Business View Magazine l November 2022

255 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 disassembly of commercial aircraft, keeping the tradition alive. They are located along Route 66 and just five miles from Interstate 40 – there is rail and highway access to the airport and with the proximity to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and even southern California, there are over 34 million people within a day’s drive from Kingman. “The other thing that we have here is a great relationship with the city,” Breckenridge adds, “The airport falls under the management of the city, and they have been very responsive when it comes to assisting the airport with capital projects and economic development. We have been working with the city, the airport, and our industrial park on infrastructure development – we just had a meeting with our tenants, and they were discussing the massive improvements they have seen over the last couple of years and could not be more pleased. We are very customer friendly, and business oriented here.” “Our industrial park also has a very close relationship between economic development and the airport,” interjects Bennett Bratley, the Industrial Park Manager. “One of the things that we do on the economic development side is to manage and market the land. The way that it works is that we have the city-owned properties Mohave Community College Improves Lives & Communities Mohave Community College, (MCC), is a comprehensive community college serving students throughout western Arizona and neighboring communities in California, Nevada and Utah. The college has three primary pathways for students: ·      Workforce & Regional Development ·      General Education & Transfer ·      Health, Public Safety & Human Services Professions Under these three pathways students have access to more than 80 associate degree and certificate options. Our students receive the skills training and education needed for rewarding careers, as well as the academic foundation to transfer their MCC associate degree credits to a university where they may enter as a junior and complete a bachelor’s degree. The college has seamless credit transfers to all the universities in Arizona and nearly two dozen university partners outside the state. MCC is the region’s premier workforce training center and partners with business, industry and government leaders throughout Arizona to ensure graduates are well- prepared to enter the workforce with desired professional and industry-specific skills. The college is a regional economic driver with an annual economic impact of more than $200 million throughout Mohave County. MCC strives to meet the growing regional needs of business and industry, and provides opportunities for small business development, as well as professional development for employees in every business sector. For more information, please visit our website www.mohave.edu IMPROVING LIVES. IMPROVING COMMUNITIES. K INGMAN MUNI C I PAL A I RPORT