Mayor
City of Yuma, Arizona
Douglas Nicholls is currently serving his second term as Mayor of Yuma, Arizona. Raised in Yuma, Nicholls believes that quality communities provide opportunities for success to all residents through jobs, superior education, and a robust quality of life. His vision to make higher education more accessible culminates in plans for the Yuma Multiversity Campus (YMC), a brownfields redevelopment project that will offer baccalaureate programs in full, utilizing the academic programs and specialties offered by the state universities and local community colleges. Nicholls has also spearheaded efforts to enhance and grow the Yuma community, including founding 4FrontED, an economic development-focused governing board of mayors from binational locations near the U.S.-Mexico border. The group has organized many successful awareness-building events, including a Mayors’ Binational Bike Ride that focused on health of the individual and the health of the environment, and a boat trip on the Colorado River, where environmental experts joined Arizona mayors to discuss river management, water quality and the delicate nature of the river system. Nicholls is a successful engineer focused on storm-water and transportation engineering. Through this work, including founding his own firm, he has first-hand knowledge of the many environmental services available.
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Wednesday, November 2, 2022
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM