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BOOM CONTINUES Tucson housing is a seller’s market

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BY JOSH JACOBSEN AND MICHAEL GUYMON

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The Tucson Restaurant Advisory Council keeps Tucson cooking

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n March of 2020 I was honored to be asked to take part in the Tucson Restaurant Advisory Council.

The purpose of the TRAC is to create a diverse body of operators in the restaurant industry, to work together to navigate the pandemic.

Over the last year, the TRAC’s members have been strong advocates for the restaurant industry. I have benefitted greatly by being able to help craft positions on upcoming legislation, meet with our community leaders to provide input on issues that impact both the city of Tucson as well as Pima County, and be a voice in conversations that look beyond the pandemic.

One of the programs created under the TRAC’s guidance is “keeptucsoncooking.com.” This campaign promotes restaurants like mine and is a great resource for the public to get up-to-date information about all of the safety protocols in place and what our local restaurant operators are doing to keep our community as protected as possible. The TRAC hopes to serve you soon!

- Josh Jacobsen, Lucky Wishbone/ Arizona Sunland Foods

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arch 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the government mandated closures of non-essential services.

It is interesting, and a bit solemn, to think back to that time when restaurants, bars, gyms, museums and other attractions were ordered to close their doors, sending our economy into a downward spiral.

Since then, we have been hard at work with the help of Josh and many other

restaurants under the leadership of Ray Flores from El Charro/Charro Vida/ Barrio Charro/etc. to promote, support and advocate on behalf of all restaurants.

Some examples of that assistance include: • Access to SBA representatives, accountants and advisors to successfully apply for PPP, EIDL, Somos Uno Tucson Resiliency Fund and other financial loans and grants • Reaching a compromise with Pima County on their Proclamation regulating restaurants, bars, gyms and other activities • Creating and administering the Masks Mean Business campaign to promote safety and cleanliness within restaurants and other retail establishments • Working with the City and County on their curfew policies and ensuring those policies do not negatively affect all businesses • Collaborating with the Arizona Restaurant Association on legislation, like HB2773 that would allow to-go cocktails for restaurants and bars, to jointly promote policies that remove government barriers As Josh mentioned, our Keep Tucson Cooking campaign is the next iteration of our efforts to, well, keep Tucson cooking. This new site includes interviews with restaurant owners and chefs, and the deals all of our restaurant

members are promoting to help drive business to their establishments.

Our keeptucsoncooking. com site also houses all social media posts that include the hashtag #keeptucsoncooking. We encourage you to post photos and experiences from your favorite locations and include #keeptucsoncooking so others can be inspired to share in those dining excursions.

I would be remiss if I didn’t include another partner in all of this - the Tucson City of Gastronomy (TCOG). Since our community won that award, the first community in North America to receive such a UNESCO honor, our food scene and culture has been recognized internationally. TCOG shares our passion for supporting our hard-working restauranteurs and chefs and regularly meets with our group to tout Tucson’s unique culinary scene.

TRAC is only one component of the work we complete at the Tucson Metro Chamber to Champion our business community. We hope you continue to support all of our restaurants, small and local businesses as we make our way through this pandemic. Together we will rebuild our economy and together we will Keep Tucson Cooking.

Michael Guymon is vice president of the Tucson Metro Chamber ITB

WEEKLY TOP

BY LISA LOVALLO

Spring cleaning tips for your tech

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pring is just around the corner and spring cleaning is on many of our to-do lists while we are spending more time at home.

Studies show that getting organized calms anxiety, and makes us feel more energized and productive. Give your technology a clean sweep while you’re at it, especially if you are teleworking, so your devices will continue to run smoothly and quickly.

Run updates. Don’t keep ignoring those notifications that updates are available. Updating your device to its latest operating system will ensure that bugs are fixed, and your device runs as efficiently and quickly as possible.

Back up your data. In general, make sure all your devices back up to the cloud every 24 hours.

According to experts, you need to manually back up your computer any time you upload something you don’t want to lose, like family photos or important documents.

Cox Business offers peace of mind with Security Suite and Online Backup solutions.

Clear your cache. This essentially hits refresh on your browsing history, which gets rid of the “cookies” that companies use to track your activity, and helps your device run faster.

Delete old data. On your phone, delete text threads over a year old, erase your call history and clear old voicemails. This will help clear up storage space on your devices.

Protect your device.

Make sure you’re using an anti-virus/

anti-malware software or a firewall of some kind on all Internet-enabled devices, particularly your computers.

Set up two-factor authentication.

Two-factor authentication requires anyone logging in to your accounts to enter a security code that is sent to the contact number or email address on file for you. This makes it harder for hackers to access your information.

Update your passwords. If you’re still using “Password123,” you’re putting your information at serious risk. Pick a different password for each website, application, or social media platform you log into.

Auto-sort emails.

Most email providers make it easy to keep your email organized automatically through multiple filters or inbox categories.

Unsubscribe. Most of us have been automatically enrolled in a mailing list we never wanted to join and unsubscribing from these individually can get overwhelming very quickly. Use a service like unroll.me to unsubscribe from emails you no longer want to receive.

Clean your tech.

It’s especially important now to regularly clean high-touch items, including your phone, laptop and remotes. Use disinfecting wipes to keep your tech clean and avoid sharing devices with others.

Lisa Lovallo, a Tucson native, is the Southern Arizona market vice president for Cox Communications. Cox has been serving communities in Arizona since 1995 and maintains more than 15,000 miles of network in the state.

Reach her at lisa.lovallo@cox.com.

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Lisa Schriner Lewis was appointed commissioner to the Pima County Superior Court. The attorney is a shareholder at Waterfall Economidis Caldwell Hanshaw & Villamana, where she’s devoted to all aspects of family law. Lewis also represents children as a Best Interests Attorney, Court Appointed Child’s Attorney, and Family Court Advisor. Additionally, she’s acted as a judge pro tempore for the Superior Court’s family law bench since 2012.

Lewis currently conducts family law clinics through Step Up to Justice, where she provides pro bono counsel for low-income and self-represented litigants. She also volunteers with Southern Arizona Legal Aid’s Volunteer Lawyer Program, representing low-income clients in dissolution and custody cases and supervising law students assisting clients with various family law matters.

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The United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona announced Kristen Kvaran is one of two recipients of this year’s Literacy Champion Awards at their 16th Annual Business Leaders for Early Education Breakfast.

Kvaran is currently the Director of Tanque Verde Community Preschool in the Tanque Verde Unified School District. She opened the preschool after completing a study tour of the infant/toddler and preschool programs in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 2019.

Kvaran has a Masters in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education from Northern Arizona University. She also has experience and certification in special education.

