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Yuma was selected to be a night stop for three transcontinental air races from New York to Los Angeles, and an international air race from Mexico to Los Angeles. The Chamber agreed to provide free gas and oil to the racers, at an estimated cost of $2,000. Yuma was also selected to be a stop-over for the first All American Tour of 25 Airplanes.
As a community leader, Kennerly was one of the founders of the Southern Arizona Bank of Yuma, and he served on the Board of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce. [11] He was the first President of Caballeros de Yuma [12] [13] and served as the Publicity Director for the Yuma Chapter of the NAACP of which he is a lifetime member. [14]
Yuma is a city in and the county seat [3] of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 census population of 93,064. [4] Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of Yuma County.
Yuma County is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Arizona. As of the 2020 census, its population was 203,881. [1] The county seat is Yuma. [2]
The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce made plans to promote tourism in the town following the completion of I-8 by late 1968. [184] Bidding on the last portion of the freeway to be completed in Casa Grande, from Midway Road to I-10, was to begin in January 1969. [185]
The United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC) is a business association advocacy group.It is the largest lobbying group in the United States. The group was founded in April 1912 out of local chambers of commerce at the urging of President William Howard Taft and his Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel.
Yuma, Arizona, U.S. Political party: Republican: Education: Northern Arizona University : Jonathan Wilton Lines (born May 1970) is an American businessman and former ...
The Board of Directors of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is composed of more than 120 business executives, representing industries across Arizona. The Arizona Chamber is governed by 9 board member directors and 32 Executive Committee members. [2] Following the departure of President & CEO Glenn Hammer, [3] Garrick Taylor [4 ...