Month: April 2025
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BizNEWS
Father of the Year Awards Gala Celebrates 30th Anniversary
Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Father’s Day Council Tucson honors men who are successful in their careers and serve as role models…
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BizNEWS
National Geographic Calls Tucson the “Ultimate Star City”
Tucson has the distinction of being named one of the best places in the world to see the night sky,…
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BizNEWS
International Logistics Solutions Opens Immense Warehouse in Tucson
International Logistics Solutions has announced the grand opening of its state-of-the-art 115,000-square-foot warehouse located at 3780 E. Valencia Rd. The…
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BizNEWS
Hughes Federal Credit Union Gets Top Diamond Award
Hughes Federal Credit Union was among 180 credit unions nationwide named winners of the prestigious Diamond Award – the Marketing,…
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BizPEOPLE
Sam Sufi
CBRE announced that Sam Sufi has returned to its Tucson office as a VP. He will focus on capital markets…
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BizNEWS
Gootter-Jensen Foundation Gala to Honor 20 Years of Lifesaving Work, May 9
The Gootter- Jensen Foundation is pulling out all the stops this year to honor its 20 years of life saving…
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BizNEWS
Arizona Names Becky Burke New Women’s Basketball Coach
University at Buffalo’s Becky Burke was named the 10th head coach in the history of Arizona Women’s Basketball by Wildcats’…
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BizPEOPLE
Jeremy Duda
Ventana Canyon Club and Lodge has announced the appointment of Jeremy Duda as its new CEO and GM. With more…
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BizNEWS
Arizona Startups Get Over $50,000 at IdeaFunding 2025 Pitch Competition
IdeaFunding, co-led by Startup Tucson and the University of Arizona Center for Innovation has played a significant role in the…
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BizNEWS
Paragon Space Development Corporation Announces Nina Grigsby as New CFO
Paragon Space Development Corporation® has announced Nina Grigsby as its new CFO. She will lead Paragon’s finance team and report to Paragon…
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BizNEWS
Raytheon Awards Dual-Source Contracts for Solid Rocket Motor Development
Raytheon, an RTX business, has awarded contracts to Nammo and Northrop Grumman for initial phase work on MK72 solid rocket…
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BizNEWS
Simmons Pump & Supply Opens Third U.S. Location in Willcox
Simmons Pump & Supply, one of the nation’s top providers of state-of-the-art pump systems and water well supplies, has opened…
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BizNEWS
Tucson Realtor Jenna Loving Launches New Safety App
Real estate agents know the thrill of closing a deal—but they also know the risks that come with the job.…
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FEATURES
Spring Issue 2025
Tucson 250 Years: Special Commemorative Edition Tucson 250 Years: The history of our presidio dates back thousands of years. With such…
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FEATURES
Tucson Celebrates 250 Years
A Salute to One of North America’s Longest Inhabited Regions By Jay Gonzales With thousands of businesses, some large, some…
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FEATURES
150 Years of Maynard Dixon
Born on a ranch near Fresno, Calif. on Jan. 24, 1875, Maynard Dixon became arguably the premier illustrator, landscape and…
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CENTURY CLUB
The Century Club
By Tara Kirkpatrick What does it mean to last a century? In this commemorative issue, BizTucson is proud to feature…
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FEATURES
Santa Cruz River, Redux
Historic Waterway Could be State’s First Urban National Wildlife Refuge By Tara Kirkpatrick The birthplace and lifeforce of Tucson, the Santa…
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FEATURES
Preserving the White Dove
Financial Support Remains Crucial for Mission San Xavier del Bac By Dave Perry Many might see Mission San Xavier del…
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FEATURES
Transforming Tucson’s Economy
Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR: $459 Million in Brokerage Sales & Leasing By Loni Nannini Over the past 40 years, Cushman…
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FEATURES
Company Culture
Trio of Women Lead the Charge at Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR By Loni Nannini Since it was founded 40…
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FEATURES
Employees as Employers
A Path to Ownership for High Producers By Loni Nannini At Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, employees can sometimes be…
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FEATURES
‘Good Business’