Green Vally’s Santa Cruz Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Campus is pleased to announce acute care nurse practitioner Niyati Patel has joined their experienced health care team. She is a board-certified nurse practitioner with American Nurses Credentialing Center and is a licensed registered nurse and advanced practicing registered nurse by the Arizona State Board of Nursing. Patel also has more than eight years of nursing experience in medical oncology and trauma general surgery. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Northern Arizona University and her master’s at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Haley Carolin is United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona’s second recipient of this year’s Literacy Champion Awards at their recent annual Business Leaders for Early Education Breakfast.

Carolin is a third-grade teacher at Keeling Elementary School. She graduated from the University of Arizona with Magna Cum Laude honors in 2014 and began teaching professionally at Keeling Elementary soon after. After teaching for seven years, Carolin said she loves helping students discover their own interests to develop intrinsic motivation. Her passions include traveling the world, baking and teaching.

Coldwell Banker Realty is pleased to announce Lysandra Castillo has associated with their Tucson/Foothills office as an affiliate agent. She is joining her husband’s sales team, the Castillo Real Estate Group, which is affiliated with the same brokerage.

“Having been on the other side of maintaining property value for planned communities, I now get the chance to help clients find their dream home,” said Castillo. “Being able to partner up with my husband as an affiliate with Coldwell Banker has been an absolute accomplishment.”

Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Realty, Castillo was an on-site HOA Manager for Tucson Estates.

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The Pima County Superior Court is pleased to announce the appointment of Randi Burnett as one of its new commissioners, along with Lisa Schriner Lewis and Jennifer Espino. They will be filling the vacancies left by Hon. Lisa Abrams and Hon. Laurie San Angelo, both promoted to Superior Court judges, and the retirement of Commissioner Susan Kettlewell.

“Each is eminently qualified in her own right,” Presiding Pima County Superior Court Judge Kyle A. Bryson said. “They have an impressive depth and breadth of experience. I am confident they will serve the bench with honor and dignity.”

Burnett is an attorney at The McCarthy Law Firm representing individuals in dissolution, paternity, child support, post-decree, and third-party rights cases. She is also a volunteer attorney and former founding member of Step Up to Justice, a Pima County-based pro bono civil legal services organization. Additionally, Burnett has served as a Pima County Superior Court judge pro tempore and an arbitrator for civil law cases.

In 2019 Burnett was named one of Tucson’s 40 under 40 and, in 2015, was the recipient of the Champion for Children and Families Award from Arizona’s Child and Family Resources organization recognizing those whose “hands-on efforts” have been an “inspiration…for a better world for children and their families.”

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Tucson housing market continues boom; Oracle Road work on horizon Christina Duran Inside Tucson Business

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he Tucson real estate market, barring any world economic setbacks or disasters, will continue its current boom, said CEO of Tucson Association of REALTORS Randy Rogers at the 2021 Greater Oro Valley Economic Outlook on Thursday, March 4.

“We’re in Southern Arizona and the real estate market is hot,” Rogers said.

The median price on homes has increased, while their average days on the market have decreased.

The average price on homes is $70,000 higher than last year, said Rogers, while it takes less than a month to sell a home after placing it on the market.

Rogers said that while low interest rates and Tucson’s warm climate in comparison to other places around the nation have contributed to the hot housing market, the most

striking element is low inventory.

“When you don’t have inventory there’s not much you can do,” Rogers said.

Those people who were unable to buy homes can now afford a home with low interest rates, and if they had a home before, they are able to gain some value and upgrade to another home.

During the pandemic, sellers should look at where they are in their “life cycle” and buyers should look at affordability.

Rogers said it’s a great time to sell, if homeowners are willing to sell and face the challenge of renting before buying their next home.

“You’re willing to spend a year traveling around the country in an Airstream?” asked Rogers. “Go for it. Put your house on the market. It’s a great time to do it.”

As for buyers, Rogers said be prepared to offer over and above the asking

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affordability, with median home prices rising dramatically in a 12-month period.

“How does somebody afford a home in our community?” asked Rogers.” That’s not a builder taking it on. It’s not just the elected officials. It is a joint process and it’s a real problem.”

CHALLENGES TO BUILDERS With the onset of the pandemic, home builders This heat map represents the percent of change in Tucson metro median sales prices from have faced a shortage of November 2019-January 2020 to November 2020-January 2021, by zip code. Courtesy Long Realty Company / Kevin Kaplan. material, labor challenges, and a slow down to the start of building, said Anprice, maybe several thou- that one.” see some changes. jela Salyer, vice president sand dollars above, while While the business is With an ease of restricand division manager of also making an “as is” offer cyclical, Rogers believes we tions, changing school Mattamy Homes. without concessions. may not see the huge ups systems and jobs coming “We just can’t move to “Maybe some things and downs of years past. back, people who otherwise get a start as quickly as we that you would like to ask The market may not see would not move during could before,” said Salyer. for. ‘Oh I’d like them to much change for the next the pandemic may move, “Due to a backlog in the upgrade the kitchen or three to six months, as Rogers said. municipalities, workforce. appliance or tear out the economists predict interest However, he continues carpeting,’” Rogers said. rates will not rise on a na- to affirm the need between We don’t have the labor to “They won’t have to do that tional level, but in one to cooperation of businesses get as many starts in the ground.” because there’ll be another two years, with a return to and local elected officials offer waiting right behind “normalcy,” Tucson could to address the problem of See HOUSING MARKET, P11

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Pima JTED Expanding Healthcare Training Opportunities As Local Demand Continues To Increase Jeff Gardner Inside Tucson Business

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s the world is more focused than ever on the importance of medical professionals, local high school students are gaining more opportunities to explore and experience the growing healthcare industry. Pima JTED, a technical education district comprising 14 local high schools, is expanding its Health Care Professions program with two new options: Comprehensive Health Care Technician and Pharmacy Technician.

For Pima JTED Health Care Professions program manager Beth Francis, the expansion is a long time coming, and especially critical in the time of COVID. “I’d been thinking of this for maybe three to five years,” Francis said. “And then COVID hit and I was trying to be very creative with programs we could do virtually and then move

into a hybrid learning model where the kids can gain their skills and then still be competent and have patient safety in mind.”

The Comprehensive Health Care Technician emphasis, which started August 2020, allows high school students to earn three certifications that can lead to direct employment in the medical field: Certified Phlebotomy Technician, Electrocardiogram Technician and Electronic Health Record Specialist.

The program is available for high school juniors and seniors, and the inaugural Comprehensive Health Care Technician cohort includes 44 local high school students.

The Pharmacy Technician emphasis, which will begin August 2021, teaches students to prepare and provide medications to patients, and work on a team to manage pharmacy operations. The program is available for high school

seniors.

Also including specialties like Health Care Foundations, Health Information Technology and Licensed Nursing Assistant, Pima JTED’s broader Health Care Professions program is growing alongside the needs of the local healthcare industry.

