Sign up for “Copper Square Connect,” the Downtown Phoenix Partnership’s weekly e-mail update about events and deals in downtown Phoenix. A new issue of “Copper Square Connect” will arrive each Wednesday, so you’ll have time to plan for upcoming concerts, events, etc. You’ll also find new ideas every week on where to eat, party, and [...]
The Phoenix Public Transit Department is celebrating the upcoming July 28 launch of its new DASH routes and the bold, newly painted DASH buses by holding a contest that asks people to tell them their favorite places in Downtown Phoenix. The contest begins at 8 a.m. on Monday, July 21 and ends at 11 a.m. [...]
[Source: Casey Newton, Arizona Republic] — A plan to locate the county’s major transit and planning agencies in downtown Phoenix is on life support following the Phoenix City Council’s opposition to tax breaks for the project. For more than a year, the Maricopa Association of Governments, the Regional Public Transportation Authority, and Metro light rail [...]
[Source: Andrew Johnson, Arizona Republic] — The median monthly parking rate in Phoenix’s central business district jumped 50% to $52.50 from a year ago, according to a survey by commercial real-estate broker Colliers International. Yet, Phoenix had the third-cheapest median rate in the country behind Bakersfield, Calif. ($40 per month) and Reno ($45 per month).
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[Source: Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic] — Interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed over the past few days. A lot of people seem to think Phoenix is a lovely place to live. They’re giving me a hard time for giving the mayor a hard time for the shabby state of Tom Alexander’s neighborhood. But here’s the thing I’ve [...]
[Source: Jonathan Karp, "Real-Estate Financier's Death Hints At Trouble for Lenders," Wall Street Journal] — Flamboyant real-estate financier Scott Coles penned a farewell letter, put on a tuxedo, and climbed into bed, where he was later found dead in what police believe was a suicide. The tragedy last month is drawing attention to the condition [...]
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