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CYCLING CITY U.S.A. Tucson Emerges As Global Leader Loving The Loop El Tour De Tucson Bicycling Events An Epic Business Tucson Origins Heritage Park Bike Riding Builds Life Skills TUGOs Taking Off Look! Save A Life
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BizLETTER From the Publisher BizLOGISTICS Region Lands Amazon Center BizAEROSPACE Raytheon’s $500 Million Expansion BizECONOMY UA Economic Impact – $3.6 Billion BizBIOSCIENCE Positive Economic Potential BizTOURISM Casino Del Sol Renovates AVA Amphitheater Tubac Golf Resort & Spa Receives Honor
WOMEN WHO LEAD 98 BizLEADERSHIP Linda Cormier 100 BizLEADERSHIP Mary Jacobs 103 104
BizAWARDS Dirck Schou of HF Coors Honored in D.C. BizCUISINE King of the Gill: Kingfisher BizHONOR 108 Hall of Fame Coach Gets Statue BizDOWNTOWN 110 Rio Nuevo Gets New Life BizVETERANS 118 Boulder Crest Retreat Arizona 126 128
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BizARTS Kassers Donate $2.5 Million to Tucson Museum of Art BizAWARDS From Ideas Come Realities
ABOUT THE COVER Cycling City U.S.A. Creative Design by Brent G. Mathis
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BizTECHNOLOGY The I.T. Factor – CIO Profiles + Q & As Matt Federoff – CIO, Vail School District Frank Marini – CIO, Tucson Medical Center Jay Nunamaker – MIS Chair, University of Arizona David Diers – VP of Technology, Cox Communications
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BizEDUCATION Tucson Values Teachers’ 10th Anniversary Film Focuses on Teacher Turnover
BizCONSTRUCTION 206 New To Market BizAWARDS 210 Boys & Girls Clubs Honor Sam Fox 212 Cornerstone Building Foundation BizSALES 214 Sales Guru Jeffrey Gitomer 216 218
BizAWARDS Tucson Police Foundation’s ‘Unsung Heroes’ BizTRIBUTE Henry Koffler
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Tucson Airport Authority at 70 Years SPECIAL REPORT 2018
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TUCSON AIRPORT AUTHORIT Y $7.4 Billion Economic Impact
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BFL Construction at 45 Years SPECIAL REPORT 2018
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