Arizona’s Corporate Renaissance Makes New Step with New Groundbreaking

We have written extensively about Scottsdale and Arizona’s rise as a manufacturing and corporate hub (get up to date here). The high-tax and high-regulation states that have served as those hubs in the past are getting left in the dust, and Arizona has been one of the biggest beneficiaries of this. A new development is another example of this dynamic … Read More

Arizona can keep the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. But that only solves 1 problem | Opinion

Op-Ed from Supervisor Thomas Galvin, Reposted from the Arizona Republic Arizona has reached a pivotal moment in how we manage our professional sports infrastructure. Key stakeholders involved in the debate over the Arizona Diamondbacks’ future in downtown Phoenix are scheduled to meet this week to discuss legislation to fund stadium improvements. Read the full article here

Arizona Again Becoming a Center for New Businesses with New Development

There has been much ado about President Trump’s tariff announcement a few weeks back. Putting it charitably, it has been…rocky…but lost in all of the partisan bickering is the reality that there is now an incentive to onshore business operations. Whether or not it’s worth it is a subject for an economics blog, but the reality is that some multinational … Read More

A Critical Fundraiser at the World’s Greatest Dive Bar in Arizona’s Coolest Ghost Town: Arizona Community to Rally Behind Cleator Bar & Yacht Club Manager Tina Barnhart With Saturday, April 26 Event

Tight-Knit Town Plans Off-Road Ride, Live Music and Raffle in Support of One of Its Own It’s been said that “If Jimmy Buffet were born in the desert, this is where he’d hang out,” and anyone who’s kicked up their boots at the Cleator Bar & Yacht Club after a long day on the road or the trail likely had the pleasure … Read More

Founders of Scottsdale Community Bank Earn Dual Hall of Fame Honors

Scottsdale Community Bank Founders Frank Jacobson, Joe Garagiola, Jr., Recognized for Extraordinary Leadership, Contributions to Arizona’s Sports & Civic Legacies  Scottsdale Community Bank today announced that two of its founders, Frank Jacobson and Joe Garagiola, Jr., are set to receive some of Arizona’s most distinguished honors. The Arizona Sports Hall of Fame will induct Garagiola into its ranks Thursday, April 10, … Read More

The Fight Against Axon Overreach Makes It to the Capitol

It’s been a long and winding road for Axon in its attempts to force its 1,900 apartment megacomplex (the biggest in state history) onto Scottsdale against its will. Once the people banded together, said “enough is enough”, and got enough signatures to put it to a public vote, Axon knew that it would lose (read our full coverage here). So … Read More