Seventy-five students, businesspeople, developers and all other kinds of entrepreneurs and innovators will gather on Friday in downtown Phoenix and work for 54 hours straight to develop new startup companies.

“Hereafter” is not a ghost story, nor is it a supernatural thriller in any way, shape or form, but a melancholy character-driven meditation on why it is that love endures long after it logically should and whether death is as bad for the deceased as it is for those they leave behind.

An increase in student customers has been noticeable at local businesses in downtown Phoenix that now accept Maroon and Gold Dollars from students this year.

West of Soho, a new retail store in CityScape, opened its doors earlier this month.

Downtown Phoenix restaurant owners and workers say the benefits of locally grown, organic food outweigh the high prices they have to pay for them.