Local experts and national author to discuss state of sustainability in metro Phoenix, Jan. 17

Posted by Edward Jensen on December 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

A panel of local experts and Andrew Ross, author of “Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City,” will discuss the current state of sustainability in metropolitan Phoenix at a public forum on Tuesday, January 17, 2012.

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Adam Diaz, downtown Phoenix advocate, dies at 100

Posted by JWM on March 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Connie Cone Sexton, Arizona Republic] — An interviewer once asked Adam Diaz why, at age 77, he continued to be so politically and socially involved.  Why not just take up bowling or golf?  Diaz politely discounted the suggestion.  “My time is limited,” he responded.  “Every day you get up is a bonus day.  But … Read more

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Baseline Haiku: South Mountain Flower Garden

Posted by JWM on February 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

One of the last flower growers of Japanese descent on Baseline Road, where in the old days of Phoenix you could know it was spring by driving Baseline and seeing row upon row of flowers.  Development encroaches in the film; in reality it closed several years ago and soon will be housed over.

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Happy Statehood Day, Arizona!

Posted by JWM on February 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

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Opinion poll examines most important questions facing Arizona

Posted by JWM on October 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Dan Nowicki, Arizona Republic] – Most forward-looking reports from policy think tanks or universities face a huge hurdle: selling their proposed goals and recommendations to the people.  The Center for the Future of Arizona hopes to avoid that fate.  The Phoenix-based organization – or “do” tank, as it likes to call itself – went … Read more

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Does Arizona have an image problem?

Posted by JWM on August 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Scott Wong, Arizona Republic] — Just as local and state tourism officials tried to shed Phoenix’s unbecoming title as the “kidnapping capital of America,” another national moniker has emerged: gun-crazy.  A man carrying a pistol and semi-automatic rifle outside the Phoenix hall where President Barack Obama spoke this month ignited a media firestorm, reinforcing … Read more

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A few moments of people watching in downtown Phoenix

Posted by JWM on July 5, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

A month ago, amateur videographer Ed Kishel traveled to downtown Phoenix to document some of its architecture, but found watching the people walking around him much more interesting.

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Arizona Centennial Legacy Projects in Phoenix, statewide

Posted by JWM on May 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

What projects are planned for your neighborhood or community?  For more information about Arizona’s Centennial efforts, click here.

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