Category: Business

JCPenney general manager Jennifer Fulwiler from Kingman Square Shopping Center was recently awarded the company’s prestigious Founder’s Award for outstanding accomplishments in 2018. The Founder’s Award highlights store leaders excelling in the areas of financial performance, customer and client service and business expertise. With more than 860 JCPenney stores across the country, Fulwiler was one of 80 leaders presented with the Founder’s Award earlier this month in celebration of this special milestone. “The 2018 Founder’s Awards recipients have played a key role in driving the JCPenney business, embodying our warrior values of loyalty, passion, service and courage,” said Brian Flanagan,…

All seven full-time employees of Go Lake Havasu, which provides destination marketing to Lake Havasu City, have earned their certification as Autism Travel Professionals. The certification process involved a four-hour online training session and exam created by the International Board of Credentialing and Continuing Education Standards (IBCCES). Those recently credentialed as Certified Autism Travel Professionals (CATP) are Terence Concannon, president and CEO, and the Go Lake Havasu staff: Jason Castellucci, Jan Kassies, Jackie Leatherman, Coleen Pruyn, Pam Swenson, and Tara Watkins.  “My employees and I will be creating a quiet space in our Visitors Center adjacent to the London Bridge, and I’ll work with the city…

New Workforce Site Offers Information and Opportunity The Arizona Health Care Association (AHCA), Arizona’s premier organization representing skilled nursing and assisted living communities, has launched a unique, new resource for job seekers, career builders and workforce recruiters.  The website, carefortheaging.org, does more than a typical recruiting site. By providing deep, detailed information on careers within the elder-care system it helps sets the stage for finding a first job or advancing a personal career path. The site also provides a big assist to companies hoping to fill positions in care communities statewide.  With categories that include everything from admissions to administration, and from nursing…

In an effort to save more lives on Arizona’s roadways this month the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is partnering with Kingman Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies to enforce Arizona’s seat belt and child safety seat laws. Arizona presently conducts enforcement under a secondary seat belt law and a primary child safety seat law. The enforcement campaign is based upon high visibility traffic enforcement with a “zero-tolerance” approach towards seat belt and child safety seat usage. As part of a the national Click It or Ticketseat belt enforcement campaign, law enforcement agencies across the state will be stepping up traffic enforcement patrols…

KINGMAN – A private trash service has mailed city residents what appears to be a cheaper rate for residential trash services. If a person lives within the city limits, they do not have the option to privatize their residential trash pickup. The city charges $19.78 per month for TWICE-WEEKLY trash pickup, compared to the once weekly as advertised on a mailer, by a private company. City of Kingman Utility Regulations specifically state: 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, it shall be the sole responsibility of the City Sanitation Department to collect and convey garbage through the streets or alleys of the…

Unique branding opportunity along Arizona freeways For nearly a decade, Arizona businesses have been reaching potential customers by placing their logos on blue signs located along freeways near their locations. A new program from the Arizona Department of Transportation will offer a unique branding opportunity for qualifying companies while promoting and creating awareness of the 511 Arizona Traveler Information program. Under the 511 Logo Signs program, businesses will be able to sponsor informational signs that remind drivers to call 511 for travel information. A horizontal sign listing the name of the sponsoring business will be attached at the bottom of the…