Economic Development

Following the successful completion of a new Eloy City Hall, attention has now turned to a complete remodel of the old city hall and police facility into a state of the art public safety building to house the Eloy Police Department.

Times Microwave Systems (TMS) has expanded its Mesa, Arizona, manufacturing facility located at the Metro East Valley Commerce Park. The new facility is more than five times larger in size. TMS is one of several Amphenol businesses planned to be located within this industrial park.

Cities and towns are places where people choose to raise families, find gainful employment, operate businesses and contribute to the well-being of their communities.

The William Lampkin Award for Long Term Excellence in Economic Development has been given by the Arizona Association for Economic Development to Lawrence T. Lucero, senior director of economic development for Tucson Electric Power Company, where he has worked 25 years.

Fox Corporation, producer and distributor of news, sports and entertainment content through FOX News, FOX Sports, the FOX Network and the FOX Television Stations, has announced that it will build its new FOX Media Center within the Arizona State University Research Park in Tempe, Arizona.

Workuity, an innovative coworking space, is now open in Chandler at 3133 W. Frye Road. This marks the organization’s second location in Arizona, joining a space in Phoenix that opened in 2017.

Rauch Fruit Juices, Red Bull and Ball Corporation have together been approved for a new, multimillion-dollar facility at the Woolf Logistics Industrial Campus in Glendale, Arizona.

Symboticware Inc., an industry leader of standardized information-based technology to enhance productivity, sustainability, profitability and safety through real-time data management solutions, has opened its U.S./Mexico headquarters in Tucson, Arizona.

Punch Bowl Social will open a 22,000-square-foot location in downtown Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row district in fall 2019.

According to a recent study, downtown Tucson is among the top 10 emerging downtown city centers in the nation. The study identified five key principles – economy, inclusion, vibrancy, identity and resilience – and analyzed more than 100 key data points within the principles to quantify the value of a given U.S. downtown.