Supervisor Kathryn Barger attended the Antelope Valley Board of Trade’s 2017 Business Outlook Conference and spoke about the promising future of the region.
The job market in the Antelope Valley is heating up, adding thousands of jobs last year alone — increasing employment by 3.5 percent. The job growth is due to an expansion in the manufacturing industries, including companies like BYD, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Gumman.