Porcelain stalls matter as much as glass ceilings. And In Business Magazine publisher Rick McCartney shared the story of our efforts as he introduced the In Business Magazine Women of Achievement luncheon on November 24th. Our Kiterocket Phoenix office is located downtown in the historic Luhrs Tower, built in 1929. The building hails from a time when the only women working … [More]
Local Girl Scout Council Raises $280,000 in One-Night Event
At its third annual Badge Bash, Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council (GSACPC) raised $280,000 to benefit Girl Scouting in Arizona. GSACPC was joined by more than 500 attendees, including Girl Scout alum, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and dozens of sponsors including Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona and Arizona Cardinals. This adults-only event gave attendees the … [More]
Arizona Nonprofits Hit the Jackpot at Gila River Cares Night of Giving
Gila River Hotels & Casinos – Wild Horse Pass, Lone Butte and Vee Quiva distributed a year’s worth of self-excluded jackpots to five local non-profit organizations at its annual Gila River Cares Night of Giving celebration held at Wild Horse Pass on Thursday, Oct. 24. This year, over $74,000 of self-excluded jackpot funds were distributed to local non-profits to enhance … [More]
FSW Funding Provides $5.0M Facility to Ammunition Manufacturer
FSW Funding (“FSW”) is pleased to announce the completion of a $5.0 million financing facility to a Rocky Mountain-based ammunition designer, manufacturer, and marketer (the “Client”) for products in the sporting goods industry. The Client, after a recent acquisition, was able to gain more control of their supply chain and were well-positioned for immediate growth, but for a … [More]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Association Health Plan for Companies of All Sizes Now Offered by Arizona Technology Council
In an unprecedented move to provide quality health care coverage to member companies of all sizes in the state, the Arizona Technology Council has announced the launch of its own Association Health Plan (AHP) in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. Created by an Arizona organization for Arizona employers, the Council’s AHP effective date is January 1, 2020, and … [More]
Condé Nast Traveler Recognizes All Three Arizona JW Marriott Resorts among Best in the Southwest & Texas
Condé Nast Traveler recently announced the results of its annual 2019 Readers' Choice Awards with all three Arizona JW Marriott properties being recognized among the top resorts in the Southwest and Texas. Scottsdale's JW Marriott Camelback Inn Resort & Spa ranked #25; Phoenix's JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa ranked #28 and Tucson's JW Marriott Starr Pass … [More]
GlobalMed Wins Mayor’s Exporter of the Year Award
GlobalMed, an international provider of virtual health solutions, was named Mayor’s Exporter of the Year 2019 by Phoenix Sister Cities. The award is given annually to a mid-sized Phoenix company that exemplifies inspiring activity in global trade and exporting. GlobalMed founder and CEO Joel E. Barthelemy accepted the award at the 20th Annual Global Links Business Luncheon … [More]
Harkins Popcorn Coming to a Store Near You
Harkins Theatres, Arizona’s homegrown movie theatre company, has become synonymous with its delicious, award-winning popcorn. Expanding on its popularity, Harkins has launched a signature line of packaged popcorn, which can now be found in grocery and convenience retailers statewide. Harkins is the first and only movie theatre brand to expand into the retail popcorn … [More]
Phoenix Convention Center Makes EXHIBITOR Magazine’s Centers of Excellence top 20 Convention Center List
The Phoenix Convention Center | October 8, 2019 The Phoenix Convention Center (PCC) made Exhibitor Magazine’s Centers of Excellence list of the top 20 best Convention Centers in the U.S. for trade shows and corporate events. Out of more than 100 venues, PCC ranked among the highest qualified facilities in each of the five categories including: Facility & … [More]
BioLab Sciences Attains Q-Code for its Revolutionary MyOwn SkinTM Product
BioLab Sciences, Inc., a regenerative biotechnology company that is creating new ways to regenerate the body for optimal performance, announced today that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has assigned a product-specific Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) billing code for MyOwn SkinTM. Effective October 1, 2019, this unique code will … [More]
VMI Signs Exclusive Deal with Mobility Networks to Expand Accessible Product Line
Vantage Mobility International (VMI), a leading manufacturer of wheelchair accessible vehicles (WAVs), is pleased to announce an exclusive agreement with Mobility Networks, a premier manufacturer of vehicle accessibility solutions based in the United Kingdom. This exclusive distributor agreement will make VMI the sole provider of Mobility Networks’ global products for WAVs now … [More]
The Law and Your Business
Businesses now operate in a fast-changing world. Technology may get most of the “credit” for this, but legal issues also present in a kaleidoscope of local, regional, national and international regulations; public awareness and mobilization; and operational changes. A few areas where this is felt that are of common concern across industries are employment, intellectual … [More]
Don’t Sign that Lease without Verified Ventilation Performance Defined
Did you know you breathe more than 11,000 liters of air a day? If you’re reading this, you will probably spend around 2,000 hours per year breathing the air in the office for which you are about to sign that lease. This year alone, you will bring into your lungs more than 900,000 liters of whatever is in the air of that cool new office space. Would you drink 900,000 liters of … [More]
The Law and Your Business
Businesses now operate in a fast-changing world. Technology may get most of the “credit” for this, but legal issues also present in a kaleidoscope of local, regional, national and international regulations; public awareness and mobilization; and operational changes. A few areas where this is felt that are of common concern across industries are employment, intellectual … [More]
Do Employers Care about #MeToo?
In the first major study of its kind to look at both the employer and individual employee perspectives on the most important issues surrounding work today, the recent Workplace Intelligence Report from Greenhouse identified troubling gaps in employer-based programs that address diversity and inclusion (D&I) and sexual harassment. According to the report, talent is often … [More]
Veyo Innovates Non-Emergency Medical Transport
Launched alongside Medicaid in 1965, non-emergency medical transportation (NEMT) had remained largely unchanged for almost 50 years. A Medicaid member calls in to book a trip, the trip is faxed to a transportation provider along with a group of trips, the trip is completed by the transportation provider, and the results of the trip are faxed back to the broker for … [More]
Taco Guild – Where Past Is Present
The wonderful thing about the adaptive reuse project that produced the Taco Guild is, it left much more intact than just the structure. The building’s previous lives as a Methodist Church — institutionalized in the cornerstone dated 1893 (before Arizona was even a state) and another from its renewal in 1955 after a few decades of disuse following a fire in 1911 — are … [More]
Joshua Becker, Gallagher & Kennedy
Technology’s rapid evolution is changing every aspect of business operations — including legal compliance. A failure to “get ahead of it” may negatively impact a company’s productivity and market share, and may create short-term and long-term legal issues that can be avoided with proper planning and organization. This evolution is “shrinking” our world. For example, customers … [More]