“We’re seeing shortages and a need in a lot of different pathways,” Francis said. “It’s not just nursing anymore. It’s medical doctors, pharmacists, physical therapists, electronic health records. We are seeing a massive growth in all these different professions, and what we try to do here at JTED through working with our community partners is to talk to them about their needs—what is happening in the healthcare field and how can we assist you by providing entry-level education and certification to get these kiddos in the pipeline.”

The classes are offered at

multiple JTED-affiliated locations, including JTED Camino Seco, Cholla High School, and the University of Arizona’s tech park The Bridges. The healthcare programs are offered to all students at high schools connected to Pima JTED, which actually stretches beyond Pima County and into locations like Nogales and Mammoth-San Manuel.

But outside the classroom, JTED also partners with local hospitals like Tucson Medical Center, Carondelet, Northwest and Oro Valley hospital, and Banner to provide students with direction out of the program.

According to Francis, 93% of the students in JTED’s healthcare programs go on to post-secondary education in the healthcare industry, such as other certifications and training, which is another reason JTED is expanding these healthcare certification

Students in Pima JTED’s Comprehensive Health Care Technician program can earn Phlebotomy Technician, Electrocardiogram Technician and Electronic Health Record Specialist certifications. Bigstock image.

programs.

“It’s really about working with the community and our healthcare partners to figure out where the gap is, to supply future workers,” Francis said. “I’m not just putting a program together because it’s a cool program, but because it’s really needed in our community.”

The Pima Joint Technical Education District was established in 2007 and offers tuition-free programs

to qualified sophomore, junior and senior-level high school students who may earn high school credit, college credit, industry certifications and/or a state license. Other programs and classes include carpentry, software development, music production, dental assisting, photography, construction technology, cosmetology, aviation technology, digital communications, HVAC and more.

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Legendary local banker Mike Hard dies at 84 Jim Nintzel Inside Tucson Business

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ichael Wales Hard, an Easterner who traveled to the West to seek his fortune and build his family, died on Sunday, Feb. 28. He was 84.

Michael was born and raised in Bay Shore, Long Island. He attended Connecticut’s Pomfret School before heading to Yale, where he studied English Literature. Captain of the rowing team, his boats won the Yale-Harvard race three years in a row and raced in England’s Henley Royal Regatta.

It was while he was at Yale that he made his first trip to Arizona to visit Kathy Lockett. The two had been introduced earlier by their parents while the Locketts were visiting the East Coast. It was the beginning of a lifelong romance, and Michael and Kathy were married in Tucson in 1959.

Michael would later remember arriving in Arizona after leaving behind a dreary and cold New York.

“Stepping out of that plane into the soft desert air, I thought, my God, this is amazing,” he said.

After his wedding, Michael began a threeyear stint in the U.S. Navy that included a trip to the waters outside Cuba during the 1962 Missile Crisis.

When he left the Navy, Michael began a career

East Coast Yale graduate who rowed and sailed and loved opera,” Jennifer remembers. “He worked hard, but then also took us kids on so many adventures. Mom and Dad always took us on vacations to places like California, England, France. Every year we’d go camping in Rocky Point with a big group of families. I remember just enjoying riding with my dad in his big ‘bank car,’ as we’d call it, listening to NPR or classical music. All of us kids aspired to be like him.”

His son Chris Hard remembers that Michael Michael Hard in retirement. Courtesy photo. pushed through whatever challenges came his way without complaint, includworking with the Valley Foundation. He brought ing the pain he felt most National Bank, embracing home numerous awards, of his life because of his the bank’s commitment including the Tucson Metarthritis. “to be deeply involved ro Chamber’s Man of the “I admired Dad for how in our communities and Year in 2000. he lived,” Chris said. “His support them with both For all his accolades in our resources and our time the community, family was arthritis began in his early 30s so he had to deal with to make Arizona a better at the center of Michael’s its progression for his place,” as he once said. life. His son Mike Hard Michael was deeply com- Jr. remembers his dad as a entire adult life. You would mitted to the community. kind and curious man who never know it though; dad just got on with it with inIn his position at the bank, was always engaged in his tegrity. That was Dad’s way. he made a point of know- life. “He was a quiet and Do what you love, in the ing everyone at branches steadfast role model by across the state. He helped example,” Mike said. “He community you love, with the ones you love and, in launch the Tucson Maridefines my image of what it achi Festival and was on the means to be a father and a the end, you lead a full and brilliant life.” board of several organiza- husband.”

Outside of his family, tions including the Brown His daughter Jennifer Michael had a dynamic Foundation, the Museum Hard—who, in full dissocial circle.

He and Kathy of Northern Arizona, the closure, happens to be my were founding members Southwestern Foundation, wife—said her father was of the legendary Saturday Up With People, the Fiesta a larger than life figure Bowl, the Tucson Airport who showed his family the Night Eating, Drinking and Carousing OrganiAuthority, the Community world. zation (aka SNEDCO).

Foundation of Southern “We grew up on this Arizona and the Amerind wonderful mythology of the The group enjoyed many

a weekend night hosting parties in their homes and traveling together.

Michael stuck with Valley National Bank through its change to Bank One, running the Southern Arizona organization. After his 2002 retirement, he split his time between his home in Tucson and a house in Flagstaff built by Kathy’s father, Clay Lockett.

Even in retirement, Michael was not someone who was content to sit back and relax. He and Kathy traveled across the globe, and he continued to serve on several Arizona boards.

During summers in Flagstaff, he spent many hours tending to the old house and raking pine needles to protect it from fire danger.

While he was a good judge of character, Michael rarely had a bad thing to

say about anyone. A registered Republican, he would often throw his support to local politicians from the other side of the aisle such as Gabby Giffords and Steve Farley.

“For a towering figure, he was so down to earth,” Farley remembers.

Michael battled cancer in recent years, facing it with his typical quiet strength and dignity. Even at the end, he was at peace with his fate. He died surrounded by a loving family in his Catalina Foothills home and will be much missed by his family and friends.

He is survived by his wife, Kathy, his brother, David, his three children, Michael Jr. (wife Chinita) Christopher (wife Erika) and Jennifer (husband Jim), and his seven grandchildren. ITB

Michael Hard as captain of the Yale Rowing team. Courtesy photo.

