Building Community
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Founders’ ‘Wildest Dream’
By Christy Krueger – Leap of Faith Leads to Business Success When the home health company that Agnes Poore and…
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Kassers Donate $2.5 Million to Tucson Museum of Art
By Chuck Graham – Latin and Pre-Columbian Collection to Have Own Wing Tucson’s role as a leading arts oasis of…
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Giving Youth a Chance
By April Bourie – Youth On Their Own Guides Homeless & Needy Kids Toward Graduation Talk about grit. Like most…
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Donors Pledge $1 Million Match for January 8th Memorial
Mary Minor Davis – Tucson’s January 8th Memorial is one step closer to reality, thanks to the efforts of several…
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Cradle to Career Benefits Students
By April Bourie – It’s common – almost automatic – for cities and counties in Arizona to rank economic development among…
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Generosity Earns Cole & Jeannie Davis Click for Kids Award
By Steve Rivera – A Couple Helping Kids When Jeannie Davis handed the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson’s Chris…
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Sharing a Passion for Children & Families
By April Bourie – It’s funny how the smallest things can change life so quickly. Kate Maguire Jensen, the new…
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YMCA Military Ball
By Larry Copenhaver – Helping Service Members’ Families For some, a military ball is all about shined shoes, polished…
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Humane Society of Southern Arizona Campaign Underway
By April Bourie – $10 Million Animal Care Campus About 72 years ago, the Humane Society of Southern Arizona was…
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Fisher House Opens in Tucson
By David Pittman – For Families of Hospitalized Military & Veterans It The 66th Fisher House – and first in…
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Tucson’s Jewish history
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman – Holocaust Remembered Linking Past Tragedy to Current Human Rights Issues Along a downtown road less…
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Gootter Grand Slam Exhibition
By Steve Rivera – Doubly Good Tennis October 1st. Bryans, Jensens Highlight Gootter Fundraiser It’s the 10th anniversary of the…
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Wells Fargo Awards $500,000 to Nonprofits
By Larry Copenhaver – Building a Stronger Community Wells Fargo Awards $500,000 to Seven Nonprofits In September Wells Fargo &…
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El Rio Vecinos
By Romi Carrell Wittman – Big Bash Benefits Kids El Rio Vecinos’ Black Tie Block Party Returns El Rio Vecinos…
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Tucson Arts Surviving & Thriving – Economic Impact Exceeds $87.7 Million
By Mary Minor Davis – On a recent Friday night in Tucson, arts enthusiasts could choose to attend one of…
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January Jams – Inaugural Jazz Festival Brings Swing to Tucson
By Chuck Graham – Fletcher McCusker wants to make Tucson cool again. He figures a jazz festival could put some…
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Country Croonin’ Tucson Style – Randy Houser Duos with Visit Tucson
By Gabrielle Fimbres – There could perhaps be no better way to showcase Tucson’s charms than a hot new video…
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TEP Invests in Children – Recipient of Raytheon Spirit of Education Award
By Gabrielle Fimbres – Five-year-old Lily Blewett and her little brother, Luke, dash through Tucson Electric Power’s Electri-City exhibit at…
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Dynamic Design Duo – FORS Defines Downtown Dining
By Kate Maguire Jensen – Tucson architect Sonya Sotinsky says she’s seen exponential change in Tucson’s design scene since the…
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DM50 – To Host Celebration Honoring Davis-Monthan Air Force Base Nov. 10
By David B. Pittman – A special celebration honoring Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and the significant contributions it has made…
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Fab Collaborative – Downtown Co-Working Spot Provides Unconventional Office Space
By Eric Swedlund – Tucson’s newest co-working spot is alive in the historic Rialto Theatre block, a flexible and soon-to-be…
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Loan Fund a Bridge for Nonprofits – Market-level rates relieve cash-flow gaps
By David B. Pittman – Nonprofit organizations aren’t in the business of making money – but that doesn’t mean they…
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‘Free Yourself’ Campaign Connects with Travelers
By Mary Minor Davis – “Free Yourself in Tucson” – a new branding campaign launched by Visit Tucson to increase…
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Foundation Raises Record $500,000 – Provides Life-Saving Devices, Supports Research
By Eric Swedlund – The Steven M. Gootter Foundation, dedicated to preventing death from sudden cardiac arrest, is putting lifesaving…
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Resorts Rebound – Frigid Snowy “Polar Vortex” Boosts Bookings
By Mary Minor Davis – Want to create a great business climate for luring hordes of winter tourists to Tucson…
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Lasting Impressions
By David B. Pittman – That all-important first impression can influence an opinion forever – set it in stone, so…
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Balancing Act – Gymnastics World celebrates 35 years of success
By Valerie Vinyard – Over the years, scads of kids have tumbled through Gymnastics World’s doors. Besides learning balance, discipline…
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High Life Arizona Basketball Soars Again With Sean Miller
By Steve Rivera – Sean Miller said yes. Then he said no. The future of men’s basketball at The University…
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Fans Fund McKale Facelift
By Steve Rivera McKale Center has been a gem in the desert, the home of The University of Arizona men’s…
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$280 Million for Downtown Infrastructure
David B. Pittman – New business development downtown “has hit a frenetic pace,” according to Downtown Tucson Partnership CEO Michael…
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Community Investment Needed to Transform Tucson
