The Spring 2016 round of the Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) continues as the Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced 10 finalists in its bi-annual business plan competition. The ACA provides $3 million in grants annually – $1.5 million in the spring and $1.5 million in the fall – to the most qualified, innovative startups and early-stage companies. Up to $250,000 … [More]
Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2016 Supply Chain Top 25
Gartner, Inc. has released the findings from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices. Analysts announced the findings at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, which is being held through today at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa in Phoenix, AZ. "2016 marks the 12th year of our annual Supply … [More]
B2B CFO Extends Leadership Position in Mid-Market Business Transitions
B2B CFO, nation’s largest CFO and business transitions services firm, today released a summary of its Partners expertise in exit strategy leadership, highlighting a rapidly expanding client roster for business transition work and widespread adoption of the firm’s proprietary exit strategy software. The summary, completed through a survey of the firm’s 233 Partners in April … [More]
W. P. Carey School of Business/Economic Club of Phoenix Event Delivers 2016 National and Statewide Economic Forecasts
It looks like the U.S. as well as the Arizona economy will remain much the same as we continue to say goodbye to the effects of the financial crisis. In Arizona, job growth has, in fact, recovered and is shifting into high gear with the state currently ranked #1 in the nation in private sector job growth. That’s just some of what three Valley economists said earlier today as … [More]
Social Venture Partners Arizona Awards Local Nonprofits, Social Enterprises $100,000+ in Grants
Social Venture Partners Arizona (SVPAZ) announced today it distributed annual grant awards totaling more than $100,000 – funds deployed to increase the impact and capacity building of Valley organizations in arts and culture, social services, education, nonprofit and social enterprise. Awards ranged from $500 to $30,000 in unrestricted dollars. This year’s grant recipients … [More]
Take Charge America Partners with Phoenix Union High School District to Provide Financial Education to Staff
Take Charge America, Inc., a national nonprofit credit counseling and debt management agency based in Phoenix, is partnering with Phoenix Union High School District (PUHSD) to offer personal financial management and credit counseling resources and services to the district’s nearly 3,000 full- and part-time employees. “Changes in the payroll process for a select group of our … [More]
Cox Communications Announces Major Effort to Close the Digital Divide with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s ConnectHome Initiative
Cox Communications today announced a major investment in its efforts to narrow the digital divide through its support of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) ConnectHome initiative. Cox Communications is extending its Connect2Compete low-cost Internet offering to any HUD-assisted household with school-age children within Cox’s 18-state service area. It … [More]
Tory Burch Foundation and Bank of America Double Investment in Capital Program Supporting Women Business Owners
Bank of America has announced that it is doubling its investment in the Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program (formerly Elizabeth Street Capital) to connect more women small business owners to affordable capital through community development financial institutions (CDFIs). Since the Tory Burch Foundation Capital Program was announced in January 2014, $10 million has been loaned … [More]
Scottsdale REALTORS® Represent U.S. And Arizona At Global Real Estate Expo
Members of the Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS®, a local association of the Arizona Association of REALTORS®, attended Le marché international des professionnels de l’immobilier (MIPIM) in Paris, France from March 15-18. MIPIM is the world’s leading real estate investment trade show, and brings together the most influential real estate investors from all international … [More]
RIESTER Headquarters Moves to the Camelback Corridor
RIESTER announced its move today to a more spacious and centrally situated building in the Phoenix-metro area. ‘RIESTER on Camelback’ is located at 3344 E. Camelback Road and marks a new era for the Firm that formerly operated for more than 18 years from two adjacent buildings in the Roosevelt Historic District. RIESTER’s move was made possible by the tenacious commercial real … [More]
Owens Harkey Advertising Launches New Subsidiary, OH Predictive Insights
Owens Harkey Advertising has announced the company is partnering with leading Arizona pollster Michael Noble to acquire MBQF Consulting’s polling software and services to create a new entity affiliated with its marketing agency called OH Predictive Insights. The newest entity will operate separate from other Owens Harkey companies, OH Strategic Communications and Owens … [More]
Phoenix Suns, Mercury and Iasis Healthcare Open New Multi Specialty Clinic Downtown
Yesterday, the Phoenix Suns, Phoenix Mercury and IASIS Healthcare announced the grand opening of a state-of-the-art Multi Specialty Clinic that will provide downtown residents and employees with their first comprehensive healthcare option in the area. The 28,000 square-foot clinic is located inside what was formerly the Phoenix Suns Athletic Club, on the southeast corner of the … [More]
Arizona Lawmakers “Fight the Blight,” Send SB 1504 to Governor’s Desk
On Thursday, a broad coalition of local property owners/managers, retailers, philanthropic groups and social-services advocates applauded members of the Arizona House for approving legislation that targets unauthorized donation bins. The measure, SB 1504, was approved on a 56-0 vote and now heads to the desk of Governor Doug Ducey for his consideration. “We thank SB 1504 … [More]
New Report Shows Significant Economic Impact of Arizona’s Nonprofit Sector
A recently released report, “Arizona Nonprofits: Economic Power, Positive Impact,” shows that the state’s nonprofit sector is not only a critical contributor to Arizona’s social fabric and shared quality of life, it’s also a powerful economic driver and job creator. The first of its kind, the report examines in economic terms the sizable contribution that Arizona’s … [More]
Social Venture Partners Arizona’s Annual ‘Fast Pitch’ Event Sets Record Attendance, Raises $100,000 for Local Nonprofits
Social Venture Partners Arizona (SVPAZ) hosted its sixth annual Fast Pitch on March 1, attracting a record 600 attendees to an event where social entrepreneurs compete in front of a live audience to “pitch” grant funders and donors so they can better fulfill their missions and grow their reach. Held at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, eight Phoenix-area … [More]
Marriott International Opens Moxy Hotel in Tempe
Moxy Hotels, Marriott International’s provocative new lifestyle brand, officially opened in Tempe, AZ., on March 4, 2016. Launched by Newport Beach, California-based Twenty Four Seven Hotels, the chic and modern Moxy Tempe will offer the style and spirit of a boutique hotel, at a shockingly affordable price. Moxy Hotels, which first debuted in Milan in September 2014, is … [More]
More than 31,000 Walmart Associates in Arizona to Receive Pay Raise
As part of the largest single-day, private-sector pay increase ever, more than 1.2 million Walmart and Sam’s Club associates in the U.S., including more than 17,700 in the Phoenix metro area and more than 31,000 across Arizona, will receive a pay raise in their March 10 paycheck. The increases are part of the company’s two-year, $2.7 billion investment in higher pay, better … [More]
Top beam placed on Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building
A construction milestone was celebrated Thursday, March 3, 2016 at the new Biomedical Sciences Partnership Building, as the final beam was placed atop the 10-story building in downtown Phoenix. Located on the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix campus at 475 N. Fifth St., the 245,000-square-foot research building will be a hub for healthcare and scientific … [More]