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Now in Arizona: Hope Delivered Every 10 Seconds day (about one every 10 seconds) Arizonans have come together in a colossal act of love. y all accounts, AriThis is exactly why, zona has had a rough when state leaders called time through the on Blue Cross Blue Shield COVID-19 pandemic. A of Arizona to get involved staggering loss of more in early January, we said than 15,000 Arizonans, “yes.” In less than two punctuated by devastatweeks, we mobilized our ing economic and mental team to join the single health impacts, left our largest and most important state reeling. public health effort our Vaccinations mean that nation has seen during the hope is here, and Aripandemic. We mobilized zona’s recovery has been to assist. We mobilized to jumpstarted with one serve. And most imporof the highest-volume, tantly, we mobilized to 24/7 vaccination sites in deliver hope. the country at State Farm We anticipated the huge Stadium in Glendale. With effort and are humbled more than 8,000 vacto be part of this highly cines administered every effective public-private

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partnership. What we did not anticipate was how much we would be touched by witnessing the absolute best of humanity in action.

Thousands of individuals, most of who are volunteers, have worked around the clock to help administer a dose of hope to more than 300,000 Arizonans in less than six weeks.

Working nine-hour shifts, some overnight, on their feet in the rain, sun, cold and even desert hailstorms, these volunteers tell us how honored they are to serve in a role that has so much purpose.

They experience words of thanks and tears of joy and relief every day, along with being witnesses to a

monumental time in our country’s history.

President Biden and Vice President Harris recently took a virtual tour of the vaccination operations at State Farm Stadium.

Calling the 24/7 vaccination operation “amazing,” President Biden and Vice President Harris pointed to the teamwork as an example of unity, saying, “We have never failed as a country when we’ve done things together.” Administering more than 20% of all COVID-19 vaccines in Arizona, the impressive vaccination results at State Farm Stadium to-date would not have been possible without a tireless team.

Together with feder-

al partners, including the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Guard, along with state leadership from the Governor’s Office, the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, and the Arizona Department of Health Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona employees and their families and friends have volunteered to help make this a national model of an efficient and streamlined vaccination clinic. We joined hospitals, the Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State University, Walgreens, the Ben and Catherine Ivy Foundation, the City of Glendale, and more with the shared goal

of working together to win the COVID battle.

A true testament to the grit and resilience of our community, Arizona has managed to move from a time of hopelessness and uncertainty to becoming a role model of strength and unity. While we need to stay vigilant and still have a long road ahead, standing shoulder to shoulder against an enemy we cannot even see will lead us to victory. This is genuine, authentic love in action, and it changes us all for the better. ITB Pam Kehaly is President and CEO at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona.

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Tech Parks Arizona Continues to Break Ground into 2021 Jeff Gardner Inside Tucson Business

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n February 2020, mere weeks before COVID brought the nation to a near halt, the University of Arizona broke ground on their Tech Park at The Bridges, a 350-acre multi-use development in southern Tucson for technology companies and the university community.

The complex is intersected with roads like “Catalyst Drive” and “Innovative Street,” and though 2020 was a strenuous year for the university system, their alignment to those ideals means The Bridges’ development remains on track.

Tech Parks Arizona operates interactive grounds for technology companies and university talent to collaborate and advance research. Beyond the new park The Bridges, they also operate the UA Tech Park at Rita Road and the UA Center for Innovation.

These parks work to recruit companies and startups with connections to the UA to locate at their facilities.

Though COVID turned many industries on their head, 2020 remained an efficient year for them.

“When COVID hit, this broke a lot of models for universities across North America,” said Carol Stewart, associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona. “Every day was about communication and creativity, and that’s the way we’ve been rolling since

year. According to executive director Eric Smith, UACI more than doubled the amount of startups they’ve served since the pandemic began, and currently serve 46 startups.

“We’ve seen quite a bit of growth,” Smith said.

“Startups exist to solve real-world problems for certain customer segments, and I think the pandemic shone a light on many of the world’s problems.

So now, entrepreneurs are hard at work trying to solve all of these things.

And I think there was also a significant increase in people saying ‘now is the time. I’m out of work, or my company is struggling, and now is the time to develop this thing I’ve had Matt Jensen of the Boyer Company and associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona Carol Stewart during construction on The Bridges. The park’s first building, The Refinery, is a 120,000 square-foot office building and will include office space in mind.’”

Some of UACI’s most for UA, as well as mining, technology, optics, and defense-related companies. Photo courtesy University of Arizona. noteworthy startups include TheraCea Pharma, in-person and over meals, ery, a four-story building a biotechnology company March 16… My team’s been around the country and that focuses on developing internationally on how to Tech Parks established very lucky and privileged that will serve as UA’s best function and continue a “Tamales and Tech to not have to implement innovation and commer- rapid chemical processes to prepare chemical agents for to form business bonds Parks’’ program. With this cialization hub. UA will a furlough program, but medical imaging; Reparvi, during a time of isolation. campaign, Tech Parks sent occupy 50% of the space we did drastically reduce a company developing the “It’s really a process prospective clients dishes at The Refinery, with the our operating budget, not of practice-what-youfrom Tucson Tamale Com- rest available to businesses “Cell Repair Engineerknowing what the immeing” platform to construct diate and long-term future preach,” Stewart said. “We pany, and shared a meal looking to co-locate with bioparticles as a new generwas when we’re immersed teach our startups to be over video chat as they the university’s experin the pandemic.” nimble and ready to pivot, discussed business plans. tise. However, a Marriott ation of vaccines; Navia Energy, which is creating Stewart has worked with and so that’s one of the ar- This campaign went on hotel that is planned to artificially intelligent solar eas we really focused on in to win an award from the university research parks also be constructed on inverters to address energy for decades, and is an au- our conversations. We were International Economic The Bridges’ campus has blackouts; and Auxilium thority on how these parks very well prepared with our Development Council. been delayed, although can form networks, build emergency planning, with “This has been a time the company is continually Technology Group, which technology clusters and our continuity of operafor us to have a differextending their agreement is working to develop sustainable mining processes. tions plans.” ent lens for the way we benefit their surroundto develop there.

“We’ve managed to ing economies. With her These pivots involved function on and off the The UA Center for maintain operations at our connection to the Associa- going virtual, and altering campus,” Stewart said.

Innovation, a startup tion of University Research their business engagement.

Construction remains business incubator network business incubator at Rita Parks, Stewart has spoken Because so many business on track for The Bridges’ under Tech Parks Arizona, Road, and we’ve done so with other research parks conversations happen first building, The Refin- also made 2020 a standout with significant procedures

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in place to make sure folks are safe,” Smith said. “For the people working in our wet labs at Rita Road, it’s not something they can do from home or a garage, so we’ve had to really ensure folks are safe and companies can still thrive in those environments.”

Since the pandemic hit, startups have aligned with UACI from the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. Their startups also have access to lab space and university resources at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation at Oro Valley, which opened in December 2020.

This Oro Valley business incubator includes 4,000 feet of new lab space for biotechnology startups.

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the incubator in Oro Valley’s Innovation Park can serve as an “outpost” for UACI’s startups in the region. The incubator has office space for four startups, and includes equipment specifically geared toward the life sciences, including centrifuges, biosafety cabinets, ultrasonic cleaners and sanitizers.

