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The Soboba Band of Luiseno Mission Indians has broken ground on a retail center.
Luiseno Village, at Main Street and Ramona Expressway in San Jacinto, will have approximately 10 business and be anchored by a 7-11 store and gas station, according to a statement on the tribe’s website.
The project will be less than three miles south of the Sobaba Casino Resort, which opened one year ago.
Tribal and community members gathered last month at the southwest corner of the intersection, where the development will be built, for a groundbreaking ceremony.
“We have many different vendors interested in opening their business here,” Tribal Vice Chairman Isaiah Vivanco told the gathering. “This latest project will take us into the future and help the tribe prosper.”
Luiseno Village will be a major step forward for the region, according to Mayor Andrew Kotyuk.
“San Jacinto Valley is on the go, and this is a big part of that,” Kotyuk said in the statement. “To have this project within our boundaries to provide revenue and more jobs allows us to be prosperous part of Riverside County.”
The reservation today covers nearly 7,000 acres. The Soboba Band has about 1,200 tribal members, all of whom are governed by a five-member elected tribal council.
Luiseno Village is expected to be completed by the end of this summer, according to the statement, but that forecast was made before the Coronavirus pandemic broke out.
