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The Yuma Area's Best Guide to Yuma Community Reference Guide FREE Yuma Community Reference Guide 2013 The Yuma Area’s Best Guide to community information education medical care professional services real estate retail and more! yumacommunityguide.com “From Field to Fork” locally grown harvest - from the farm to your table Welcome! You will find it all in Yuma – leisure pursuits such as Yuma is home to two military bases, the US Army golf, parks, arts, culture, history, as well as fine dining Yuma Proving Ground and the US Marine Corp Air and premier accommodations. Station, which has one of the longest runways in the Visit the Yuma Territorial Prison and Yuma country, shared with the Yuma International Airport. Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park to learn Yuma is home to the Desert Sun Stadium, a minor about the history of Yuma. league ballpark where the Yuma Scorpions of the Due to its desert climate, Yuma is listed in the North American League and two teams for the Guiness Book of World Records as the sunniest place Arizona Winter League play each year. on earth, with 4,174 out of a possible 4,456 hours of daylight each year, or about 94% of the time. This convenient annual Yuma Community Average annual rainfall is only about three inches. Reference Guide has been enhanced in content Average high temperatures in January of 70 degrees and circulation to connect local businesses with the bring approximately 90,000 snowbirds to Yuma Yuma communities, including residents, snowbirds County each year. and newcomers. In addition, a new website, Yuma has deep roots in the agricultural industry, yumacommunityguide.com, combines a with fields of produce and vegetables. A $3 billion premier print guide with an online resource for Yuma, annual industry today, with a year round growing viewable worldwide. season, agriculture employment is nearing 50,000. Whether you’re visiting overnight, for a week or a The primary crops include leaf, head and romaine season, you’ll appreciate all the resource information lettuce, corn, cotton, broccoli, cauliflower, melons this Guide provides, including a basic map of Yuma and citrus. Yuma County is first in Arizona and third in the nation for vegetable production, with local to help you get around. Each advertiser is dedicated fields reaching dinner plates around the world. Yuma to providing the highest quality customer service. This County is also first for lemon, tangerine, watermelon Guide is sponsored solely by these businesses, so and cantaloupe production. Wheat is also grown, please let them know you found them in this Yuma with most being exported to Italy. 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You can professional services and download a free app for this service. superb customer care. yumacommunityguide.com Yuma COMMUNITY REFE R EN C E GUIDE 2013 1 Yuma Community Guide 2013 contents Welcome..............................1 Neighbors: Somerton, San Luis, Wellton, Foothills . .4-5 19 Important Phone Numbers .................6 Bard Date Co. Cable TV Channels.......................7 Newcomer Information . .8 Business Directory . 10-12 Attractions & Recreation ..............14-17 Tee Time! Golf Guide ......................18 Arts ................................22 Historic Downtown ..................24-25 Eat, Drink and Be Merry! Dining Guide .........26 Community Services . 28 42 losalgodones.com Excellence in Education...................30 Find a Home! Real Estate Guide ...............31 features Shop ‘til you Drop! Retail Guide ..............32 Canada - The Other Border . 3 Your Health Medical Guide ..................36 Get A Ride! - Transportation solutions . 9 Enjoy RVing...What a Life! RV service guide . .40 Discovering Arizona.................13 Over the Border Los Algodones Guide ...........42 Get out of Town.....................16 Worship Guide . 44 Coupons .............................45 Delicious Local Dates ................19 Accommodations .......................47 Field to Fork - Yuma farmers’ markets . .20 Index of Advertisers ....................48 Senior Resources ....................35 Yuma Map/Distribution locations . back cover foldout Published for locals, snowbirds and newcomer residents within the greater Yuma area. This Community Reference Guide is supported solely by the participating businesses within this publication. Please show your appreciation by supporting these sponsors. This annual On the Cover: top right - publication is distributed free of charge Colorado River sunset, Ty Cook throughout Yuma County. Photography; bottom left- Dates Copyright © 2012 Compass