UACI has supported startups through multiple competitions sponsored by local businesses and organizations. For instance, a UACI “Sponsored Launch’’ was funded by the Bioindustry Organization of Southern Arizona.

The competition’s winning startup, TheraCea Pharma, won a year’s admission to the Oro Valley incubator, as well as a cash prize of $5,000 and

startup assistance through a 27-point roadmap that helps them with “creating a business plan, identifying a target market, product development, marketing resources and much more.”

Another launch competition was sponsored by accounting firm R&A CPAs, and supported Paramium Technologies, a startup with a mission to meet the need in the radio communications industry for fast, flexible fabrication of curved metal panels via their patent-pending electromagnetic thermoforming technology.

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economically,” Smith said.

“So while there had to be pivots, that mission has been steadfast.”

Roughly one year after Tech Parks Arizona broke ground on their Bridges location, and the steel framework for the 120,000 square foot Refinery was completed

by The Boyer Company, Swaim Architects and Core Construction. The Refinery is set to open on schedule and on time during fall 2021. In celebration, stakeholders signed the final steel beam of the building’s skeleton before it was hoisted into place.

“With all the vaccines

flowing, we’re lucky enough to be part of segment 1B, so many of us are already double vaccinated,” Stewart said. “Many of our prospects now and over the last 12 months are from outside of the state, and I think that bodes very well for Arizona.” ITB

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Tips, tools and resources for Black business owners looking to make a strong recovery in 2021

By Alex Londono Special to Inside Tucson Business

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ast year was a challenging year for all. While small businesses nationwide faced unique obstacles brought on by the coronavirus, Black small business owners in particular have been disproportionally impacted by the pandemic, with one study showing that half may not survive.

Despite these challenges, our new research from Bank of America based on a survey of Black business owners across the country found they remained resilient and flexible as they navigated through an evolving and uncertain business landscape.

In response to the impacts from the pandemic, 48% of Black entrepreneurs retooled their operations – double that of the national average. Many Black business owners also found creative ways to reinvent themselves by developing new products or services, and even more donated resources to support relief efforts in their

local communities.

Here in Tucson, leaders in our Black community fast-tracked a project to create a list of local Black-owned businesses to increase their visibility and garner more support and business. It’s efforts like this that make a community impact to ensure Black businesses maintain resiliency and growth as we look toward economic recovery.

While it may be challenging to predict what exactly our path to economic recovery will look like, Black small businesses will play a significant role.

To support this vision, Black entrepreneurs can take three steps to reignite growth and plan for financial success this year.

Reevaluate your business plan given today’s environment. Due to changing landscapes and environments, it’s critical to evolve and adjust your business plan by mapping out key areas of need and growth, and identifying any potential risk areas that you may have uncovered during the pandemic. Ask yourself, how did your

business track last year against the projections you made heading into 2020? Are there successes from the second half of 2020 you can build on? What solutions worked best for your business as you managed the impact of the coronavirus?

As we’re still in a time of uncertainty, err on the side of caution and ensure your plan allows room for evolution and adjustment as needed.

Explore your financing options. Our team at Bank of America is taking steps to directly engage with minority business owners to ensure they have access to the tools and resources they need to secure funding. Our small business bankers will continue to support business owners as they navigate the Paycheck Protection Program process – as well as to discuss traditional loan product options to fit individual needs such as purchasing inventory, refinancing debt or financing account receivables. When exploring financing options, a few questions to consider include: What goals have you identified in your busi-

ness plan that require additional financing?

Are you looking to boost your headcount?

Did you have expansion plans that you held off on? Are any structural or technological enhancements needed in the coming year? Once you identify your goals for 2021 and beyond, sit down with your banker to determine the right financing solution for you.

Bankers can also help connect business owners who may not qualify for traditional bank financing to our network of Community Development Financial Institutions partners across the country, that are working to increase access to capital for business owners who have historically faced barriers. Bank of America is the largest investor in CDFIs in the U.S., with more than $1.6 billion in loans and investments to more than 250 CDFIs. We also recently committed $200 million to direct equity investments in Blackand Hispanic-Latino-owned businesses, to help supply growth capital as well as to invest substantially in

programs to create future entrepreneurs.

Go digital. Businesses across the country have had to adjust aspects of their operations due to the public health crisis, including enhancing sanitation practices, changing primary revenue streams and shifting sales from brick-and-mortar to online. As we continue to adhere to social distancing requirements, consider banking digitally to limit in-person interactions, and free up time to remain focused on running your business.

Connect with your banker on what digital options are available to you. For example, at Bank of America we offer a full suite of small business digital capabilities, including Cash Flow Monitor, a no-cost dashboard that provides an easy way to manage, track and project your business cash flow.

The pandemic created unprecedented obstacles for Black small business owners, challenging them to find new and innovative ways to meet the needs of their businesses, employees, custom-

ers and communities.

Following the steps outlined above can help address whatever opportunities and challenges 2021 may bring.

The news that is especially encouraging for the small business community in Tucson is that our research found four-in-five Black entrepreneurs say that once we’re on the other side of the pandemic, they believe small business will return to being the backbone of the U.S. economy. We look forward to partnering with you and your business to make that a reality! ITB Alex Londono is Vice President, Small Business Banking for Bank of America Tucson and Jason Montano is Small Business Banker for Bank of America Tucson.

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Housing market Continued from P4 Despite the difficulties brought on by the pandemic, Salyer hopes this will bring about change in a business prone to stagnation.

“I think the biggest opportunity that comes out of this is all of the many pieces and people and entities involved in homebuilding need to work in partnership better and more cohesively,” said Salyer. “So ultimately the end user, our consumer who we’re all working for, gets the product and the experience that they’re looking for.”

The partnerships between communities, business, and local leaders have Paul Melcher, director of Community and Economic Development with the Town of Oro Valley, excited about the future town’s growth, as the staff looks at job creation, strengthening retail and housing options.

With a year and a half after the passing of the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, Melcher said they created a good foundation for the success of job creation, through their 30-60-90 day strategy.

They created a 30-day

strategy to continue to help businesses during the pandemic.

“We really wanted to focus on the continuing support of businesses to the pandemic with OV Safe Steps in the town and also with our most recent grants with hardship cases,” said Melcher, who is barely two months into his post. “We wanted to make sure that those elements were still in place as the business community continues to deal with those negative impacts from the pandemic.”

The 60-day strategy focuses on promoting business retention and expansion in recruitment, while the 90 days were designed to coalesce partnerships to make sure they

are on the same page, said Melcher.

“We’ve done that specific outreach to the businesses to make sure that we understand what their needs are in addressing pandemic, related downturns in the economy as the community comes out of the pandemic,” Melcher said “We want to ensure that the town understands what it can do to support businesses as they recover.”

