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Valley mayors choose favorite tamales in Friendly House's first Battle of the Tamales

By , on Monday, April 8th, 2013
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Sixteen Valley mayors participated in the first Battle of the Tamales at CityScape on Friday during Friendly House’s 78th annual Tamale Dinner. Read story

Phoenix Councilman Tom Simplot announces he will not seek re-election in August

By , on Monday, January 14th, 2013
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City Councilman Tom Simplot announced Tuesday he will not run again for office after ten years of service in District 4. Read story

Marketing director promotes downtown community through event planning

By , on Friday, November 16th, 2012
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RJ Price, senior director of marketing at the Downtown Phoenix Partnership, oversees a team that works on online support, event management and the promotion of the city’s core. Price has been involved with local businesses and community events including the development of CityScape and the growing participation in the Zombie Walk. Read story

Plans to bring Arizona Center for Law and Society downtown continue to progress

By , on Thursday, November 15th, 2012
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According to current plans, ASU’s Arizona Center for Law and Society will be located between First and Second streets just south of Taylor Place by the 2016-17 academic year. Read story

Volunteers clean up graffiti at citywide event

By , on Monday, November 5th, 2012
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About 3,000 volunteers removed graffiti from locations around the city as part Graffiti Free Phoenix: Wipe it out! Read story

Study, meetings look at options for new 7th Street pedestrian crossing

By , on Monday, October 29th, 2012
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Vice Mayor Michael Johnson has brought up to City Council the issue of a new form of pedestrian crossing on Seventh Street near Heritage Square and the Phoenix Children’s Museum. Read story

Arizona mayors launch roundtable to increase involvement in education

By , on Thursday, October 11th, 2012
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Mayors from cities all around Arizona met Wednesday in downtown Phoenix to launch the Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable in order to become more involved in education. Read story

City of Phoenix approves permanent downtown dog park in Hance Park

By , on Thursday, August 30th, 2012
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The city of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Board voted Thursday to approve a permanent downtown dog park on Culver Street between Third and Fifth avenues on the west side of Margaret T. Hance Park. Read story

Nonprofit gets federal grant to aid homeless, formerly incarcerated veterans

By , on Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
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Arizona Women’s Education and Employment has received a $255,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund support services for homeless and formerly incarcerated veterans in Arizona. Read story

General manager reflects on 20 years of live events at downtown's US Airways Center

By , on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
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The U.S. Airways Center opened in 1992 with Ralph Marchetta as event manager. It’s been twenty years and Marchetta continues his work for the performance arena. Read story

 
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