PICOR Charitable Foundation Gifts More Than $1.6 Million to Community By Loni Nannini Commercial real estate isn’t Cushman & Wakefield |…
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FEATURES
JCC Maccabi Games® Return
More than 1,100 Teens to Compete By Loni Nannini Teens from across the nation and beyond will go for the…
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FEATURES
‘Invested to Grow’
Roche Tissue Diagnostics Still Expanding Presence After 40 Years By Dave Perry It’s been decades since Roche employee Jill German…
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FEATURES
A Century-Plus of Care
Carondelet Health Network Celebrates 145 Years in Southern Arizona By Christy Krueger A contagious disease spreading through the U.S., a…
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FEATURES
Q&A with Monica Vargas-Mahar
Market CEO of Carondelet Health Network By Tara Kirkpatrick When Monica Vargas-Mahar joined the Carondelet Health Network in 2021, it was…
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FEATURES
Meeting a Modern Need
Carondelet, El Rio Health Partner to Offer Full Behavioral Health Services By Tara Kirkpatrick In partnership with another venerable and historic…
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FEATURES
Elevated Care
Pima Community College Opens $33 Million Health Professions Complex By Tiffany Kjos Pima Community College’s new $33 million Center of…
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FEATURES
Pima Community College Science & Technology Building
The renovation of Pima Community College’s Science & Technology Building is underway for 2025. The project, which began in January…
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FEATURES
Major Impact
New Projects by Schnitzer Properties Bolster Local Industrial Space By Tom Leyde Schnitzer Properties is betting big on the Tucson…
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GTL HONOREE 2024
Ted Maxwell
2024 Greater Tucson Leadership Man of the Year By Rodney Campbell It’s not easy to catch Ted Maxwell off guard.…
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GTL HONOREE 2024
Calline Sanchez
2024 Greater Tucson Leadership Woman of the Year By Valerie Vinyard With an already impressive resume, Calline Sanchez has one…
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GTL HONOREE 2024
Jonathan Rothschild
2024 Greater Tucson Leadership Founders Award By Rodney Campbell Six years removed from his days in the Tucson mayor’s office,…
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GTL HONOREE 2024
Paloma Santiago
2024 Greater Tucson Leadership Alumni Excellence Award By Sovay Hansen Now, more than ever, local communities need leaders who are…
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FATHERS 2025
Dr. Eric Cornidez
Family, Faith and Caring for the Community By April Bourie Dr. Eric Cornidez wanted to be a doctor since he…
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FATHERS 2025
Tommy Lloyd
Coach, Mentor, Role Model By Steve Rivera Chanelle Lloyd knew early in her relationship with Tommy – and definitely in…
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FATHERS 2025
Jim Tofel
An Everyday ‘Superhero’ By April Bourie The Father’s Day Council chooses its awardees based on their success in business, level…
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FATHERS 2025
Kaukaha “K” Watanabe
Driven, Disciplined Dad By Valerie Vinyard To be honored as a Father of the Year is a pretty big deal.…
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BizTRIBUTE
Ed Honea
Marana’s ‘Biggest Cheerleader’ By Tom Leyde For those who knew him well, he was just “Ed.” A man with a…
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CENTURY CLUB
Hotel Congress
Hotel Congress is the century-old, iconic downtown hotel made famous for its part in the capture of notorious gangster John…
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CENTURY CLUB
El Charro Café
In 1922, in a small building on Church Avenue and East Broadway, the indomitable Monica Flin started El Charro Café—now…
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CENTURY CLUB
Rialto Theatre
The Rialto Theatre got its start in the era of silent films and eventually became a venue for world-renowned entertainers.…
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CENTURY CLUB
Davis–Monthan Air Force Base
Named in honor of Tucsonans and World War I pilots Lt. Samuel H. Davis and Chief Engineer Oscar Monthan, Davis…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson International Airport
When Charles “The Bird Man” Hamilton landed his Curtis Bi-Plane on the bank of the Santa Cruz River in 1910,…
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CENTURY CLUB
Long Realty
Looking for a place to heal his sick wife, Roy H. Long moved to Tucson for its dry climate and…
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CENTURY CLUB
O’Rielly Chevrolet
Frank O’Rielly wanted a business of his own and a product he believed in. In March 1924, he opened O’Rielly…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson Metro Chamber