Businesses can go to ovsafesteps.com to see if they qualify for reimbursement of pandemic related expenses. The deadline to submit is April 1.

ADOT ORACLE ROAD 10-MILE PROJECT The Arizona Depart-

ment of Transportation will undertake a 10-mile long project on Oracle that will start on the south at I-10 and Miracle Mile to the north at Calle Concordia.

Brandon Construction submitted a bid of $34 million to begin their contract on Friday, Feb. 19, said Doug Moseke, assistant district engineer for Southcentral District at ADOT. He expects people will start seeing the project start in April, with a 750-day contract, putting completion of the project in March 2023.

The project design focused on traffic maintenance and issues with drainage.

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street lighting from River Road up to Ina Road, as well as curb gutters and sidewalk from River Road up to Magee Road, and bus pullouts for the safety of both pedestrians and bus users as well to help traffic flow, said Daniel Casmer, senior resident engineer for ADOT’s Southcentral District.

In April, ADOT will be mailing out 14,000 informational postcards to residents within a quarter of a mile of the project, said Joanna Bradley, community relations project manager for ADOT’s Southcentral district. ITB To receive updates on the project go to azdot.gov and click on “Subscribe for updates” in red on the top left and select SR-77.

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Cox Shares Tech Trends that Will Continue to Shape How We Live, Work and Learn in 2021 a thumbs up, with 57% viewing it more favorably than before the pandemic and 64% feeling more his time last year, most of us had heard comfortable using the technology. rumblings about Further, the same COVID-19 – but at the report shows up to $250 time, it seemed so far billion of current U.S. away. Little did we know it healthcare spend could would become a pandemic go virtual – up from $3 that would bring about billion pre-COVID-19. broad-sweeping change in so many facets of life – SMART technology included.

COMMUNITIES KEEP The pandemic has been GETTING SMARTER a technology accelerator for businesses, municiFrom waste managepalities, schools, healthment and water meters care and homes. As such, to street lighting, parking those of us at Cox Comand public safety, commumunications, who provide nities are getting smarter internet, telephone, security and video services by the day.

Smart communities are to thousands of Arizoincreasingly becoming a na small and regional priority nationwide – and businesses and more than three million connectivity worldwide. The pandemic has accelerated smart products within homes across the state, have seen city tech, and citizens a few interesting technol- are more open to smart ogy trends that we believe community tech than will continue throughout ever – which is unlocking doors to rapid growth 2021. that will continue. Going smart enables municipaliPROVIDER ADOPTION AND INVEST- ties to make more effective data-driven decisions, deMENT IN TELEcreases inefficiencies and HEALTH GROWS streamlines and automates processes. It also enhances Finding ways to concitizen and government nect virtually with your engagement, improves indoctor is getting easier, frastructure and provides too. According to a Cox Business survey, only 28% new economic developof respondents said their ment opportunities.

And the trend toward healthcare service projust-about-everythingvider offered telehealth before COVID-19. Pro- smart is taking place viders, too, gave telehealth inside the home as well.

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According to Statista, North America in 2023 is expected to have 40% of the worldwide market of consumer spending on smart home systems like smart assistants, smart speakers and smart door locks and light switches.

SCHOOL AND WORK WILL CONTINUE TO STAY HOME… SOMEWHAT Remote work and school are not going away anytime soon, making broadband connectivity essential. Many employees who were forced to work from home this past year may continue to do so permanently. According to Forbes, the percentage of workers permanently working from home is expected to double this year and Big Tech is leading the way with companies like Twitter and Facebook having recognized the benefits of employees working from home indefinitely, even as offices reopen.

Although working from home might have had a rocky start, employees have mastered using real-time chat and video conferencing to stay connected. According to SHRM, 94% of 800 employers surveyed by Mercer, an HR and workplace benefits firm, said that productivity was the same or higher than it was

before the pandemic. Our own workforce at Cox will likely see a work/work from home hybrid model in the future. Interactive video conferencing and chat have enabled teams to maintain cohesion and stay connected while working out of the office.

In fact, Cox Business has produced a Work-at Home solution for Arizona enterprises. This solution provides remote staff with enterprise-grade, separate internet connections from the office directly to their homes including Wi-Fi, endpoint security and a malicious domain blocker to help ensure staff members have the same highly reliable, quick connectivity they would have when working in the office.

On the education front, Rand Corporation researchers found approximately 20% of public school district superintendents and charter school leaders said they plan to continue online schooling as an option once the pandemic subsides – or are considering the online option for families and students who want the choice.

Whether teaching or learning from home or in the classroom, data-driven insights improve the classroom experience.

Apps empower teachers to digitally administer homework, quizzes, tests

and have one-on-one face time with students and parents.

And through artificial intelligence and machine learning, automated technology allows teachers to monitor and evaluate the progress students are making and better understand their strengths and weaknesses. For students, apps enable learning through gamification, which creates a fun and positive learning environment and can make the most reticent student excited about their studies.

MORE CONTENT MEANS MORE BANDWIDTH AND NAVIGATION HELP Due to stay-in-place restrictions, the entire world has been streaming more than ever. Internet service providers, such as Cox, have experienced the equivalent of two years of traffic growth in the first few months of the pandemic and it has remained constant at those new levels.

And high-intensity applications aka “bandwidth hogs” like video streaming platforms that make online work and school possible are essential yet difficult to attain without the appropriate bandwidth.

Therefore, ISPs have answered this streaming boom by offering affordable internet packages that

take care of all streaming needs – voice, video or otherwise.

Speaking of voice, whether folks are binge-watching Jeopardy! on Netflix or jamming to music from Spotify using their Alexa, the use of streaming services and voice assistants is on the rise. With so many great TV shows to watch, it’s challenging to remember what’s on Peacock, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and so on. But voice remotes allow users to pull up a series, app or movie with just a few words, such as “Find the Discovery channel” or “What should I watch?”

There’s no doubt that the pandemic will subside at some point, but the technology trends that have come to the forefront will continue in 2021 – and long after as well. Because Cox is committed to making digital life easier, we’ll continue investing in ways to better connect people and bring these critical technologies to life. ITB Lisa Lovallo is the Southern Arizona market vice president for Cox Communications, leading a team of 250+ Southern Arizona Cox employees. Prior to joining the Cox Southern Arizona team, Lisa ran a family business based in Tucson and is an undergraduate of the University of Arizona and received her MBA from the university’s Eller College of Management.

