[1] Because of its close proximity to the Sofia ring road and the nearby railroad, over the past decade the area has developed into an industrial-storage zone with a logistics center and offices of a number of prominent companies such as Werta Logistics, Balkan Steel Engineering, and the Chipita snacks factory.

Built in the mid-1980s, today the park is the only place in Bulgaria offering boatless water skiing and wakeboarding.

[6][7] The village has a single football club, FC Kazichene, playing in the Bulgarian fourth division, known as the A OFG.

[8] Several prominent footballers have ended their careers there, including Emil Kremenliev and Ivan Vasilev.

The town is also known for being the birthplace of Plamen Krumov, a current Levski Sofia footballer, and Borislav Stoyanov, who plays for SV Schwarzhofen.