The voice of business for over a century, the Tucson Metro Chamber was founded in 1896 as the Tucson Grocer’s…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson Association of Realtors®
During its first decade in the early 1920s, the Tucson Association of REALTORS®, then known as the Real Estate Board…
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CENTURY CLUB
Silver Bell Mining District
Over more than 150 years, the Silver Bell Mining District, roughly 35 miles northwest of Tucson, has evolved into a…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson Electric Power
Tucson Electric Power is more than an electric company and has been for years. When the company began providing power…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson High School
Tucson High School was originally founded in 1892, and then re-established in 1906. Though previous schools offered some curriculum, the…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tucson Museum of Art
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block celebrated its century mark just last year. The downtown institution today boasts a…
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CENTURY CLUB
Visit Tucson
It started with the campy Tucson Sunshine Climate Club, which was founded in 1922 and served as a tourism promotion…
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CENTURY CLUB
La Fiesta de los Vaqueros
In this ruggedly stunning region, Tucson’s La Fiesta de los Vaqueros was established in 1925 to celebrate our frontier spirit…
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CENTURY CLUB
University of Arizona
Almost three decades before Arizona was a state, the University of Arizona was founded in Tucson in 1885 with a…
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CENTURY CLUB
Westward Look Resort
In 1912, the year Arizona became a state, William and Maria Watson commissioned a local architect to build a hacienda-style…
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CENTURY CLUB
Tanque Verde Ranch
After the Gadsden Purchase, Don Emilio Carrillo moved his family to Tucson in 1856 and began ranching in the lush…
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CENTURY CLUB
White Stallion Ranch
White Stallion Ranch is one of the premier guest ranches in the United States. Nestled in northwest Tucson, it was…
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CENTURY CLUB
YMCA
YMCA of Southern Arizona was established in 1914 as a gift from the El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Company in…
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CENTURY CLUB
YWCA
Since 1917, the YWCA of Southern Arizona has been at the forefront of the movement to eliminate racism and empower…
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CENTURY CLUB
United Way of Tucson & Southern Arizona
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona was founded in 1922 as the Tucson Community Chest, which was dedicated to…
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BizNEWS
The Chamber of Southern Arizona Hosts Inaugural Kickoff Luncheon May 2
The Chamber of Southern Arizona, the new entity formed by the merger between Sun Corridor Inc. and Tucson Metro Chamber,…
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BizNEWS
Tucson Electric Power Customers to See Summer Savings for Second Year
Tucson Electric Power announced it will be reducing average residential bills by more than $4 per month beginning this summer,…
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BizNEWS
Four University of Arizona Professors Named AAAS Fellows
By Niranjana Rajalakshmi, University Communications Four University of Arizona faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for…
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BizPEOPLE
Lindsay Thomae
Lindsay Thomae is celebrating 12 years of her boutique agency, Thomae Advertising. A Tucson native, Thomae’s deep ties to the…
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BizPEOPLE
Becca Cammack
Tucson Airport Authority, operator of Tucson International Airport and Ryan Airfield has announced the promotion of Becca Cammack to deputy…
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BizNEWS
Sion Power Announces New Production Line, New Leadership
Sion Power, a leader in next-generation lithium-metal battery technology, has taken a significant step toward commercializing its Licerion® battery technology…
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BizNEWS
Pima County to Acquire Historic Kelly Ranch
The Pima County Board of Supervisors has voted 4-1 to acquire 109 acres of historic ranch property adjacent to Catalina…
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BizNEWS
Ballet Tucson to Offer Free Spring Pop-Up Performances
Ballet Tucson has announced an upcoming line-up of free Pop-up performances throughout the Southern Arizona community. These performances provide opportunities…
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BizPEOPLE
Darron Moffatt
Cox Communications welcomes Darron Moffatt as the director of government affairs for Cox in Arizona. Moffatt brings a powerful blend…
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