Travis Arbon

Northwest downtown is beginning to see the type of development that's been well underway east of Central Avenue in Roosevelt Row.

Alliance Residential Company is replacing the current sites of Paz Cantina and Bodega 420 with a mixed-use residential development.

The downtown district joins Mill Avenue in Tempe and Yavapai County Courthouse Plaza in Prescott as the third designated "Great Place" in Arizona.

Phoenix's College Football National Championship game festivities will follow the same model as the Super Bowl, with fan events, media day and live music hosted downtown.

The Space Between is a new temporary park between the Valley Youth Theatre and ASU's Taylor Place dormitories near Fillmore Street between First and Second streets. It has taken the city nearly two years to create the pop-up park.

Marian Salzman, CEO of Havas PR North America, talked the changing nature of the news industry and the importance of spotting trends at a Must See Mondays event April 13.