Pat Somers Kingman/Lake Havasu Land & Homes

Kingman, Arizona is the ideal area for creating "green" or sustainable programs. In the last few months, probably the last few years, there has been a huge amount of development that wants to create solar farms, wind farms and biodiesel plants.

This week has been an extremely active week trying to get approval for a biodiesel plant and also a solar farm in the Kingman area.

These two entities have brought their presentations to the county planning and zoning commision for Mohave County on Wednesday of last week and also this Wednesday. There has been a small contingency in the area where these programs want to build their plants that say they want progress but "nimby" - not in their backyard.

With the support of the Kingman/Golden Valley Association of REALTORS that brought forward solid reasons to have the businesses in the area, the County voted to approve their request for a zoning use permit.

While I can understand the easoning behind the group that doesn't want the businesses here, I thin that they are not looking at the "big" picture in that jobs, tax revenue and growth in the area would benefit the whole county in this market of slow economy.

Kingman, Arizona broke ground this week on their new wastewater treatment facility. This facility increased the capacity of sewage treatment from 2+ million gallons to 5+ million gallons of effluent. There is availabilty of increasing the capacity to allow for golf courses, etc. to purchase the reclaimed water for irrigation purposes. Looks like development of new homes just received a boost in the arm. The Contractor says that they will be looking at local subs to do the work, which starts on Monday, 5/4/09 so the Kingman economy also will get a boost.

If anyone is looking to relocate, now would be the right time while the prices are great and the supply of homes is huge. You also can benefit from the first time buyer's $8000 tax credit benefit as well. There is plenty of fresh air and space for your piece of mind in Kingman. The area just had the Run to the Sun Classic Car event this weekend Friday thru Sunday. Besides seeing the cars, there was music, food and fun for all that participated and watched. The Run ends Sunday in Golden Shores.

Kingman has a little bit of something for everyone. Come see us and watch us grow!