[Source: Teresa Brice, Local Initiatives Service Corp.] — With the fall 2008 Arizona Town Hall focusing on Arizona’s housing woes, housing advocates are busy compiling background data and information to help bring participants “up to speed” on the issue before the town hall is held. Regarding affordable housing in and around downtown Phoenix, here are [...]
Archive for July 16th, 2008
Run-down Phoenix neighborhoods Mayor Gordon may want to visit (Republic column)
July 16, 2008[Source: Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic] — Interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed over the past few days. A lot of people seem to think Phoenix is a lovely place to live. They’re giving me a hard time for giving the mayor a hard time for the shabby state of Tom Alexander’s neighborhood. But here’s the thing I’ve [...]
Metro Phoenix home prices drop record 18%
July 16, 2008[Source: J. Craig Anderson, Arizona Republic] — Valley home prices continued their year-over-year plunge in April, dropping a record 18% as the impact of foreclosures and other economic factors exerted even greater influence, according to an ASU report issued Tuesday. The Arizona State University Repeat Sales Index, which tracks repeat same-home sales, reported an “off-the-cliff [...]
Wall Street Journal covers Phoenix developer’s woes
July 16, 2008[Source: Jonathan Karp, "Real-Estate Financier's Death Hints At Trouble for Lenders," Wall Street Journal] — Flamboyant real-estate financier Scott Coles penned a farewell letter, put on a tuxedo, and climbed into bed, where he was later found dead in what police believe was a suicide. The tragedy last month is drawing attention to the condition [...]
ASU grad student conducting survey on Phoenix public art
July 16, 2008With public art being in the news lately — with lots of follow-up blogging and letters to the editor — Melinda Alexander, a PhD student in the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University, is conducting a survey of the public’s perception of transportation-related art in Phoenix.
The online survey takes less than 15 minutes [...]
