A roaring good time and heaps of good will await shoppers at Scottsdale Fashion Square when partners from Phoenix Chinese Week gather to celebrate the Lunar New Year. This being the Year of the Dragon, the celebration’s culminating event will have special meaning when an enormous dragon dances its way throughout the shopping center, captivating onlookers with the vibrant colors … [More]
Celebrate Year of the Dragon with Vibrant Lunar New Year Event, Jan. 27
Celebration Will Feature Cultural Dances and Musical Performances
The Scottish Origins of Downtown Phoenix’s Mid-Century Motel Masterpiece
Downtown Phoenix’s economical lodging alternative, the Friendship Inn Motel, was once regal accommodations, at least by the sound of its original name. The Imperial 400 Motor Hotel featured a thrifty Scotsman in a kilt and the slogan, “Aye, Royal Accommodations at ‘Thr-rifty’ Rates,” which targeted consumers who may not have had access to a noble largesse. The Imperial … [More]
Foundation Grants $25,000 to Support to Low-Income Students in the Greater Phoenix Area
Del E. Webb Foundation Grants $25,000 to Assistance League® of Phoenix for Operation School The Del E. Webb Foundation has granted $25,000 to the Assistance League® of Phoenix (ALP), a nonprofit that provides support to low-income students in the Greater Phoenix Area who are in need of new clothing, shoes, hygiene items and books for school. “The need for Operation School Bell … [More]
Phoenix-Area Cannabis Co. Production Facility Employees Vote to Unionize
On Thursday, January 25, workers at the Trulieve Cannabis Corp central Phoenix production facility voted 37-4 in favor of unionizing with the United Food and Commercial Workers Union (UFCW) Local 99. The successful union election at Trulieve Magnolia is the first for Arizona agricultural workers in the cannabis industry, and only the second-ever union election to be … [More]
Intel Announces New Foundry Collaboration, Platform to Be Manufactured in Arizona
Intel Corp. and United Microelectronics Corporation, a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that they will collaborate on the development of a 12-nanometer semiconductor process platform to address high-growth markets such as mobile, communication infrastructure and networking. The long-term agreement brings together Intel’s at-scale U.S. manufacturing capacity … [More]
SBA Announces Empower to Grow, a Training Program to Enhance Small Disadvantaged Business Contract Readiness
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a slate of major improvements to the implementation of the agency’s popular 7(j) Management and Technical Assistance program. These changes – launched under a new name, Empower to Grow (E2G) – include significant upgrades to the program’s core services and are designed to deliver on the SBA’s commitment under the … [More]