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Giant telescope mirrors, new southside emergency center and a smartphone COVID test na is contributing to the upcoming Giant Magellan Telescope by casting a ith a major mirror that will be used research univer- as part of the telescope’s sity right in our primary viewer. On March backyard, a strong mili5, a giant furnace untary presence and innoderneath UA’s Arizona vative companies spread Stadium converted 20 tons throughout the metro of borosilicate glass into region, there’s often a a “honeycomb mirror” plethora of interesting sci- measuring 27.6 feet in ence and technology news diameter. The UA furnace to be found in Southern began heating the glass on Arizona. Here’s a breakMarch 1 and reached more down of the most interest- than 2,000 degrees Fahring recent developments enheit on March 6. The from the region: furnace also rotated at five revolutions per minute, so Telescope Mirror. as the glass melted, it was The University of Arizoforced outward and up the Jeff Gardner

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sides of the mold to form a curved surface. At peak temperature, the glass took on the consistency of honey and flowed into the mold to form the honeycomb structure. The mirror is now in a monthlong “annealing” process where the molten glass will cool while the furnace spins at a slower rate in order to “remove internal stresses and toughen the glass.” UA’s contributions to the project will then be combined to form the GMT’s primary telescope, currently under construction in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Six off-axis pieces and a central on-axis

segment will form the final 80-foot mirror, and contribute to the GMT’s power being 10 times greater than the Hubble Space Telescope. According to UA, once the GMT becomes fully operational, it will have a light-collecting area of 3,961 square feet, enough to see the torch engraved on a dime from nearly 100 miles away.

Commissioning of the telescope is scheduled to begin in 2029.

“The polishing and constant measuring are what turn this amazing piece of glass into a mirror,” said Buddy Martin, polishing

scientist at the university’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab. “By the time we finish polishing, it will be accurate to better than 25 nanometers. That’s how smooth the surface has to be in order to make the sharpest possible images.”

St. Raphael’s Emergency Center includes 13 exam rooms, a procedure room and an imaging suite with x-ray, ultrasound and a CT scanner. The medical facility offers 24/7 care and is expected to treat conditions like abdominal or joint pain, sprains New Emergency Center. and fractures, lacerations, Carondelet Health Netshortness of breath or chest pain. This openwork’s latest expansion, the Carondelet St. Raph- ing comes roughly a year after Carondelet opened ael’s Emergency Center opened on Monday, March their Carondelet Marana Hospital to serve the north 8. Serving the southeast Tucson area, the emergen- Tucson metro area. cy center is located near I-10 and Wilmot Road See TECH TALK, P17 at 7401 S. Wilmot Road.

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Casa de La Luz remembers CEO Lynette Jaramillo Christina Duran Inside Tucson Business

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ynette Jaramillo, co-founder and chief executive officer of Casa de La Luz hospice died from heart failure on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at the age of 78.

She was at home in the arms of her husband and with her daughter when she passed away, said her son William Jaramillo II. She was pronounced dead at Banner University Medical Hospital.

“It was just a beautiful end of life, you know, being with her loved ones,” said Jaramillo II. “The reason she started the hospice was so that nobody died alone.”

Only 7 years old at the time, Jaramillo II still remembers his grandmother, Dorothy Todd, dying alone in a nursing home.

He explains this led to his

mother creating Casa de la Luz in 1998, also as a way of dealing with her own grief.

“Lynette really struggled with her grief, because nobody ever normalized it for her,” said co-founder and chief clinical officer of Casa de la Luz Agnes Poore. “She couldn’t say her mother’s name for years.”

As a result, Casa de la Luz offers an extensive bereavement program, virtual grief support groups, individual grief counseling, a specialized bereavement team and bereavement services to community members outside of their patients. Poore says Jaramillo’s legacy is the hospice and her family.

In 1992, Poore met Jaramillo as one of many other applicants for a job as a Medicare nursing supervisor, at a home health agency where Jaramillo was the branch manager. This

Jaramillo’s wall of quotes behind her desk. Courtesy photo.

started a long-standing business partnership. In 1995 Jaramillo was recruited by an entrepreneur in Phoenix, who wanted to build a home health agency in Tucson, and Poore followed her as her clinical director. Jaramillo and Poore worked there for three years, growing the business to be the largest standalone homecare agency in Tucson. Before the company was sold, in late 1997 Jaramillo was already working on her plan to build a hospice facility, and invited Poore to join her in early 1998.

Poore said that while they grew up differently, their values were the same, which made the partnership work.

Jaramillo was an only child growing up, only later discovering a brother, and Poore was one of 12 children. Jaramillo was a businesswoman and Poore worked on the clinical side

of the business, as a nurse.

“Lynette is very much a visionary,” Poore said.

“She’s a very driven kind of woman in the work that she does, always looking for new ideas.”

Jaramillo II refers to the start of the business when Poore and his mom would gather in the living room, while their children and husbands chatted and played together, as the “Table Talk.”

At the time, both Jaramillo and Poore worked other jobs while at night they built on Lynette’s dream.

In Nov. 1998, Jaramillo and Poore received a small business loan of $150,000 and began taking care of patients in April of the following year. The business grew from having a handful of patients to around 400 patients on any given day.

Poore estimates this has resulted in Casa de La Luz helping well over 20,000 patients in the past 23 years and employing about 275 people, becoming the largest hospice provider in southern Arizona.

In 2015, Lynette was awarded the Inside Tucson Business Women of Influence award in the Outstanding Entrepreneur category and in 2016, Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce awarded co-founders Jaramillo and Poore with the Legacy Award.

Jaramillo was also a member of the Mayor’s Senior Task Force for the City of Tucson, Women at the Top and the South-

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ern Arizona Leadership Council.

President and CEO of Oro Valley Chamber Dave Perry said they recognized what Jaramillo and Poore had achieved professionally and for being rolemodels. In the 12 years he has known Jaramillo, Perry said he always came away better every time he spoke with her.

“She told you what was on her mind and she kind of let you realize how you could do better, how you could move forward,” said Perry.

Jaramillo would set goals and had others do so as well. In her office at Casa de la Luz, behind her desk,

she had the wall painted burgundy with inspirational quotes in gold, some she had heard, some her own and one from her father: “Plan your work and work your plan.”

Jaramillo is survived by her husband, three children, eight grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

On Thursday, Feb. 25, the family held a small service of 10 at Saint Philip’s In The Hills Episcopal Church, the church Jaramillo II and his mother would attend together. The service was filmed and will be uploaded later on for the community at Casa de Luz’s website. ITB

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Tasting tradition at Chef Chic this St. Patrick’s Day Matt Russell Special to Inside Tucson Business

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t. Patrick’s Day is nearly upon us, and memories of Matt Kane will again mark the day for this Godson of Washington, D.C.’s most revered Irish pub proprietor.

Matthew J. Kane, a first-generation Irish American and amateur boxer who ran Matt Kane’s Bit O’Ireland from 1960 until his passing in 1988, was my Godfather. That I share both his name and his affection for Irish cuisine is an honor, my enduring connection to a man whose legacy has been celebrated by subsequent generations of Irish restaurateurs and barkeeps in the nation’s capital.

