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What makes Greater Phoenix so great: Casey Beauparlant
Tell us a little about yourself: I’ve lived in Greater Phoenix my whole life, and I feel most at home outside among the diverse flora and fauna that the Sonoran Desert has to offer. What city or town do you live in? Gilbert How long have you lived in Greater Phoenix? My whole life! Where […]
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Corning Announces New Cable Manufacturing Facility...
August 30, 2022The facility, supported by AT&T and record broadband demand, will create 250 jobs Corning Incorporated, one of the world’s leading innovators in materials science, announced today it is expanding its manufacturing capacity for optical cable, based on a long-term relationship with AT&T, as the nation’s largest fiber internet provider expands its fiber footprint. Corning will […]
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Poised for flight: Greater Phoenix hosts some of the...
Greater Phoenix, with a swelling army of engineers, is an increasingly favored location for aerospace and defense companies. Boeing’s facility in Mesa, which produces Apache Attack Helicopters, is one of the region’s largest employers with 3,600 workers.
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Building resiliency: Greater Phoenix companies and...
A GPEC Ambassador event COVID-19 altered the way businesses operate, but many in Greater Phoenix managed to adapt and even grow. Recently, we hosted a virtual Ambassador event centered on building resiliency in these challenging times. Four local leaders shared how their organizations’ quickly adjusted operations and adapted in a way that allowed them to […]
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Data Science is fueling the future of economic development
GPEC and cities partner with ASU Cloud Innovation Center to develop tech solutions to increase economic activity; meet needs of Greater Phoenix The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) prides itself on being a data-driven organization, and those efforts have been amplified through the integration of cutting-edge technologies and sciences. The insights gleaned using data science […]
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Gilbert: Town full of talent
Community Spotlight by Savannah King Don’t make the mistake of calling Gilbert a “city.” This community is a town. “We like what a town denotes, which is that there’s a connected way here,” said Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels. Daniels moved to Arizona in 2002 and to Gilbert in 2005. By 2009, she was serving as […]
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What makes Greater Phoenix so great: Joe Bingochea
What’s your first and last name? Joe Bingochea How old are you? 40 What city do you currently reside in? Gilbert How long have you lived in Greater Phoenix? 22 years If you went to college, where did you attend and what was your degree? I attended Rio Salado Community College and completed a Certificate Program […]
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CBRE arranges sale of Gilbert, Arizona flex building
January 8, 2020Phoenix, AZ (December 27, 2019) – CBRE has arranged the sale of a 55,392-square-foot flex industrial/office building in Gilbert, Arizona to the Martinsburg, Pennsylvania-based Curry Supply Company. Curry Supply acquired the property from Silent-Aire of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Rusty Kennedy, Pat Feeney, Dan Calihan and James Cohn of CBRE in Phoenix represented the seller, Silent-Aire, […]
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New GPEC art exhibition showcases Arizona’s inhabitants
Every quarter we partner with artists to curate unique, stunning pieces of art to display and have available for purchase at our office. This quarter we’re excited to highlight Greater Phoenix’s inhabitants of our beautiful state – in an exhibition themed “Arizona Inhabitants.” So let’s get to know the artists and find out everything from […]
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Deploying 5G in Greater Phoenix
How scaling this technology will benefit the regional economy Verizon recently announced that Phoenix is one of 20 cities to run 5G by the end of year, just a year after Sprint announced that they will bring 5G to Phoenix and eight other United States cities. Since Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed AZ House Bill 2365 in 2017 to streamline the deployment of […]
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