
The Economic Development Information
Center (EDIC) is the most comprehensive collection
of ED information available in Mohave County.
Our searchable database is constantly updated
and utilizes a variety of information sources
to provide you with accurate, timely information.

Building Bridges to Business
(B3) is a business retention and expansion
tool that addresses the needs of existing
businesses throughout Mohave County. Using
a combination of sophisticated survey instruments
and customized computer software, the program
evaluates each company's value to the community,
growth potential and risk of relocation or
downsizing.
With the help of our many B3
Partners, each year Mohave County, Lake Havasu
City, Kingman and Bullhead publish Annual
Reports to evaluate their progress and provide
valuable insight to area decision-makers.

The Mohave Locator is a powerful
web-based site selection tool that allows
you to identify and analyze available buildings
and sites in Mohave County. Users can run
detailed searches, create custom reports and
manipulate maps of the region.
Business Linc is where Buyers and Sellers
meet. Business Linc increases buyer awareness
of the products and services available throughout
Western Arizona and identifies new sales opportunities
for Arizona companies.

This comprehensive
and interactive database profiles the capabilities
of Western Arizona businesses and provides
easy searchable access to these resources
for buyers with immediate procurement needs,
companies seeking longer-term supplier relationships
and business looking for collaborative partners.

The North
River Economic Region (NRER) is located in
northwestern Arizona along the Colorado River
and consists of: La Paz and Mohave Counties,
Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu City,
Parker, Quartzite; Colorado River Indian Tribe,
Fort Mohave, Havasupai Indian tribe, and the
Hualapai Nation. Together these various groups
have formed the NRER to address regional economic
development issues, foster collaboration,
and influence economic development policy
issues.
In June of
2005, the NRER finalized the North River Economic
Region Economic Development Plan. This plan
serves as the basis for ongoing action by
NRER members.

The I-40
Industrial Corridor now under development,
between Kingman and Lake Havasu City, offers
large industrial tracts to accommodate warehouse-distribution
and manufacturing firms that require direct
access to I-40 for same day, on-time deliveries
to West Coast markets. The corridor is served
by the mainline of the Burlington Northern
Santa Fe Railroad and two transcontinental
natural gas pipeline corridors.

The primary
goal of the Arizona EZ program is to improve
the economies of areas in the County with
high poverty or unemployment rates. The program
does this by enhancing opportunities for private
investment in certain areas that are called
enterprise zones. The program offers two types
of benefits: income or premium tax credits
and property tax reduction.

The BDLP is proposed
as a unique public/private partnership between
Mohave County, Arizona MultiBank Community
Development Corporation (MultiBank) and the
Mohave Community College Small Business Development
Center (SBDC).