Arizona Forward helps Rio Reimagined begin to take shape
In the 1960s, the Rio Salado wasn’t in good shape. It was largely barren and folks thought the river was dead. With eyes set on creating a point of pride…
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In the 1960s, the Rio Salado wasn’t in good shape. It was largely barren and folks thought the river was dead. With eyes set on creating a point of pride…
From buying and selling homes online to helping emerging fashion designers compete, entrepreneurs in the PHX East Valley not only have reinvented their business models but also transformed their billion-dollar…
By all accounts, the City of Maricopa is just a teenager, celebrating 15 years as an incorporated city in 2018. But its roots date back to the late 1800s, when…
The Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED) has presented 12 Golden Prospector Awards recognizing excellence, innovation and creativity in economic development. Gilbert’s Office of Economic Development and Sun Corridor Inc.…
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities rather than picking one city for its much-ballyhooed HQ2, according to a…
Randi Zuckerberg, an entrepreneur and best-selling author who helped her brother Mark with his startup company Facebook, is the featured guest at NAIOP Arizona’s Signature Speaker Series. The event is…
“Powering Arizona’s Competitiveness: Palo Verde’s Impact on the State’s Economy” will be the topic at the Arizona Association for Economic Development’s (AAED) October luncheon. It will be held on Oct.…
Valley Partnership, the Valley of the Sun’s premier advocacy group for responsible development, has announced that Sunshine Acres Children’s Home will be the 2018 recipient of the Valley Partnership Community…
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), enacted on December 22, 2017, included a provision, commonly referred to as the federal opportunity zones incentive, that, until recently, has…
Opportunity Zones provide investors a new method to defer or eliminate tax on gains that is more flexible than Section 1031 exchanges. While I.R.C. §1031 like-kind exchanges now only permit…
The Rio Nuevo Board voted unanimously Tuesday to contribute $2.4 million to The Gadsden Company to assist in launching a mixed-use project in the Mercado District on Tucson’s West Side. …
Token IQ, Inc., a SaaS blockchain platform for the tokenization of securities and asset backed investment contracts, announced today that it has successfully raised a $1 million seed round led…