Rich Walton

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Breadfruit and Rum Bar owners opening sandwich shop in The Blocks

Leoni's Focaccia, a popular sandwich shop in Scottsdale, will be moving to Roosevelt Row in fall. The restaurant originally opened in Scottsdale in 2016 as a fast and casual Italian sandwich shop, offering in-house made focaccia bread and...

Clinton Campbell House in preservation purgatory

Developers who want to demolish a historically zoned building in the Roosevelt Neighborhood were given just under a month to make their case to the city on Monday afternoon. The demolition process for the Clinton Campbell House at 357...

City Council highlights: Light rail and housing developments

Phoenix City Council approved several agenda items impacting downtown Phoenix during a meeting Wednesday afternoon. Council Election City Council approved an amendment to ordinance S-39341, which would amend voting precincts within Phoenix by district for all elections. Amendments were...

Light rail extension could come to South Central

South Central took a step forward in adding a light rail expansion that would extend into the area. A Phoenix subcommittee approved funding for the South Central light rail extension and an accompanying grant on Tuesday. The recommendation...

City begins search for new parking service company

Phoenix is searching for a new company to run payment services for parking meters. The city's Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee authorized the Street Transportation Department to begin soliciting proposals from pay-by-phone parking service companies. Phoenix instituted pay-by-phone parking two...

Woodland Arts Center passes important hurdle

A formerly abandoned church on Ninth and Woodland Avenues is one step closer to becoming a new community center for downtown Phoenix. The project, known as the Woodlands Arts Center, is slated to be a venue for community events...