Community

Valley of the Sunflowers will plant and harvest sunflowers twice a year on a two-acre vacant lot in downtown Phoenix.

The City of Phoenix has begun construction near ASU’s Downtown campus aimed at improving pedestrian accessibility in the downtown area.

Monday night's TaylorFest block party welcomed hundreds of new and returning Downtown students back to campus for the fall semester with local bands and businesses.

A partnership between a downtown advocacy group, the city and ASU has permitted local businesses to use University property for their customers until construction near campus ends.

Lux Coffee Bar has moved a few yards south from its original 4404 N. Central Ave. location, bringing a new name and concept along with it. Now called Lux Central, the new “public house” concept opened Monday and occupies a previously vacant space that used to house a clothing shop.

Anticipating the homeless population’s foreseeable use of Margaret T. Hance Park should be integrated into the park’s current revitalization planning, a committee member said during a city meeting Tuesday.

A local music promotion company is set to open a new midsize venue in downtown Phoenix this fall.

An Arizona-based nonprofit resource center for women with humble beginnings, Fresh Start offers services to more than 30,000 women a year who are combating a variety of personal and financial challenges.

The City of Phoenix has contracted with Talis Construction to create pedestrian enhancements on First Street between Fillmore and McKinley streets and along Pierce Street between Central Avenue and First Street.

A group of Walter Cronkite School students have developed a smartphone application designed to help downtown Phoenicians and visitors alike navigate the sixth-largest city in the country.