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Kathleen Murray

Hualapai Mountain Medical Center Update

Nancy & I visited with the representatives from the Hualapai Mountain Medical Center at the County Fair last weekend! They tell us that they expect to accept the first patient the last quarter of 2009 and it won't be long before the local hiring of support services and staff will begin.

Hualapai Mountain Medical Center Rendering

The hospital will offer the following services:

  • Emergency Department 24/7
  • Heart Services
  • Surgery (Inpatient and Outpatient)
  • Medical
  • Intensive Care
  • Cardiopulmonary/Respiratory
  • Imaging (CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, X-ray)
  • Loboratory
  • Nutrition/Dietary
  • Pharmacy

The hospital will eventually house 106 beds with a full-service ER with 200,000 sq.ft. currently under construction. For more information check out the hospital website: http://www.hmmcaz.com/

Kingman may be getting greener!

Mardian Ranch will go before the Planning & Zoning Commission to ask for a minor amendment to the General Plan with the hope of changing 616 acres of its planned development from retail/residential to light industrial.

The planned community will include several sections of land covered by solar panels that will provide power to the community. The new plant will also sell power to the Las Vegas, California and Phoenix markets. Spokesman for Mardian Ranch says that 1 section could provide up to a potential of 100 megawatts of power.

Although no start date is set, the company must get approval from the State Corporation Commission to proceed.

Nucor Steel to open production in Kingman 2nd Quarter 2009!

The North Star Steel Plant which has been inactive for over five years will be the new home of Nucor Steel who purchased the plant at a cost of $35,000,000 in 2003. Nucor will produce rebar and wire rod starting in second quarter 2009.

Mayor John Salem stated that the plant would initially produce 50 high paying local jobs with more to come as production increases.

Mohave County Deputy Director of Economic Development was quoted: "that this was a big win for the county and Kingman."

Nucor is one of the largest steel producers in the US and currently employs 20,000 nationwide.

City Council Plans To Start Lowering Impact Fees.

Monday evening, City Council took its first step to lowering transportation development fees by 50% across the board.

City staff is to present a plan for lowering fees fy 50% at the next Council Meeting on September 2. Intended to provide relief to local builders and commercial interest, it will take about 7 months to implement due to procedures outlined in the Arizona Revised Statutes. The City will be required to complete six steps to put the plan in place.

New Movie Theater Complex Planned for 2009

Plano, Texas based Cinemark has signed the leas on a 26,362 square-foot, eight screen all stadium-seating multiplex to be built in the Mountain View Plaza Complex off of Hualapai Mountain Road and Eastern Avenue. Conceptual site plans are on their way to Planning and Zoning for approval.

The company plans to open the theater Summer 2009.