What does Phoenix have in common with Bologna, Bristol, Houston, Izmir, Lyon, Milan, Montréal, Naples, Rome, San Francisco and São Paulo? All 12 of these cities are participants in the 2022 C40 Reinventing Cities Competition. C40 is a collaborative network of about 100 mayors from cities around the world whose focus is to devise sustainability … Read more
After being one of 17 Mayors (including Phoenix’s Kate Gallego,) to send a letter to Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellin requesting additional funds for Emergency Rental Assistance, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero announced on February 28 that Tucson and Pima County have received a combined total of $22 million (through “reallocated DES funds) to help local … Read more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego’s has a new Chief of Staff running her office. After serving with distinction as the Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the fifth largest city in the United States for three years, Lisa Fernandez, a trusted advisor of Ms. Gallego for over a decade, is moving on for new opportunities. … Read more
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego had a lot to talk about at the United States Conference of Mayors this week in Washington D.C. First, she touted how the recruiting of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) has led to other foreign companies setting up operations in Phoenix, including the the breaking ground this week of Sunlit Chemical. … Read more
What does Phoenix have in common with cities like: Amman, Jordan. Bogata, Colombia Butuan, Philiippines. Istanbul, Turkey. Hermosillo, Mexico. Freetown, Sierra Leone Kigali, Rwanda. Kumasi, Ghana. Paterson, USA Rochestor, Minnesotta. Rourkela, India. Vilnius, Lithuania. Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Wellington, New Zealand. All 15 Cities are the 2021 winners of the 2021 Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Mayor’s Challenge. … Read more