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What makes Greater Phoenix so great: Larissa Atkinson

How old are you?  25  How long have you lived in Greater Phoenix?  Since 2017  What city do you currently reside in?  Peoria  Where are you originally from and why’d you decide to move to Arizona?  Northern Colorado, moved here on military orders.  If you graduated from college, where did you attend and what was […]

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Bonelli Doors + Windows relocates manufacturing headquarters...

April 27, 2021

Facility to create new jobs bringing growth and opportunity MESA (April 27, 2021) – Bonelli Doors + Windows has officially relocated its manufacturing headquarters to Mesa, Ariz. The leading aluminum door and window designer and manufacturer has created 35 new jobs with active recruiting to hire at its new 50,000 square foot facility at Landing […]

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Phoenix is a top city for startup operations

Moov Technologies’ HQ shift to Greater Phoenix was...

As Moov Technologies doubled down on Greater Phoenix during the pandemic, it was natural for tech company to move its headquarters from San Francisco to Tempe.

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Ambassador Event: Media Insights, Getting Your Story...

How to get media coverage and better connect with local reporters There are 686 reporters in Greater Phoenix and 570,000+ businesses and municipalities across the state, according to Emsi data. Factor in companies from all over the world, breaking news, statewide and national stories taking precedent; it’s difficult to get your story told as an […]

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The University of Arizona medical center in downtown Phoenix

The doctors are in: Greater Phoenix healthcare education...

Greater Phoenix is quickly becoming a hub of healthcare education by Savannah King Updated: 4/14/21 With more than $3 billion in bioscience capital expenditures earmarked for investment in Greater Phoenix from 2020-22, the region is a thriving biomedical hub for healthcare education. These investments will create more than 7,000 healthcare and biomedical jobs. Fortunately, Greater […]

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Things to know about Arizona’s FinTech Sandbox

Arizona enacted groundbreaking regulatory FinTech Sandbox Updated: 4/8/21 In March 2018, Arizona became the first state in the country to enact a groundbreaking regulatory FinTech Sandbox. Arizona joined countries such as the United Kingdom, Singapore, United Arab Emirates and Australia in encouraging financial technology investment by instituting sandboxes. With the Arizona FinTech Sandbox, startups, entrepreneurs […]

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Meet Burns & McDonnell: Employee-owned engineering,...

A conversation with Burns & McDonnell’s Joel Canchola and William Price III Tell us about your company: Joel Canchola and William Price III: Burns & McDonnell is a family of companies bringing together an unmatched team of engineers, construction professionals, architects, planners, technologists and scientists to design and build our critical infrastructure. With an integrated construction and design mindset, […]

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Why manufacturing companies thrive in Greater Phoenix

Manufacturing in Arizona Updated: 5/18/2022 In Greater Phoenix, manufacturing companies from around the world take advantage of all that our region has to offer. With more than 3,500 manufacturing companies and about 140,375 employees in the region, Greater Phoenix is a growing hub for manufacturing operations with employment that is expected to increase 8% by […]

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Calgary-based APEL Extrusions relocating headquarters...

April 1, 2021

Company purchases 22+ acres for development of $100M facility PHOENIX (April 1, 2021) – Calgary-based APEL Extrusions has purchased 22.6 acres of land at the southeast corner of the new Loop 202 Freeway and Lower Buckeye Road. The property will be the site of a new 323,782-square-foot headquarters and manufacturing facility.  Plans call for North […]

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The six panelists and moderator of GPEC's State of Black Business regional report pose for a screenshot.

Regional Report: State of Black Business

Arizona community leaders discuss Black business report Local. Personal. Immediate. Those were the three key messages from our latest Regional Report in which Black business leaders joined us to discuss findings from the inaugural State of Black Business Report for the State of Arizona, a study led by the State of Black Arizona. “This report […]

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