GREATER YUMA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

The organization attracts new businesses and supports existing ones by highlighting Yuma's cost-competitive environment, including affordable utilities, real estate, tax incentives, and a skilled workforce, alongside strategic infrastructure, location advantages, and a business-friendly regulatory landscape.

The organization promotes Yuma as an ideal location for business expansion and relocation by highlighting its cost-efficient environment, including affordable utilities, real estate, and tax incentives, alongside a skilled workforce and strategic infrastructure like industrial parks and transportation routes. This approach aims to attract investment and foster economic growth.

Strengthens regional economic initiatives through the development and implementation of a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) that fosters collaboration and strategic alignment.

Positions Yuma as a cost-efficient location for business expansion and relocation by leveraging affordable utilities, real estate, tax incentives, and a skilled workforce to attract investment.

The organization uses demographic and economic data analysis to identify opportunities and promotes Yuma's quality-of-life assets, including affordable housing, education, and recreation, to attract and retain businesses and residents.

The organization focuses on attracting and supporting innovation within specific key industries such as Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, Science & Technology, Entertainment, and Life Sciences to diversify and strengthen the regional economy.

The organization focuses on attracting and supporting innovation within specific key industries such as Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, Science & Technology, Entertainment, and Life Sciences to diversify and strengthen the local economy.

The organization fosters economic growth and innovation by utilizing a diverse board of public and private sector leaders and implementing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) to enhance regional collaboration and address development issues.

The organization leverages Yuma's strategic proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border and its ports of entry to provide businesses with access to international markets, consumers, and suppliers, and manages a Foreign-Trade Zone to offer customs duty and tax benefits.

The organization leverages Yuma's strategic proximity to Mexico and its ports of entry, along with managing a Foreign-Trade Zone, to provide businesses with access to international markets, reduce customs duties, and promote cross-border economic integration, particularly in areas like San Luis.

Operates a Foreign-Trade Zone that allows businesses to defer, reduce, or eliminate customs duties by treating imported goods as outside U.S. Customs territory until they enter the domestic market.

The organization drives economic development by utilizing a diverse board of public and private sector leaders for collaboration, strengthening regional initiatives through a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS), and employing demographic and economic data analysis to identify opportunities and attract investment.

Uses competitive financial incentives, combined with low operating costs and a supportive regulatory environment, to stimulate job creation, wage growth, and capital investment.

Focuses economic development efforts on targeted industry clusters—Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, Science & Technology, Entertainment, and Life Sciences—to drive innovation and sector-specific growth.

Attracts business investment by promoting industrial parks, redevelopment incentives, and strategic transportation access as key location advantages.

The organization combines economic development efforts with the promotion of quality-of-life assets, such as affordable housing, education, and recreation, to attract and retain both businesses and residents, recognizing that these factors contribute to a thriving economic environment.

Leverages Yuma’s proximity to Mexico and active ports of entry to connect businesses with international markets, suppliers, and consumers, enhancing cross-border trade opportunities.

Drives economic innovation and growth through a governance model that integrates leadership from both public and private sectors via a diverse board of directors.