HOT TOPICS
2024’s Most Popular (and Most Unusual) Home Searches Revealed
This year, Zillow enhanced its natural language search feature, allowing home shoppers to search for their next home as naturally as they would speak to family or friends. Buyers and renters can use everyday language instead of preset filters to search by commute time, affordability and nearby schools or points of interest. This new feature showed what … [More]
Phoenix Selects Arizona-Based Architectural Firm for Resource Innovation Campus
Phoenix City Council selected Arizona-based architectural firm Krause as the winner of the C40 Cities Reinventing Cities Initiative to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. The Council voted to enter into a contract with Arizona-based architectural firm Krause to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. Through its design, Krause and their … [More]
Multi-Year Agreement Brings Industry-Leading Technology to Nearly 400 Pickleball Franchises
Pickleball Kingdom, the world's largest indoor pickleball entity, announced a partnership with PodPlay Technologies that will bring PodPlay's best-in-class technology to Pickleball Kingdom's fast-growing network of franchises. PodPlay delivers a seamless pickleball experience from check-in to match highlights by integrating hardware-enabled features like … [More]
SBA Announced Upcoming Launch of the 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the upcoming launch of the 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) for entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) focused on innovation-driven startups and entrepreneurs in underserved regions, industries, and communities to launch, grow, and scale. The competition strengthens ESO capacity, builds … [More]
Arcadia Shopping Center Transforms with New Tenants and Modern Upgrades
Westwood Financial, a more than 50-year-old leading retail real estate investment firm based in Los Angeles, announces the opening of Derma Health at Camelback Village in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood. In addition, LaLa Land Kind Cafe has signed a lease at the center and will open in 2025. With this latest momentum, Camelback Village is now 100% leased. Since … [More]
Postino WineCafé to Open Its First West Valley Location
Postino WineCafé is excited to announce its grand opening at The Park at 83 on Saturday, January 4, bringing its signature blend of delicious food, exceptional wine, and warm hospitality to Phoenix’s West Valley for the first time. Whether planning an office happy hour, a romantic date night, a celebratory dinner, or pre- or post-Spring Training game patio brew, … [More]
TOP STORIES
Phoenix Selects Arizona-Based Architectural Firm for Resource Innovation Campus
Phoenix City Council selected Arizona-based architectural firm Krause as the winner of the C40 Cities Reinventing Cities Initiative to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. The Council voted to enter into a contract with Arizona-based architectural firm Krause to develop Phoenix’s Resource Innovation Campus. Through its design, Krause and their … [More]
2025 Housing Market Predictions from the Arizona Association of REALTORS®
2024 marked a year of sustained demand in Arizona’s housing market as inventory remains limited and demand is high from continued population growth. With 2025 on the horizon, the Arizona REALTORS® is forecasting the housing projections for the year and the impact of 2024 as they expect increased activity in the market and interest rates to slightly stabilize. "The … [More]
Rent Growth Continues to Slow, Phoenix Metro Down 1.2 Percent
CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, today released its latest Single-Family Rent Index (SFRI), which analyzes single-family rent price changes nationally and across major metropolitan areas. The report highlights the slowing growth in key rental metros which all experienced population spikes during the … [More]
Two Weeks Left to Renew 2025 Transaction Privilege Tax License
The Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) reminds businesses they are required to renew their transaction privilege tax (TPT) license before January 1, 2025 to continue conducting business in Arizona. Penalties will be assessed for all renewals after January 31. Unrenewed licenses will not be canceled and will be billed for renewal fees and penalties. Taxpayers … [More]
FEATURED STORIES
Most Entrepreneurial States in 2024; See Where Arizona Ranks
As 2024 concludes, a new report aimed to identify where the most hard-working Americans live, and it is not necessarily the richest or the poorest states. Utah ranked as the most entrepreneurial state, with Arizona and Texas following closely behind in second and third positions. On the other hand, Montana, South Dakota, and Alaska displayed the least enthusiasm in … [More]
Dark Side of Success: How Loneliness and Sacrifice Impact the Lives of CEOs
In a society obsessed with stories of success and wealth, CEOs are often seen as superheroes. Major corporations' leaders manage billions of dollars, oversee thousands of employees, and enjoy seemingly enviable lifestyles. But what lies behind this image of power and success? The recent tragedy involving Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, who was murdered in … [More]
Helping Employees Find Balance and Avoid Burnout This Holiday Season: How Employers Can Support Mental Well-Being
The holiday season is meant to be a time of joy and celebration but, for many employees, it can become a source of stress and burnout. From longer work hours to the pressure of delivering on year-end goals, the festive season often exacerbates the challenges workers face year-round. Employers have a critical role to play in helping their teams find balance and avoid … [More]
