Viewpoint: I’m loving it (downtown Phoenix)
[Source: Lana Burke, ASU Web Devil] – As shocking as it is to me, I actually kind of love downtown Phoenix. I honestly could count on my fingers the amount of times I had been downtown before all my classes moved to the Downtown campus last semester. And, originally, I was annoyed and unhappy about … Read more
Phoenix: Love it or leave it
[Source: Jessica VanZalen, ASU Web Devil] — A half-eaten sucker rests on the edge of a wall outside the Chase building. Dirty, plastic news distribution boxes line the street corner. Hordes of people crowd the bus stop. To an untrained eye, downtown Phoenix appears as a juxtaposition of oddities and buildings in the middle of … Read more
Criminals targeted in U.S. “kidnap capital”
[Source: Tim Gaynor, Reuters, October 8, 2008] — The criminal underworld in the sun-baked Arizona capital of Phoenix has long enjoyed the hot money profits from illicit smuggling of drugs and people over the border from Mexico. But now its members are living in fear as they are stalked by kidnappers after their proceeds, authorities … Read more
Phoenix city budget crisis increases interest in volunteerism
[Source: Cathryn Creno, Arizona Republic] — The City of Phoenix now has a Web page where people can search for ways to volunteers at city parks, social service programs, libraries, and more. The site was launched Monday in response from calls from citizens wanting to volunteer time to programs in the wake of the city … Read more
Will this view of Phoenix’s “floating jellyfish” exist anymore?
Photographer Daniel Greene wonders if this view will exist anymore once the “floating jellyfish” public art piece is installed over its suspended rings at the new Civic Space park. To view more of Daniel’s photos of downtown Phoenix on Flickr, click here.
All-Star Game on more familiar ground in Phoenix
[Source: John Lombardo, Sports Business Journal] — The NBA will gather this week in Phoenix for its All-Star Weekend with a return to normalcy. After two nontraditional All-Star Weekends, the frenzy surrounding the 2007 game in Las Vegas and the uncertainty of the post-Katrina New Orleans site last season, this year’s event will bring a … Read more
Map shows states hit hardest; forecasts for rebound
[Source: USA Today] – When it comes to the U.S. job market, there are few places to turn. Every U.S. state and 95% of the nation’s metropolitan areas will end 2009 with fewer jobs than they started with, while only two sectors — education and health services, and government — will add workers. A new … Read more
Feb. 27 premiere event to raise funds for college bound Phoenix students
The first annual Phoenix Union Scholarship Gala on February 27 (6-9 p.m.) at the Downtown Wyndham Phoenix Hotel is predicted to be “one the most exciting and engaging fundraisers of 2009,” says Mary Peralta, Gala Committee Chair. The purpose of the event is to raise scholarship funds for the growing number of college bound Phoenix … Read more
