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Glendale selected for Red Bull facility BY DARRELL JACKSON Glendale Star Staff Writer
NEWS...............8 West, East Valley Realtors groups approve merger
As the city of Glendale continues to rebound from near bankruptcy, RRB Beverage Operations Inc. announced plans March 13 to build a new manufacturing plant within city limits. The facility is set to open in the first quarter of 2021. Red Bull, Ball Corporation and Rauch Fruit Juices will partner on construction of the plant, which will be at the southeast corner of Reems Road and Peoria Avenue. “The partners originally contacted the state and the (Arizona Commerce Authority) because of some state incentives,” City Manager Kevin Phelps told The Glendale Star.
“They then passed on the lead and we showed them the site.” Ball currently has a site near Van Buren Street and 51st Avenue, but Phelps said the city’s economic development department had major work to do to help secure a deal for another facility. “(Economic development) and staff put together an incentive package and timeline. One of their biggest decision makers to selecting a site was getting shovels in the ground so (the facility) could be open in the first quarter of 2021,” Phelps said. “They had to be convinced that whatever city they selected could deliver on their timeline of opening in 2021.” The companies will fill cans in the
ERA falters at Capitol FEATURES .... 13
Banner Nurse climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro for 73rd birthday
OPINION ................... 10 FEATURES ................ 12 RELIGION.................. 18 SPORTS .................... 20 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ................................... 24 YOUTH ...................... 26 BUSINESS ................ 28 CLASSIFIEDS............ 31
March 21, 2019
700,000-square-foot building, which is expected to add 140 new jobs to the city when it opens. Phelps said at least a third of them will be high-wage jobs, offering salaries upward of $60,000. “Sometimes you need catalysts to accelerate what you’re doing,” Phelps said. “I think this is clearly going to be a catalyst.” During the first meeting between city staff, Red Bull, Ball Corporation and Rauch Fruit Juices, Phelps pulled out all the stops to convince them Glendale would be the perfect fit. In addition to himself, “anyone who would be remotely connected with this project was at that first meeting,” he said. SEE CANNING PAGE 3
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A bid to force a vote on having Arizona ratify the Equal Rights Amendment faltered recently when Republicans refused to allow it. The 16-13 vote against suspending the rules to permit a vote came after even three Republicans who are cosponsors of SCR 1009 refused to side with the Democrats who sought an immediate vote; a fourth was absent. Their support would have provided the margin of support to require a vote. One of them, Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale, said afterward she still supports the ERA. SEE ERA PAGE 6
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