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SUPPORTING SOUTHWEST ARIZONA BUSINESSES Through International Trade Please  visit our website at www.yumaftz.com

As the grantee, Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation is responsible for oversight of Foreign Trade Zone #219, located in Yuma County, Arizona.

Benefits for locating your business in a FTZ include:

• The area is treated as though legally outside of the U.S. Custom's territory.

• Merchandise may be brought in duty-free for purposes such as storage, repacking, display, assembly or manufacturing.

• Imports may be landed and stored quickly without full customs formalities.

• Businesses located in a zone, or sub-zone, eligible for an 80 percent reduction in state real and personal property taxes.

For properties listed in the Greater Yuma area please visit our GIS Planning site.

All reports can be generated up to a 60 mile radius around the identified property.

NEWS CENTER

Greater Yuma EDC Annual Investor's Dinner

Greater Yuma EDC will be holding its Annual Investor's Dinner on Thursday, October 21, 2010 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Arizona Western College - 3C Building.  Along with our year end report we will be featuring Jim Rounds, Senior Vice President and Senior Economist with Elliott D. Pollack and Company.  Cost of the dinner is $40 per person with invitations being sent mid September.

To register for the dinner please click on the following link.

Dinner Registration Form

If you have any questions please call Melissa at 782-7774. We look forward to seeing you in October.

First Solar - Agua Caliente Solar Project

The Agua Caliente Solar Project, a generating facility planned for Eastern Yuma County, Ariz ona,  is being developed by NextLight Renewable Power.  It will utilize either solar thermal technology with storage capability (Concentrating Solar Power) with a production capacity of 280 MW or photovoltaic technology with up to 425 MW of peak production capability.  www.aguacalientesolarproject.com

To find out what is new for vendors and contractors please visit:  http://www.firstsolar.com/communities/
aguacaliente/whatsnew.php

F-35 Update

Please visit the Yumans Unified for Military Activities website www.yumaf35.org to register your support and read current articles on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The comment period for the Draft EIS has closed. All comments received during the period (May 21-July 6, 2010) will be reviewed and addressed in the Final EIS.  You can still visit their website at www.usmcJSFwest.com

BrightSource Energy Raises An Additional $150 Million of Equity Financing  (Click title to download news article.

Arizona Sun Corridor:  Open For Business
www.locateinarizona.com

2008 - 2009 Year End Report
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2009 BRE Report
Click to Download - 23.8MB

2009 Greater Yuma EDC Investor Luncheon
Presentation by Jim Rounds
Click to Download - 10.4MB

Greater Yuma EDC serves as the economic development entity for the following jurisdictions in the State of Arizona: Yuma County, City of Yuma, City of San Luis, City of Somerton and Town of Wellton.

Greater Yuma EDC is a public/private partnershipformed under a 501 (c) 6 charter in 1985. The organization is governed by a Board of Directors and operated under the direction of a President/CEO.