After nearly 30 years, downtown Phoenix gets a grocery
[Source: Jahna Berry, Arizona Republic] — After nearly 30 years without a grocery store, downtown Phoenix will get one as early as June. The non-profit that runs a popular weekend farmers market has secured $305,000 to open a 4,000-square-foot shop at 14 E. Pierce St., the group will announce today. The store will be open … Read more
CenPhoTV for the week of 2/27/2009
A weekly video webcast about Phoenix living. For more information, visit their website.
ASU students delve into history of Westward Ho in downtown Phoenix
[Source: Rebekah Parsons, Arizona State University] — Graduate students at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication developed a comprehensive podcast on the history of downtown Phoenix’s Westward Ho Hotel — its architecture, tunnels (yes tunnels!), broadcast tower, celebrities (yes celebrities!) — and the people who live there today. Click here to view.
CenPhoTV for the week of 2/20/2009
A weekly video webcast about Phoenix living. For more information, visit their website.
Metro Phoenix light rail sees higher than expected business
Cronkite News Service reporter Nicole Grigg reports that in the first month of use metro Phoenix light rail ridership is better than expected.
Viewpoint: downtown Phoenix is Arizona’s urban heart
[Source: Arizona Republic] — David Roderique is chairman and CEO of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership. He oversees a staff of 40 whose mission is to provide economic development and enhanced services to the core area of downtown Phoenix. Roderique was the guest last week on Live Talk Wednesday. Here are excerpts from the interview, which … Read more
U.S. economic stimulus and change in unemployment by county
[Source: Stimulus Watch] — Off the Map, a website dedicated to geodata and visualization, has taken StimulusWatch.org’s dataset and mashed it on a map with regional unemployment numbers. Check out the interactive map. Also, be sure to read their post explaining what they did.
Downtown Phoenix sculpture gets a name, and it’s not “jellyfish”
[Source: Connie Cone Sexton, Arizona Republic] — For almost a year, Sky Bloom has been the working title for a public art sculpture being created for a downtown Phoenix park. The name fit, in part, because it represents the sculpture’s design: a floating saguaro cactus flower. But on Tuesday, Boston artist Janet Echelman unveiled … Read more
