Tag: Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation
Sixth Street becomes home to unique vintage shops
Three vintage clothing stores along Sixth Street may share a customer base, but each store retains a clear identity, which helps foster a certain cohesion and friendship among the shops.
NYC transplant lends roots, connections to downtown
Cindy Dach never expected to stay in Phoenix, but a drive to create something new led her to stay. She and her husband, Greg Esser, have become major community players not only downtown, but throughout the Valley.
Fourth annual Pie Social draws hundreds, exceeds attendance expectations
The Pie Social event on Saturday at the Ro2 Lot drew 700 people, 300 more than event coordinator Cindy Dach expected. Fourteen celebrity chefs competed at the event for titles such as best presentation, best taste and best in show.
Volunteers revitalize Growhouse, Roosevelt in A Day for Downtown renovation project
At the 14th annual effort by HandsOn Greater Phoenix to renovate locations throughout Phoenix on Saturday, about 100 people spent the morning painting downtown's Growhouse and fixing up the A.R.T.S. Market lot on Roosevelt Row.
ECCA meeting focuses on proposals for historic Knipe House and nearby properties
City officials and community members are once again deliberating over the future of the historic Knipe House after the plan that was originally chosen was withdrawn. A series of meetings beginning on Wednesday will select a new identity for the properties.
50 food trucks populate Roosevelt Row for second Taste of the Trucks event
Food trucks parked throughout Roosevelt Row this past weekend for the second Taste of the Trucks hosted by the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation. The event grew from 35 trucks last year to 50 trucks over a two-day period this year.
Greg Esser helps launch Last Fridays in Kosovo
Greg Esser, co-founder of Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation, became the link that brought the cultural phenomenon of First Fridays from the Southwestern United States to Eastern Europe. Esser said the task wasn’t too difficult, because the event is highly adaptable.
Roosevelt Row CDC celebrates development with fourth annual Equinox fundraiser
The Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation held its annual fundraiser, Equinox, at Cibo on Thursday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The funds raised by the event will go toward Roosevelt Row programs such as Growhouse, the Roosevelt Row Merchant Association and A.R.T.S., a program that reuses vacant lots, Cea said.
Colorado native works to sustain desert’s livelihood and implement art initiatives
Greg Esser embraced art before he could talk. It started off as drawing, and drawing traced into painting. Painting bled into molding. Molding morphed into wood crafting. Wood crafting carved into sculpting. Sculpting etched a relentless obsession to discover new ways to connect with the world -- and that obsession has not ebbed one bit.
Public art program brings temporary piece to empty lot
Phoenix is jumping on board a public art program with six other Valley cities and will soon install temporary pieces created by local artists.