Posted by JWM on December 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Si Robins, Downtown Phoenix Journal] — Ah, the holidays. Here at DPJ, we’ve featured a number of exciting December events, as well as some interesting things popping up around Downtown Phoenix. On First Friday, we battled the crowds and explored the opening of the Arizona Latino Arts & Cultural Center and took in a … Read more
Posted by JWM on December 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Amanda Lee Myers, Associated Press] – When passengers began riding new light rail trains in the Phoenix area last December, many questions were on their minds. Can light rail succeed in a city where car is king? Will the trains survive searing desert heat in the summer? Is it worth the $1.4 billion it … Read more
Posted by JWM on December 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Arizona Republic; section headers organized by yours truly] – With this being Christmas week, we figured you wouldn’t want to read a traditional editorial any more than we wanted to write one. So today, we lighten things up a bit with awards for notable achievements in 2009. Phoenix Overall Story of the year: Phoenix … Read more
Filed under Arts and Culture, Business, Downtown Vitality, Education, Finances, Governance, Livability, Parks & Open Space, Public Safety, Shopping, Transportation, Visioning and Planning · Tagged with All-America City, Barack Obama, City Budget, Civic Space, domestic partnerships, Downtown Phoenix, Frank Fairbanks, Her Secret is Patience, Janet Echelman, Janet Napolitano, Light Rail, Phil Gordon, Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix Public Library, Public Market, Ray Barnes, sales tax revenues
Posted by JWM on December 25, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Jahna Berry, Arizona Republic] – The ongoing travel recession and, to some extent, city-built Sheraton in downtown Phoenix are putting pressure on central Phoenix hotels, some hotel owners say. Tourists are traveling less and spending less, dampening the travel boom that hotel owners hoped would follow last year’s completion of the Phoenix Convention Center’s … Read more
Filed under Business, Downtown Vitality, Employment, Finances, Governance, Tourism, Visioning and Planning · Tagged with Clarendon Hotel, Jeff Higley, Lexington Hotel, Marriott, Sheraton Hotel, Smith Travel Research, Wyndham Hotel
Posted by JWM on December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Posted by JWM on December 24, 2009 · 1 Comment
[Source: Luci Scott, Arizona Republic] – For every $100 spent in a chain store, $13 remains in the state. For every $100 spent in a locally owned business, $45 remains in the state. That’s the message delivered at a Tempe Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday by Kimber Lanning, director of Local First Arizona, an advocacy … Read more
Posted by JWM on December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Arizona State University] — Low-cost ideas, including the construction of planter boxes, to transform vacant lots in downtown Phoenix for temporary use until their development, [were] presented on Dec. 8 on the Arizona State University Downtown Phoenix campus. The multimedia presentation of research models was developed by university students in an urban design practice … Read more
Filed under Education, Environment, Livability, Parks & Open Space, Visioning and Planning · Tagged with ASU, Braden Kay, Carissa Taylor, Desert TULIP, Downtown Phoenix, empty lots, Nan Ellin, Pei Zhai, Phoenix Biomedical Campus, Truman Kiyaani
Posted by JWM on December 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment
[Source: Howard Seftel, Arizona Republic] — A new cluster of restaurants looks poised to bring some energy to yet another part of downtown Phoenix. This time the location is the stretch along Roosevelt Street between Second and Third Avenues. There’s Bambino Bistro, formerly Vinery 214. Chef/owner Leonard Jay threw in the towel on Vinery’s small-plate … Read more
Filed under Business, Dining, Downtown Vitality · Tagged with Bambino Bistro, Daniel Wayne, Goldspot Market, Leonard Jay, Local Breeze, Lola Coffee, Moira Sushi, Nine 05, Pasta Bar, Pita Jungle, Public Market, Roosevelt Street, Sens, Turf
