Now for a local econ development report...

Mohave County has an economic development department, and MohaveBusiness.com editor Ric Swats sat down with the deputy director for some interesting discussion.

Read it all here... and I like this quote the best...

The downturn in the economy is a difficult thing to live with, Peterson said, but it is also a time to act to take advantage of the situation.

“There is a ton of opportunity right now,” Peterson said. “We’ve see a lot of prospects we thought we’d lost to other higher-cost areas come back and take another look at Mohave County. They see an advantage to our lower costs.

“We compete as a low-cost provider. In times of economic decline those areas of the country that are low cost providers see the most benefit.”