Comings & Goings
Big changes, alternative fuels coming to Dateland business
Some big changes are coming to the little gas stop, restaurant and gift shop at Dateland. Owner Roland Walker said he's planning to gut the main building to enlarge it from 5,500 square feet to 8,200 square feet and add a new gas station that likely will...
Yuma's newest hotel ready to open this week
The Wingate Hotel will be ready to open for guests early this week. The four-story hotel with 76 rooms is located at 1760 S. Sunridge Drive next to Cracker Barrel. It offers a free deluxe continental breakfast, free business center, wire...
Look for National Bank at 16th and Arizona
One building was coming down last week to make way for another at the corner of 16th Street and Arizona Avenue. Crews were demolishing the longtime Braden building, which housed a farm equipment dealership for several years. The site has been purchased...
Tuesday Morning planned for Big Curve
Ask and you shall receive, all you readers who have requested a Tuesday Morning in the annual Wish List. Irene Crites, property manager for the Big Curve Shopping Center, called to say a Tuesday Morning store will be moving in where Dollar General...
Hotels part of major development projects
Hotel Hill is getting some competition from hotels being proposed for the Yuma area in other locations. Whitman Properties is pursuing plans to develop approximately 18 acres at the northeast corner of Avenue 3E and Interstate 8. The city Planning...
Revitalization plans for Avenue B, 8th Street
Some big changes are coming to the area of Avenue B and 8th Street. The major one seen so far is the abandonment of Sheltering Palms RV Park that had been located for about 47 years at 2545 W. 8th St. Property owner Steve Schroeder intends to redevelop...
Commercial projects aplenty around city
Commercial building activity around town remains brisk. Here's what is happening this week, according to Alan Kircher, city of Yuma assistant building official: -Dirt moving work is underway for the new Yuma Main Library at 2951 S. 21st Drive (not...
Yuma on Forbes list of top up-and-coming tech cities
Yuma is rapidly earning respect as a technical hub, thanks to the presence of Yuma Proving Ground, according to Forbes.com. The Web site ranked the city among the top 10 up-and-coming tech cities in the nation in the 2008 Small Business Outlook...
Yuma gains new air medical transport company
Yuma and southwestern Arizona again have two air medical transport providers for critically ill and injured patients with the entry into the market of Air Evac Services. The company got a call from Rural/Metro and, after visiting the area over Presidents...
Yuma-area's fourth Wal-Mart to open Friday
The San Luis, Ariz., Wal-Mart Supercenter, the fourth store for Yuma County, is set to open its doors to customers at 8 a.m. Friday. But first, there will be a welcoming ceremony at 7:30 a.m. In the meantime, the new store's 380 employees...
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