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Greater Yuma EDC presents midyear update, highlights SEDS approval and confidential prospects

Yuma City Council · April 1, 2026
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GYEDC told the council it is pursuing multiple confidential prospects that could bring hundreds of jobs, described foreign‑trade‑zone advantages and outlined a recently approved regional SEDS that positions the region for federal funding.

The Greater Yuma Economic Development Corporation (GYEDC) presented a midyear report to the Yuma City Council on April 1, 2026, outlining recruitment activity, prospective projects and the region’s updated comprehensive economic development strategy (SEDS).

“Most people know our organization as a business‑attraction group, but we have a wide range of services that support the city — from attraction to workforce development to infrastructure planning,” said Greg LaVaughn of GYEDC. He described several codenamed prospects — Ambition, Project Box, Project Build and…

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