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Chandler Winter Wonderland
Will you be home for the holidays? Thanksgiving weekend come to downtown Chandler and do some ice skating while listening to Dicken’s carolers. Fun for everyone!
1-9 p.m. Public skating on eco-friendly rink at south end of park (skates provided)
1-5 p.m. Holiday crafts activities [...]
Restaurants Are Not a Zero Sum Game
I had the pleasure of participating in a Chandler‘s Local Bites meet up last week. Local Bites allows local Chandler restaurants to get together and solve problems they face and increase awareness for their businesses. They had a panel with [...]
Posted in Personal
Tagged arizona, chandler, Community, dining, downtown, economic development, local bites, restaurants
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Commentary on Whats Wrong With Downtown Phoenix
Last week Tyler Hurst made a post on what’s wrong with downtown Phoenix. There is certainly one thing he got absolutely right, “Downtown Phoenix isn’t about businesses, buildings or parks. It’s about people. Those that live, work and/or play here [...]
Posted in Community, Personal
Tagged arizona, Community, creative class, creatives, downtown, economic development, motivation, phoenix
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The Empire Continues To Grow.. Is It Evil?
There was recently a somewhat glowing review of the ASU downtown campus in the Arizona Republic. However, I think if you look at the numbers, they might be more scary than uplifting. They seem to want to brag about a [...]
How Do We Fix Phoenix? Solutions Are Out There!
A blog I started reading recently and suggested by Chuck Reynolds called Rogue Columnist, is pretty interesting. It highlights a lot of the problems in Phoenix from someone that was raised here pre 1970 and has since moved to [...]
Posted in Community, Gangplank, Personal
Tagged arizona, downtown, economic development, Gangplank, motivation, phoenix, theory
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