Community group gives Phoenicians a space to share ideas for empty lots, vacant buildings
This Could Be PHX is a community awareness group that asks residents to contribute their ideas on how to fill empty lots and vacant buildings. The organization is currently focused on engagement but hopes to create implementation tactics in the future.
Female veterans panel discusses affordable housing program, Veterans Affairs resources
A panelists of female veterans and a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs representative talked about their experiences returning home from service, homelessness and other problems surrounding veterans. They also spoke about the services available to these veterans.
The Groove on Grand uses old prisoner of war houses to accomodate a variety...
To anyone heading down Grand Avenue, the outside of The Groove on Grand looks like a typical building. But discretely tucked behind it is a small community, complete with art, eclectic furniture and beer.
Two new churches use different approaches to draw in growing Phoenix population
There is not a lack of Protestant churches in downtown Phoenix—City of Grace, Roosevelt Community Church and New City Church are a few examples—but this fall, two new churches joined the ranks of existing ones available to Phoenix residents.
Audio: Homeless veterans face barriers to services, job opportunities
The Arizona Coalition to End Homelessness works to connect homeless veterans to housing and job programs every year with a three-day survey. Two veterans living in the transitional home near downtown share their stories.
The Rundown: Travels and transit — getting around downtown
On the latest episode of the Rundown, hosts Annika Cline and Jayson Chesler talked about how to get from one place to another, whether by light rail, bike, car or feet. Guests included staff reporters Sophia Kunthara and Danika Worthington.
Slide show: Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts
Saturday night saw the eighth annual Phoenix Parade of the Arts move through downtown as participants from all walks of art collaborated in a creative procession, spilling down Roosevelt Street and drawing the public out of buildings to participate.
Handmade blankets to serve as temporary art installations, become donations for homeless
Volunteer knitters, crocheters, weavers and quilters are racing against the thermometer to create 300 blankets by Dec. 1 as part of the Ground Cover Public Art Project, commissioned in Arizona by the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture.
Panel debates literacy law that would hold struggling 3rd graders back
Educators and community members speaking on a panel at the Heard Museum Thursday agreed that the law requiring third-graders to be held back if they fall below AIMS reading testing standards needs to be changed.
Local First Fall Festival to champion small businesses in Phoenix
Small business advocacy and network group Local First Arizona plans to shine the spotlight on Phoenix’s small business owners with the ninth annual Certified Local Fall Festival this Saturday, Nov. 9 at downtown’s Portland Parkway.