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
Phoenix is continuing its embrace of sustainable technologies and initiatives that will enable the fifth largest city in the United States to utilize additional clean energy sources and technologies as well as reduce air pollution and the effects of lingering summer heat waves. The city has already committed to zero net emissions by 2050 … Read more
The recent technology boom and lower living costs than cities like New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles has been a high paying jobs boom to both Phoenix and Tucson over the last several years. In a study conducted by the real estate company Stressa (and reported by KTAR,) Phoenix and Tucson, from 2015 to 2020, … Read more
2021 was both a rewarding and challenging year for Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, the Phoenix City Council, and local residents. The fifth largest city in the country made gains in rising economic growth and business expansion, combatting the Coronavirus, becoming a Mecca for Bioscience and Future Technologies, and emerging as a leader in sustainability-clean energy … Read more