LATEST ISSUE
16 Top Leaders of 2024: Our List of Valley Leaders Who Are Making a Real Difference!
Each year, we select top leaders who have had great success over the preceding year. This year, we selected 19 leaders in varied established sectors within our business community. We asked hard-hitting questions of these leaders to get a sense of what they see for 2025. Each of them is truly entrenched in growing their companies and our economy, in developing policy, … [More]
Dave Brown, Valley Leadership
Arizona continues to realize a strong economy and business growth (even leading the country in many strong sectors). This owes much to a collaborative business environment with agile and innovative leadership among business leaders. Increasingly, in fact, business sectors overlap and intertwine, requiring an ever-broader perspective from those at the helm of their … [More]
LIVE AND LEARN
6 Downtown Phoenix Buildings to Celebrate during Historic Preservation Month
In a city that’s booming with new developments, the historic places and spaces that are dotted throughout our streets can elicit a sense of mystery, awe and curiosity about days gone by. Downtown Phoenix may be considered a young city, but it’s also home to a number of historic buildings that add character to our streets, and give a glimpse into what life … [More]
Mad Hatter the Musical Premiers This Weekend
Long before Alice, there was the notorious Mad Hatter. Discover the tumultuous tale of his haunting backstory and follow his path to Wonderland, where the secrets of his transformation await in this spellbinding new musical. Audiences at the Herberger Theater Center will be the first to experience this vivid new musical production of Mad Hatter The Musical, which … [More]
THE MOORS at Estrella Mountain Community College Performing Arts Center
Inspired by the letters of Charlotte Brontë, this dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility features two sisters and a dog living out their lives on the bleak English moors, until the arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set them on a strange and dangerous path. Contemporary Queer playwright Jen Silverman has brilliantly crafted characters who each … [More]
PHILANTHROPY
Arizona Builders Deliver Thousands of Toys to Kids in Need
Arizona Builders Alliance (ABA) with the help of construction industry workers across the state helped make a difference in the lives of over 3,000 children in need this holiday … [More]
Bank Gives $400,000 Multiyear Leadership Development Grant to Two Valley Nonprofits
Celebrating its 20th year, Bank of America’s signature Neighborhood Builders® program continues to be one of the nation’s largest philanthropic investments into nonprofit … [More]
Credit Union Awards State Forty Eight Foundation with $30,000 Grant, Supports Entrepreneur Speaker Series
OneAZ Credit Union and the OneAZ Community Foundation award the State Forty Eight Foundation with a $30,000 Legacy Grant. This grant will help elevate the State Forty Eight … [More]
POSITIONS
P.B. Bell Names New CEO
P.B. Bell, a leading multifamily real estate company, recently appointed Justin Steltenpohl as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025. This announcement comes alongside other recent … [More]
Renowned Physician-Entrepreneur to Lead Privately-Held Orthopedic Organization
OrthoArizona, one of the nation's largest privately-held orthopedic groups, today announced the appointment of Dr. Rajan Bhatt as Chief Executive Officer. Bhatt brings a unique … [More]
Valley CPA Co. Names Principal in Audit and Assurance Practice
REDW Advisors and CPAs is pleased to welcome Matthew J. Robertson, CPA as a Principal in its Audit and Assurance practice. Robertson will support businesses in responsible growth … [More]
ACHIEVEMENTS
Phoenix Community Alliance Announces 2024 Center City Award Winners
Every year since 1993, Downtown Phoenix’s premier business leadership and advocacy organization, Phoenix Community Alliance (PCA), thoughtfully hand-selects luminaries who have … [More]
CRE Association Elects New Officers and Board for 2025, Celebrates Members with Annual Awards
BOMA Greater Phoenix (Building Owners and Managers Association), the industry group that advances the commercial real estate industry through advocacy, influence, and knowledge, is … [More]
Seven Piper Fellows Selected for Their Leadership and Impact in Maricopa County
Seven dynamic Maricopa County nonprofit leaders were selected for Piper Trust’s 2024 Class of Piper Fellows. The Fellows are: Tami Bohannon, president and CEO, Foundation for … [More]
