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EDWARD W. SHIPPEN
edward W. Shippen, a certified public accountant, has announced his retirement from Shippen, Pope and associates. He was the founding partner of The Firm of Shippen & associates, PC.
Shippen has been practicing in Yuma since he graduated from the university of arizona in 1972. In august 2016, he merged The Firm of Shippen & associates with Sunderman & Pope, CPa, PLLC, to form Shippen, Pope & associates, PLLC.
Shippen was the president of the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce in 2015 and his firm was named Chamber member of the Year for 2013.
regarding his long career as a CPa, Shippen said that “it has been a wonderful journey for well over 50 years. I have been blessed to have worked with wonderful bosses who mentored me. Once I started my own firm, I was blessed to have maintained exceptional staff who kept me out of trouble. most importantly, I have maintained many great, loyal clients who have allowed us to assist them. Together we have grown Shippen, Pope and associates, PLLC, into one of the leading accounting firms in Yuma.”
While Shippen has given up his space in the office at 200 e. 16th St. and will not be taking client meetings or leading projects, he will continue to act as a consultant for the firm on an as-needed basis.
PHOENIX — State researchers say Arizona’s economy appears to be on a two-year track for significant employment growth through early next year, with a projected jobs increase of about 11% from the second quarter of 2020 to the second quarter of 2022.
A report released Thursday by the Office of Economic Opportunity projects employment will increase by over 325,000 jobs during the two-year period now approaching the halfway point.
Arizona’s economy lost 155,000 jobs during the two years that ended in the second quarter of 2020, with nearly all of the job losses attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the report said.
The largest employment gains projected for the two-year period running through next year’s second quarter are expected in the leisure and hospitality sector and in the trade, transportation and utilities sector.
The office said economic assumptions underpinning its projections include that no major economic or political disruptions will occur during the two-year period and that Arizona’s population growth will continue at a fast clip.