Local business owner combines art, economy
Business owner Kimber Lanning works to improve the community and businesses through Local First Arizona. Her other endeavors include Stinkweeds, a new and old music store, and Modified Arts, a gallery on Roosevelt Row.
Crosswalk to reduce jaywalking, ease student transit between Civic Space Park and YMCA
A new crosswalk between Civic Space Park and the Lincoln Family Downtown YMCA should help decrease the number of jaywalkers across First Avenue, city officials said. The crosswalk was a joint project with the city of Phoenix Street Transportation Department, ASU and Metro Light Rail.
Final Downtown Devil Discussion of semester examines Phoenix’s identity and the arts
Four panelists and dozens of downtown Phoenix artists, entrepreneurs, community leaders and students gathered Wednesday night at the final Downtown Devil Discussion of this semester to tackle that very question: Does Phoenix have a realized identity?
City Square Church draws young crowd with nontraditional events, innovative leadership
City Square Church, coordinated by reverends Brian Kemp-Schlemmer and Robert Rynders, has appealed to a young demographic by valuing spirituality in whatever shape it may take. Their community is built on that idea.
Sitgreen startup business produces sustainable cardboard furniture to sell online
Founder and President Jon Irons of Sitgreen, a start-up company that makes sustainable furniture from cardboard, launched an online Kickstarter campaign last month to help fund a new line of manufactured furniture that can be offered at lower prices. Irons said he’s more than halfway to his goal of $12,000.