Monthly Archives: September 2010

More Possibilities for the Arts in Chandler

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

The Chandler Center for the Arts is getting ready for it’s first season since it’s $6.7 million renovation.  The improvements included several visual improvements including new facade, new carpet and reupholstered seats.  However, the biggest changes were behind the scenes [...]

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All-America City Celebration

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

The City of Chandler was awarded the National Civic League All-America City Award, the award recognizes communities whose citizens work together to identify and tackle community-wide challenges and achieve uncommon results.  Chandler was selected because of it’s work [...]

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Creating Vibrant City Environments for a Thriving State Economy

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Derek Neighbors

I recently sat on a panel at the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Annual Conference.  The topic was Creating Vibrant City Environments for a Thriving State Economy.  I opened with the following.
The truth is that we are seeing a [...]

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