Marketing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. Offloading, Bard Date Co. No part of this publication, including design, layout and integration may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For information, call 877.231.9185 e-mail [email protected] Catering by Design 26 Art Direction: Pam Hahn, in Demand arts 36 Marketing Agents: Candace Kirk Don Vance Distribution: Tony Cuellar Printed in Arizona, USA yumacommunityguide.com 2 Yuma COMMUNITY REFE R EN C E GUIDE 2013 yumacommunityguide.com Canada - The Other Border We hear so much about the southern U.S. border permanent winter home base in our warm winter these days, but when it comes to the Yuma area desert setting, purchasing park models and economy, the Canadian border plays a very mini-manufactured homes in RV parks, larger important role. Between West Jet, Air Canada mobile homes, condos and residential homes. and US Airways, there are now 84 direct flights from cities in Canada to Arizona. Those The mini-manufactured home is becoming very flights have brought over 700,000 visitors to popular, offering more “elbow room” with 600- the state in 2011 and that number is expected 1200 sq. ft. of living space. Several older RV to top 775,000 in 2012. Despite the recession, parks are enlarging the site space, by combining Canadians have become the largest group of three spaces into two to accommodate this new home buyers in Arizona, with 11,200 residential sales in Maricopa County in 2011, with a similar trend. Newer RV resorts are installing oversized trend in Yuma. lots and some large enough for two hook-ups RV Snowbird to Full Time Resident on one lot, as we have noted while working The majority of the RV parks in central and closely with RV park owners, managers and southern Arizona have experienced a continual developers. increase of winter Canadian visitors, during the past four years, comprising the largest residency The charts below illustrate the 2011 statistics increase of any one type winter visitor, per related to Canadian visitors to Arizona from surveys by our marketing director. Statistics Canada, provided by Arizona Office Canadians are leading the way for a more of Tourism. Visitation Volume Visitors by Province Total Canadian Alberta 33.5% Visitation to Arizona 703,800 Ontario 24.9% Quarter of Travel British Columbia & Terr. 21.9% 1st Quarter 42.7% Quebec 6.6% 2nd Quarter 28.6% Manitoba 5.4% 3rd Quarter 8.1% Saskatchewan 4.9% 4th Quarter 20.7% Atlantic Canada 2.9% Gender Party Composition Female 49.7% Avg. Travel Party Size 2.0 persons Male 46.9% Traveling Alone 12.8% Visitor Spending (US$) 2 Adults 60.7% Avg. Spending per Visit $1,125.96 US 3+ Adults 13.3% $0 - $296 USD* 8.8% Adults & Children 9.8% $297 - $2,021 USD* 46.0% Main Trip Reason $2,022 - $7,912 USD* 40.5% Holiday, Vacation 59.9% $7,913+ USD* 4.4% Visit Friends or Relatives 15.8% *Annualized conversion rate for 2011: $1 CDN = $1.0110 USD Second Home, Cottage, Condo 10.9% yumacommunityguide.com Yuma COMMUNITY REFE R EN C E GUIDE 2013 3 Neighbors Up and Down the Road The Foothills – Yuma, Arizona In addition to numerous desirable RV resorts, many of the private oversized lots are available The Foothills, east of Yuma, is a separate unincorporated for rent during snowbird season community in Yuma County, offering its residents for those wanting a quiet setting full services, many attractions, and recreational without the RV park atmosphere. opportunities. It has easy access to I-8, with three exits - 9, 12 and 14. Enjoy all the Foothills offers with a variety of retail, dining This rapidly expanding area grew 25% in the past 10 and professional services, and local years, with a current population of over 35,000. There recreational opportunities. have been many efforts to annex this community into the City of Yuma, but local residents appreciate their independence and have resisted such efforts. The area is supplied by Farwest Water & Sewer, privately owned and operated. All streets are paved, accessing a variety of oversized residential lot options, including RV lots with pad and storage, park models, modular homes, and site-built homes, some valued at over $300,000. The newer cluster of homes comprise the more “upscale” neighborhood in the southeastern area. This area rises slightly allowing distant view. It’s close to the Gila Mountains to the east. Somerton For entertainment, there are many great places to eat lunch or dinner here, and the Cocopah Casino and the Cocopah Tribe’s Just 12 miles south of Yuma, in the fertile Yuma Valley, you’ll Wild River Entertainment Center, Museum & Cultural Center, & find the primarily agricultural town of Somerton.
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