By Brent DeRaad Those who attended Mayor Jonathan Rothschild’s State of the City address heard how he and several community…
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Restoring the Glory of Rillito
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman Quarter horse legends have thundered through the starting gates of Rillito Park Race Track since 1943.…
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Pima Community College Talent Pipeline
By Gabrielle Fimbres Lee Lambert grew up on three continents – an experience he says left him adaptable, comfortable with…
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Junior League 80 Years of Women’s Leadership in Tucson
By Tara Kirkpatrick “We were just a group of girls anxious to do something helpful in the city in which…
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Sewailo Oasis Open for Play
By David B. Pittman At a time when only a handful of golf courses are being built or opened in…
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Delight in Flight Count Raises $12 Million for Aviation Museums
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman The sky’s the limit when it comes to what Count Ferdinand von Galen will do for…
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$35 Million Makeover Westin La Paloma Restores Splendor to Iconic Resort
By Mary Minor Davis When Southwest Value Partners announced plans to renovate The Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in…
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Passion for Community
By Valerie Vinyard To describe Humberto Lopez and his wife, Czarina, as philanthropic is an understatement. For years, they have…
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Navigating WWII Memories
By David B. Pittman It happened more than 68 years ago, but Art Schaefer remembers the details as if it…
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Celebrating 50 Years of Mentoring
By Romi Carrell Wittman It was the late 1970s, and Peter Backus had just returned to Tucson after living in…
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Handmaker – A Tradition of Caring Since 1963
By Sheryl Kornman In November, Handmaker celebrates half a century of providing respectful, responsible and medically appropriate care to Southern…
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A Young Urban Hotel
By Sheryl Kornman ALOFT Tucson University by Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide transformed an aging hotel property into a post-modern,…
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BANKING ON DOWNTOWN – 10 REASONS FOR OPTIMISM
By Dan Sorenson The recent settlement between the Rio Nuevo District and the City of Tucson lifted the dark cloud…
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Jewel in the Desert
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman Surely it is the light that first attracts us to this great house of worship. Light…
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CEO of Softball – Candrea Inspires On and Off the Field
By Steve Rivera To say Mike Candrea has inspired through more than a quarter century of coaching at the University…
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Inspiring Young Minds
By Sheryl Kornman In her blue-framed eyeglasses, leopard-print kitten heels and skinny jeans, Kathleen Perkins may look a bit like…
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Acting on Faith
By Stephanie Collins Rev. Barbara Anderson had a vision nearly 30 years ago of creating an organization that would foster…
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Making an Impact
By Romi Carrell Wittman It’s common these days for people to wear many hats in their jobs. Even so, Suzanne…
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Tucson Conquistadores 50 Years, $25 Million
By Joan Liess In 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth, Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points…
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Agent of Change
By Gabrielle Fimbres Ann Weaver Hart scoots across the University of Arizona campus in a golf cart, caught up in…
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Rodeo Corrals Millions for Local Economy
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman Heads up! Come February, Western fever will be contagious. The dust billows, boots get polished and…
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Recharging United Way
By Larry Copenhaver The world may be experiencing an energy crisis – but not the United Way of Tucson and…
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Rich Rod Storms the Desert UA Wins Big in Oklahoma St. Shocker
By Steve Rivera The Whiz Kid from West Virginia has started to work his magic in the Arizona desert. Let…
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El Tour de Tucson Turns 30 Raised $32 Million for Charity
Richard DeBernardis remembers the day as though it was yesterday. It was early July 1983 and he was riding around…
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Small School with a Big Heart
By Teya Vitu – Smarts and a college degree will only get you so far. You have to be able…
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Trending in Tucson Upscale Rentals
By Christy Krueger – A new, upscale rental community called Encantada Riverside Crossing was recently completed on the near west…
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The Loft’s High-Tech Art Vision Celebrating the World through Film
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman – Don’t be fooled by The Loft Cinema’s funky Old Pueblo grit. It only adds to…
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Downtown Rebounds on 2nd Saturdays
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman – Even with streetcar construction underway, is downtown’s trademark event – 2nd Saturdays – still an…
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Arts Stimulate Local Economy and Civic Dialogue
By Monica Surfaro Spigelman – There’s no doubt that arts and culture influence quality of life. Now they also are…
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Women’s Foundation Builds Economic Wellness
By Christy Krueger – A number of local charities have found that by teaming up they can make a greater…
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Energizing Downtown UniSource Energy’s New Headquarters
By David B. Pittman – There’s a new energy in downtown Tucson and it’s emanating from UniSource Energy’s recently constructed…
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Tucson Symphony Orchestra
By Teya Vitu – The Tucson Symphony Orchestra’s future is in the hands of a new executive director whose very…
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