FALL 2014
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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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Driving Force for Tucson’s Modern Streetcar – Shellie Ginn Helped Steer Project to Fruition
By David B. Pittman – Though thousands of people played a role in creating Tucson’s Modern Streetcar, none was as…
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Q&A with Michael Varney
By David B. Pittman – When Michael Varney arrived in Tucson to take over the reins of Tucson Metro Chamber…
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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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TMC Launches Joel M. Childers, M.D. Women’s Center
By Mary Minor Davis – With recent hospital-wide improvements under its belt, Tucson Medical Center has unveiled plans for a…
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Changes Ahead for Carondelet Health Network
By Romi Carrell Wittman – A proposed joint venture to take over Carondelet Health Network – Southern Arizona’s only Catholic…
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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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Garage Start-up – Now Flying High
By Dan Sorenson – Look up. Chances are good there is now or soon will be something flying overhead –…
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Rising from the Ashes – Business Booming Since Reopening of Rincon Market
By Larry Copenhaver – Rincon Market is back and better than ever after a devastating kitchen fire threatened to shutter…
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Diagnostics Summit Attracts Global Audience – UA/Miraval Institute Event Provides Pathway to Better Health
By Romi Carrell Wittman – Many of the top medical minds in the country gathered on an early summer evening…
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2014 Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year – David Crowe
By Romi Carrell Wittman – When David Crowe was summoned to the front office, he thought his employees had put…
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2014 Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year – Claudia Zanes
By Romi Carrell Wittman – You probably know Claudia Zanes. You see her on television. You see her face on…
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Therapeutic Trailblazers – TROT Celebrates 40 Years of Miracles
By Mary Minor Davis – In 1973, Barbara Rector had a near-death experience when the horse she was riding in…
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Balloon with a View
By Eric Swedlund – Tucson’s World View Enterprises completed a scaled test of its commercial spaceflight balloon this summer, setting…
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Downtown Health Gem – El Rio’s Congress Street Site Offers Quality Care
By Romi Carrell Wittman – When you walk into the new El Rio Congress Health Center at 839 W. Congress…
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Q&A with Tony Penn
By David B. Pittman – Tony Penn, president and CEO of the United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona, is…
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Healthy at 75 – Local Touch Helps Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Thrive
By Gabrielle Fimbres – The year was 1939. Judy Garland enthralled audiences in “The Wizard of Oz,” Superman flew off…
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Affirmed – Quarles & Brady Marks Three Decades as a Legal Force
By Tara Kirkpatrick – Quarles & Brady celebrates its 30th anniversary in Tucson this year with a distinguished legacy of…
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Certified Success – Accounting Firm Celebrates 20 Years of Service
By Pamela Doherty – It was 1994 when CPAs Carla Keegan, Chris Linscott and Tony Kenon saw the writing on…
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From Afghanistan to Tucson – Davis-Monthan Welcomes New Commander
By David B. Pittman – U.S. Air Force Col. James P. Meger, who recently served a yearlong tour of duty…
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FALL ISSUE 2014
From The Publisher – Streetcar Named Prosperity Tucson’s Modern Streetcar ignited $900 million in investments along a four-mile route that…
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Accelerating the Local Economy
By David B. Pittman – The business of the Tucson Metro Chamber is business. It’s about serving small business and…
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Wear it Well Style Mavens Present Tucson Fashion Week
By Valerie Vinyard – Sitting at a table at Goodness, a juice bar and restaurant on Campbell Avenue, Melanie Sutton…
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Streetcar Sparks Renaissance – Development Booms Along Four-Mile Route
By David B. Pittman – It could be called a streetcar named prosperity. Even before it carried a single passenger,…
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Mister Car Wash CEO Eyes Fortune 100 Listing From Reborn Site
By Larry Copenhaver – John Lai, CEO of the nation’s largest full-service carwash, finds himself backed into a corner –…
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Banner Health Deal for Tucson – Phoenix-Based Nonprofit to Handle Operations for UA Medical Facilities
By Dan Sorenson – Massive changes in the healthcare landscape today are inevitable. That’s why Banner Health – a highly…
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Top of the World – Vivace Thrives in Foothills
By Edie Jarolim – Daniel Scordato is on top of the world these days – literally as well as figuratively.…
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New Game in Town – PGA TOUR Champions Tour Replaces Match Play
By Steve Rivera – For Tucson golf fans it’s in one era and out the other. After eight years in…
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