It is primarily a mixture of residential and commercial on the east side of downtown.

These included, the development of the Kern Island Canal into a walking path (also called Mill Creek), the redevelopment of Central Park, construction of the Federal Courthouse, and construction of several new housing and commercial developments.

Prior to the 2000s, this district did not exist, and was generally referred to simply as "part of downtown."

When the project was being developed, it was discovered that a mill used to be located on the Kern Island Canal in the new district.

It is also used by Kern Regional Transit as one of its Bakersfield hubs for inter-regional service.