In case you missed it: Downtown Voices Visioning Conference welcome address
Below is the transcript of Steve Weiss’ welcome address at the opening of the Downtown Voices Coalition’s Visioning Conference on January 15, 2010 at the Matador Mexican Restaurant. Good evening and welcome to the pre-event for tomorrow’s Downtown Voices Coalition Visioning Conference. You know, Downtown Voices was formed in a place just like this. As … Read more
Phoenix Teaching Fellows looking to train people interested in teaching
[Source: City of Phoenix Youth & Education Office] — Phoenix Teaching Fellows is offering the chance to train new teachers, even without previous experience or coursework. The organization recruits talented individuals from diverse backgrounds who can use their knowledge, experience, and records of achievement to positively change the lives on students in Phoenix. Participants will … Read more
ASU seeks to improve community partnerships; downtown Phoenix meeting 1/21
[Source: Arizona State University] — The ASU Office of University Initiatives is interested in getting feedback on how the university can establish mutually beneficial relationships with community-based organizations from large entities like Teach for America to schools and small non-profit organizations. More specifically, they want to make sure that the university develops tools that local organizations … Read more
Downtown Phoenix Journal weekly recap
[Source: Si Robins, Downtown Phoenix Journal] – The beauty of our Downtown is that it’s always evolving. There was no greater evidence of this than the grand reopening of an old favorite, Modified Arts, this past Friday. Packed to the brim, beautifully touched up and deliciously catered, this opening weekend was a perfect reaffirmation that there … Read more
Downtown Phoenix emerges as light rail collision hot spot
[Source: Sean Holstege, Arizona Republic] – The Valley’s light-rail track runs over 20 miles, but almost half of Metro’s crashes in the past year have occurred along a single mile-and-a-quarter stretch that runs through downtown Phoenix. The L-shaped route from Central Station to Seventh Street is packed with bars, businesses, pedestrians, and distracted motorists, a … Read more
Nation’s largest single-day marathon starts in downtown Phoenix
[Source: Dana Caporaso, ABC News 15] — More than 30,000 runners from around the world laced up their shoes for the Valley’s seventh annual P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon. From professional runners to part-time joggers, kids to adults, the contestants say completing the marathon is like nothing else. “The satisfaction that I completed something … Read more
CenPhoTV for the week of 01-14-2010
This week on CenPhoTV, your way into your own art collection, Hedwig live, a Downtown Voices Coalition Visioning Conference, an anti-Arpaio demonstration, independent film, fashion, and Get Your PHX.
New contract ensures future state funding of downtown Phoenix’s TGen
[Source: Ken Alltucker, Arizona Republic] – After months of review, the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission last week signed off on a new contract that ensures continued funding of [the downtown] Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute. The commission sought the new contract with TGen to protect Arizona’s interests in the wake of TGen’s alliance with Grand … Read more
