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All-America City Celebration
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 [...]
Employee Volunteering and Community Engagement Programs
I was asked to speak at a human resources brown bag for the Arizona Technology Council on Employee Volunteering and Community Engagement Programs. The concept of a program for this seemed foreign to me even though I have consulted at [...]
Downtown Chandler Sunsets Getting Better Looking
Jim Phipps caught a glimpse of what kind of skyline downtown Chandler has in it’s future during sunset. Even with a low resolution consumer grade camera, the view can be magical.
Definitely getting excited for construction to be complete and the [...]
Phoenix Urbanites Cry Sprawl Foul, but Remain Most Guilty
A few times recently I have seen/heard Phoenix Urbanites disparage outside cities in derogatory terms using “sprawl” as their verbal assault of choice. Oddly the facts, don’t line up with their dogma.
Let’s look at total population, population density (people per [...]
Posted in AZ, Chandler
Tagged arizona, chandler, Community, downtown, economic development, phoenix
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Chandler Chamber : State of the Schools Luncheon
I have been slow in getting down content I have been collecting. I am trying to change that but I just hate writing. Recently I attended the Chandler Chamber : State of the Schools luncheon (April 22nd). [...]
Chandler Ostrich Festival
The Parade Kicks off this weekend in Downtown! We are excited as this will be right outside of new Gangplank 3.0 building.
The Thorobred Chevrolet Ostrich Festival Parade will kick-off the Ostrich Festival on Saturday morning, March 6th, 2010 at 10:00 [...]
Chandler Mardi Gras Event
Downtown Chandler will be transformed into the “Big Easy” for one magical night on Saturday Feb. 6, as the Downtown Chandler Community Foundation hosts its first Mardi Gras Festival.
The event will include a parade, street festival, strolling musicians, costume contest [...]
Posted in Chandler, Personal
Tagged chandler, di sciacca, downtown, gambling, mardis gras, music, party, san marcos
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Live Music in Downtown Chandler
One of the things we were hoping would happen in moving Gangplank to downtown Chandler and getting the recording studio setup was more live music. The great news is that the process is already well under way. Every weekend you [...]
Art in Unlikely Places / Downtown Revitalization
Revitalizing an area and encouraging urban infill is about more than attracting new business to a location. It really is about building community and getting people involved. One thing I love about downtown Chandler’s effort is that they understand that [...]
Posted in Chandler, Creativity
Tagged art, chandler, Community, downtown, economic development, photography
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Downtown Chandler Events for January
Stupid Monday Movies
Every Monday @ San Tan Brewery (9pm)
Mutants, Freaks, and Nerds tend to inhabit the SanTan Brewery, and that’s just the Staff! Watching bad movies is generally a guilty secret for most people. Anyone who has seen Point Break [...]
