Bank or credit union? That’s a question most will have when deciding where to begin their financial journey. Credit unions are often misunderstood. In fact, some common misconceptions about credit unions are that strict requirements exist for membership and that credit unions don’t have up-to-date technology. Both may have been true in the past but are no longer the case. … [More]
Looking Good 2022 – April Standouts
Achievements NAIOP Arizona Honored at Industry Merit Awards Have Her Back One of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies Camelot Homes Receives Top Honors in Homebuyers’ Choice Awards Philanthropy ProShred Arizona Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Arizona Cox Techs Install Critical Technology for the First 3D Printed Home in Arizona … [More]
Cox Techs Install Critical Technology for the First 3D Printed Home in Arizona
Cox Communications, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, recently installed Cox Home Security and other critical technology for the first 3D-printed home in Arizona. Cox worked directly with the homeowners to provide all the technology the family would need to fully enjoy their new home on move-in day. The Cox services are donated for one year. Everything else was gifted … [More]
ProShred Arizona Benefits Big Brothers Big Sisters of Arizona
ProShred Arizona raised more than $1,300 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Arizona and was able to shred and recycle more than 6,000 pounds of documents and files at its recent annual shred event. bbbsaz.org … [More]
Camelot Homes Receives Top Honors in Homebuyers’ Choice Awards
At the 27th Annual Homebuyers’ Choice Awards, Camelot Homes received first place in the nation for Purchase Experience in the medium builder category. The family-owned luxury homebuilder also received second place for Design Experience, and at least a top five placement for all other categories in which they were nominated. … [More]
Have Her Back One of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies
Have Her Back has been named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2022. Founded in 2019 by Caroline Dettman, Pamela Culpepper and Erin Gallagher, Have Her Back is a woman-owned, minority-led culture consultancy working with companies to tackle equity for all historically excluded groups differently and authentically driving change in … [More]
NAIOP Arizona Honored at Industry Merit Awards
The Arizona Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, was named 2022 Large Chapter of the Year at the annual Chapter Merit Awards. It also won an award for a record Highest Number of New Members among the 52 chapters across the U.S. and Canada last year, adding more than 270 new members in 2021. … [More]
Virtual-Reality Training Aims to Help Growing Demand in Skilled Trade Jobs
StrataTech Education Group, a leading operator of skilled trade schools, recently launched a virtual reality training program called OcuWeld. The program, which uses Oculus Quest 2 technology, is among the first to use this revolutionary technology for students to practice welding skills outside of the classroom. The program launches at a time when demand for skilled trade … [More]
Capital One Business Banking Arrives in Phoenix
Arizona is one of the fastest growing job markets, with 700,000 jobs projected to be added by 2030. At the epicenter of this growth is small businesses — more than 95% of Phoenix companies have fewer than 50 employees. But despite small businesses driving this mammoth economic growth, Arizona is underserved when it comes to banking — a pain point that hits smaller businesses … [More]
Filling and Diversifying the Workforce for High-Tech Industries
As part of its effort to diversify the workforce and increase recruitment of women into the skilled trades, Universal Technical Institute, Inc. teamed up with Ignite Worldwide to provide $100,000 in tuition grants for female and female-identifying students interested in pursuing a technical education at UTI and careers in STEM-related fields. “We’re constantly hearing from … [More]
Looking Good 2022 – March Standouts
Achievements National Safety Council Award to Rosendin CEO Local Private Wealth Advisor Named a ‘Top 40 Under 40’ NAIOP Arizona Honored at Chapter Merit Awards Philanthropy Wilde Wealth Management Brings Cheer to Children … [More]
National Safety Council Award to Rosendin CEO
Mike Greenawalt of Rosendin, the nation’s largest employee-owned electrical contractor, was selected for the 2022 U.S. National Safety Council CEOs Who “Get It” Award for demonstrating a personal commitment to worker safety and health. Safety is a core value for Rosendin as the company dedicates more than three million work hours a year toward steady efforts to eliminate risk … [More]
Local Private Wealth Advisor Named a ‘Top 40 Under 40’
Local Private Wealth Advisor Nayan Ranchhod ranked fourth on Financial Planning’s regional list of Top 40 Advisors Under 40. Ranchhod is the managing director of Silver Lining Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC in Scottsdale. The rankings recognize the top-producing younger advisors at wire houses and firms who were under … [More]
NAIOP Arizona Honored at Chapter Merit Awards
The Arizona Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, was named 2022 Large Chapter of the Year at the recent annual Chapter Merit Awards. NAIOP Arizona also won an award for a record Highest Number of New Members among the 52 chapters across the U.S. and Canada last year. NAIOP Arizona added more than 270 new members in 2021, a 13% increase. This … [More]
Wilde Wealth Management Brings Cheer to Children
Scottsdale-based Wilde Wealth Management Group brightened the holiday season for more than 400 children in need with its donation of more than 250 toys as well as $2,500 in additional cash donations to Toys for Tots in December. This is Wilde’s 17th year supporting Toys for Tots through its Wilde for Arizona Community Outreach Program. … [More]
Collaboration between Trade Partners Is Revolutionizing Construction Industry
Scottsdale-based Synergos Companies, a construction solutions organization for single-family and multifamily residential builders, recently announced the acquisition of Brewer Companies to complement its existing portfolio of construction firms (which include Erickson Framing, Austin Concrete, Austin Electric, Austin HVAC and Door Sales & Installations). Through this … [More]
It’s a Wrap for Safer Policing
“Safer policing outcomes through innovative technology,” says the website of locally based WRAP®, a global public safety technology and services company organized in March 2016. The company recently released its BolaWrap 150, the latest development in the BolaWrap family of products. The BolaWrap is a hand-held remote restraint device that deploys Kevlar tether to safely wrap a … [More]
Identifying an Ideal Employee Pool
At Consumer Cellular, we are fortunate to be growing and expanding our footprint across the country. During the last month of 2021, we announced the opening of two new customer service centers — one in Oklahoma City, which became up and running in January, and one in Kentucky, which we hope to have open very soon. What that means is: jobs. Hundreds of jobs, in fact. In addition … [More]
