Each year, more and more businesses across the country update their logos with the rainbow symbol used to celebrate Pride Month in June. They do this marketing gesture in support of the LGBTQ+ community and embrace queer lives as important members in our society. Pride Month is an entire month dedicated to uplift LGBTQ+ voices, celebrate LGBTQ+ culture and support LGBTQ+ … [More]
Arizona Announces $8 Million Deposit to the Housing Trust Fund
Governor Doug Ducey announced Friday a transfer of $8 million from the Arizona Industrial Development Authority’s Fiscal Year 2021 single family mortgage balance to the Arizona Department of Housing. The funds will go directly into the Arizona Housing Trust Fund, pursuant to state law. “I am pleased to see that we have added more resources to the Housing Trust Fund, which … [More]
Equality Health Launches Partnership with Devoted Health
Equality Health, a whole-health delivery system that aims to improve access to value-based care, is now working with Devoted Health, one of the fastest-growing Medicare Advantage plans in the United States. “We want to empower patients with knowledge to achieve their healthcare goals in order to live healthy lives and prevent disease,” said Lisa Stevens Anderson, … [More]
CrossFirst Bank Enters Fast-Growing Phoenix Market
CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc., the bank holding company for CrossFirst Bank, announced today that it has plans to enter the Phoenix, Arizona market and has named Kevin Halloran as Phoenix Market President. “As we looked to expand outside our traditional CrossFirst footprint, we believe Phoenix is a great opportunity given the region’s favorable demographics, strong population, … [More]
Arizona Foundation for Women Graduates Inaugural SHE Leads!™ Class of 2021
Arizona Foundation for Women (AFW), a not-for-profit agency that advocates for women’s causes in Arizona, graduated 29 Arizona women from SHE Leads!™, a women’s-centric leadership program dedicated to advancing women in the workplace. Throughout the past six months, SHE Leads!™ participants raised over $68,000 for non-profits focused on helping Arizona women. The cohort is … [More]
WEBINAR – June 15, 16 & 17: Arizona Small Business Boot Camp & Collective
UPCOMING SESSIONS Please join us for the upcoming Boot Camp sessions. If you missed any sessions this week, watch here. SESSION 157: TUESDAY - June 15 | 9:00 AM How to Rebuild and Refocus Your Team to Return Stronger Join us for a session that will explore how to … [More]
Report: More Degrees Awarded in 2020, Arizona Continues to Lag Nation in Educational Attainment
Arizona’s public universities produced more degrees in 2020 than at any other time in the state’s history. In fiscal year 2020, Arizona public university graduates earned 47,531 total degrees, a 29 percent increase over the last five years. Detailed in the new Arizona Board of Regents Fiscal Year 2020 College Completion Report are degree trends, documenting the contribution … [More]
D-Backs Debut New ‘City Connect’ Series Jersey
The Arizona Diamondbacks unveiled their Nike MLB City Connect Series uniforms, designed in collaboration with Nike to highlight the franchise’s desert roots, the state’s Hispanic culture and the bond between the team and its fans. The D-backs will first wear the Serpientes uniform this Friday, June 18, and will also wear the uniforms at various points throughout the season, … [More]
WEBINAR – June 22: Women Forward – Creating New Career Pathways for Women Post Pandemic
While the U.S. economy is improving, the outlook for women’s employment is not. Recent projections by McKinsey and Oxford Economics estimate that employment for women may not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2024, two full years after a recovery for men. Women participating in the workforce has already dropped to 57% — the lowest level since 1988 (National Women’s Law … [More]
Every Day Brunch and Wine Specials at ZuZu at the Hotel Valley Ho
We're serving up brunch favorites seven days a week! On the sweet side, try our popular Cinnamon Roll Waffle Bites with whipped sweet cream butter. Prefer the savory side of life? Our Breakfast Fried Rice features Schreiner's turkey sausage, pork belly, cabbage, peppers, onions, mushrooms, scallion, chili crunch, and two fried eggs on top. See the Menu Pair the perfect wine … [More]
ASU to Offer New Online Music Program
1500 Sound Academy, a music education institution based in Inglewood, California headed by Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter producers James Fauntleroy and Larrance “Rance” Dopson, and entrepreneur Twila True, has announced a new partnership with Arizona State University (ASU). Both institutions have joined forces to launch a co-branded, certificate based, self-paced … [More]
More than 2.3M Additional Economic Impact Payments Disbursed under the American Rescue Plan, Total Payments Top 169M
The Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced today they have disbursed more than 2.3 million additional Economic Impact Payments under the American Rescue Plan. Today's announcement covering the most recent two weeks of the effort brings the total disbursed so far to more than 169 million … [More]
Title Co. Embraces Commitment to Community and Employees during COVID-19 Pandemic
Clear Title Agency of Arizona, a leader in commercial and residential title and escrow services, distinguished itself during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting and providing protective measures for its clients and its employees. At the same time, Clear Title continued its commitment to community support despite a pandemic that affected every spectrum of the … [More]
Chicago-Based Real Estate Investment Firm Makes Initial Acquisition in the Phoenix Market
SVN Desert Commercial Advisors completed the sale of an approximately 1.61 acre lot in downtown Phoenix at the northeast corner of 1st St. and Portland St within Roosevelt Row. The property was acquired from Arizona Moreland Developments, LLC, for $7,750,000 by First and Portland LLC, an entity formed by JRG Capital Partners. JRG, a Chicago-based real estate investment and … [More]
Phoenix Children’s Homeless Youth Outreach Program Marks 20th Anniversary with New Crews’n Healthmobile
A new Crews’n Healthmobile will soon roll through the Valley to serve the city’s most vulnerable children. A mainstay of Phoenix Children’s Homeless Youth Outreach program, the new “doctor’s office on wheels” will deliver integrated medical and behavioral health services directly to youth experiencing homeless across greater Phoenix. The 38-foot Crews’n Healthmobile, one … [More]
