)
Hospital: 911
Chamber of Commerce: 760-564-3199
Post Office: 51321 Avenida Bermudas 800-275-8777
Desert Sands Unified School District: 760-777-4200

Public Parks:

Park Dept: Contact Community Services Department 760-777-7090
Adams Park, Adams & La Palma
Eisenhower Mini Park, Eisenhower and Colima streets
Frances Hack Park, Montezuma
Fritz Burns Park, Avenida Bermudas and Avenue 52
La Quinta Sports Complex, Avenue 50
Desert Club Manor Park, Sagura & Bottle Brush Drive
Desert Pride Park, Birchcrest Circle
Seasons Park, Cloud View Drive
Velasco Park, Velasco & Temecula
La Quinta Community Park, Westward Ho & Adams

Library:
78-080 Calle Estado 760-564-4767

Central Shopping District:
Highway 111 Commercial Corridor
Westfield Shopping Center

Central Restaurant District:
The Village in La Quinta Along Highway 111

Utilities:
Phone Company: Verizon 800-483-4000
Electricity: Imperial Irrigation District 760-398-5811
Gas: Southern California Gas Company 800-427-2200
Water: Coachella Valley Water District 760-398-2651
Cable: Time Warner 760-340-2225
Sanitation: Waste Management of the Desert 760-340-2113

Theaters:
Cinema 10, Town Center Mall (760)340-3712