By Jessica Troy — It seems oxymoronic to associate summer vacation and travel with Scottsdale. Arizona is infamous for its heat and in the past that has led to plenty of summer vacation escapes and a seasonal slowdown for tourism and local consumer spending. That is increasingly a thing of the past. Just check out Old Town and downtown Scottsdale. … Read More

Additional honorary campaign co-chairs and Steering Committee members have joined the campaign supporting three Scottsdale bond measures on November ballot that bolster public safety, make overdue and essential infrastructure repairs and invest in senior centers, parks and recreation assets. Current Scottsdale City Council members Guy Phillips and Virginia Korte, former Scottsdale Mayor Mary Manross and former City Councilman Robert Pettycrew … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Colorado has now raised $1 billion in state tax revenue from marijuana since legalization in 2014. Phoenix attorney Nicole Stanton has also announced she was joining Harvest Health & Recreation Inc. as vice president and general counsel. Tempe -based Harvest Health is one of the largest cannabis businesses in the country. The money in Colorado and … Read More

By Recker McDowell — More than a decade ago, adaptive reuse was new and easier. Arizona was ground zero for the recession. There were plenty of buildings and properties available and for economic slowdown prices. That allowed for a wave of new restaurants and creative office spaces to sprout and blossom on Seventh Street, Phoenix’s Warehouse District, Tempe and Scottsdale. … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Chandler’s Price Road Corridor is on the verge of taking its regional reputation as a technology hub to another level. Intel is expanding in Chandler with a $7 billion investment its semiconductor fabrication operation. Intel also has an autonomous driving laboratory and research and development in Chandler. Alphabet / Google’s self-driving Waymo also does major testing … Read More

By Recker McDowell — Scottsdale ranks second in the U.S. for summer jobs, according to a new study. The Wallet Hub study ranked cities on summer job opportunities, pay for those jobs, affordability and things to do for younger workers. Scottsdale ranked first on the same list in 2018. Orlando was first this year. Scottsdale’s ranking shows its diversity of … Read More

The Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS (SAAR) has endorsed three Scottsdale bond measures on the November 2019 ballot joining a diverse coalition of community backers. SAAR has more than 9,000 active members and affiliates. It is the largest trade organization in the Northeast Valley. The Scottsdale Area Association of REALTORS supports Question 1, 2 and 3. Those three measures ask … Read More

Recker McDowell — First it was the renderings. Now it is a potential architect. These are but the first of many twists and turns for the Arizona Diamondbacks, their future at Chase Field or potentially a new ballpark. The latest has the D-backs hiring architecture firm HKS to do designs on a possible new ballpark. HKS designed Salt River Fields … Read More

By Recker McDowell — National doughnut day was last Friday. Alien Donuts in Old Town Scottsdale sold out of their inventory that morning. And that is important to Old Town and the experiences it offers to visitors. Alien Donuts opened on Fifth Avenue late last year. It’s become a popular weekend and weekday haunt. Old Town and downtown Scottsdale is … Read More

By Sandy Schenkat — Very few people who live in Scottsdale are natives, so my question to you is – Why did you move here? I chose to move to Scottsdale because of its world class arts and culture and because it is more sophisticated in many respects than other cities.  We all paid for that cache when we purchased … Read More