Curious to know if today’s Irish fare would have met the Matt Kane standard, I sat down with Tucson Iron Chef Wendy Gauthier for a peek at what she’s planning for St. Patrick’s Day. With ancestral roots in Germany, France, and Sweden, Gauthier hasn’t a drop of Irish blood in her.

But her love of the day’s signature dish suggests that a second opinion from Ancestry.com is in order.

“Corned beef has always been one of my favorite dishes, and I hate those people who make me wait for St. Patrick’s Day to have it,” said Gauthier, chef/ owner of Chef Chic, 1104 S. Wilmot Road.

Chef Chic’s corned beef and cabbage dish will be anchored by slabs of beef that have been corned inhouse and simmered as tradition dictates, served with cabbage that’s sauteed with roasted red potatoes.

“Even though we often do playful twists on the classics here, this dish is all about tradition,” she said.

Gauthier will also serve up Irish sausages called bangers, but her modified mash is an example of the different turns that dishes often take in her kitchen.

“Instead of doing the more traditional plating of bangers and mash, or mashed potatoes, we’ll be serving the bangers with colcannon, a traditional Irish mix of mashed potatoes and cabbage,” she said.

“This little tweak makes it a different dish.”

There’s always room for more potatoes on St. Patrick’s Day, and Gauthier’s potato leek soup screams for my low-carb compatriots to take the day off.

“We’ll be caramelizing down some leeks, cooking them together with chunks of potatoes, and slightly pureeing them while adding cream and a few other fun things,” she said.

For her patrons who don’t eat meat, Gauthier will be bringing some salmon tartlets to the celebration with two distinct preparations of the oily fish.

She’ll be blending cured lox with chunks of salmon filets with capers, onions, and other ingredients that

she says will ultimately present “like a less-eggy kind of quiche.”

Every great story has a memorable ending, and Gauthier’s Guinness Stout chocolate cupcakes with an Irish whiskey buttercream is a fitting epilogue.

“We wanted to do something with Guinness beer, and this was a natural considering how well it pairs with chocolate,” she said.

“And, of course, we went with Irish whiskey for the buttercream because it’s St. Patrick’s Day and you have to go boozy.”

Gauthier admitted that the development process for the cupcake recipe was particularly painstaking.

I can see it now: a little whiskey for the buttercream, a little for Wendy; a little Guinness for the cupcakes, a little for Wendy.

Gauthier closed out our conversation with confidence that her dishes would have earned my Godfather’s favor.

I think that’s true. Especially those cupcakes. ITB Chef Chic’s special St. Patrick’s Day dishes can be pre-ordered for pick up, for parties of two to “as many as you have.” Orders can be placed by phone at 214-0562, or online at www.chefchicaz.com.

Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is CEO of Russell Public Communications, at mrussell@ russellpublic.com. Russell is also the publisher of OnTheMenuLive. com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM.

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New Housing Development Coming to Marana’s Gladden Farms this May including a dog park, kid’s splash pad, greenbelt, and Inside Tucson Business community garden.

Brookstone at Gladden arana’s Gladden Farms will be open for Farms community in-person tours starting in is about to get a April with enhanced safety little cozier after measures in compliance Meritage Homes recently with local, state and CDC announced they’re open- guidelines, according to ing a new development the company. aimed at first-time homebuyers in May. Sales Located near Interstate 10, Brookstone at Gladden The M. Steven and KathFarms is Meritage Homes’s leen Davidson Family Trust newest development in the purchased an 11,279-squareMarana area. The commu- foot apartment complex nity is expected to have 81 located at 402 E. 9th St. in new homes in five different Tucson. Coronado Hofloor plans, including both tel Apartments, a 30-unit single-story and two-sto- multifamily facility with an ry, energy-efficient home additional ground floor designs. Floor plans range commercial space, was purup to 2,920 square feet chased from Carbon Cabo, and start around the low LLC for $3,600,000. Allan $300s.

Mendelsberg, Principal, and Meritage Homes has Conrad Martinez, Multidesigned an entry-level family Specialists with Cushline of homes that include man & Wakefield | PICOR, many features standard represented both parties in in upscale homes such this transaction. as kitchen islands, home Dash Investments, LLC automation features and purchased a 35,456-squaregranite countertops, as foot apartment complex well as upgraded cabinets, located at 5950 S. Park laundry rooms and appli- Ave. in Tucson. Casa ances.

Grande Village Apartments, “We offer several difa 52-unit multifamily ferent floor plans that will property, was purchased appeal to families of all from RM Jak Properties, sizes and Gladden Farms is LP for $2,850,000. Allan a beautiful, family-friendly Mendelsberg, Principal, and community,” Brookstone Conrad Martinez, Multidivision president Jeff family Specialists with CushGrobstein said. man & Wakefield | PICOR, Meritage’s new develrepresented both parties in opment provides residents this transaction. easy access to major emHarsch Investment ployment centers, premier Properties, LLC purchased restaurants and entertain- 12.0 acres of industrial land ment. Part of an existing from Ferr-Conn Partners, master-planned commu- LLP and Diamond Ventures, nity, this neighborhood Inc. Block 4, located in features several amenities the Tucson Airport ComAustin Counts

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merce Center in Tucson, was purchased for $1,668,615.

Robert C. Glaser, SIOR, CCIM, Principal, and Max Fisher, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, handled this transaction.

Visionary Holdings, LLC purchased two lots totaling 15,000 square feet of office space within the Pima Medical Campus. Lots 7R and 8R, located at 2121 N. Craycroft Rd. in Tucson, were purchased from RW Development Services, LLC for $1,537,500. This location is the future site for the construction of a medical office building. Richard M. Kleiner, MBA, and Thomas J. Nieman, Principals, and Office Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the seller in this transaction. Andrew Sternberg with NAI Horizon, Tucson, represented the buyer.

Equilibrium Villas, LLC purchased a 0.74 acre land parcel from Looks Properties, LLC, located at 2000 N. Oracle Rd. in Tucson.

The land parcel, which includes a 4,589 standalone retail building, was purchased for $495,000.

Ron Zimmerman and Dave Hammack, Principals with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the seller in this transaction. Vanessa Lane with Equilibrium Realty, LLC, represented the buyer.

DCM Development Company, LLC purchased 1.47 acres of retail land located on the northwest corner of Kortsen Rd. and Peart Rd. in Casa Grande, AZ. The vacant land parcel was purchased from Evergreen-Kortsen & Peart,

LLC for $265,000. Dave Hammack, Principal, and Retail Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the buyer in this transaction.

E & P Property, LLC purchased two buildings, totaling 17,700 square feet of industrial space located at 403 and 430 N. Huachuca Blvd. in Sierra Vista, AZ. Both properties were purchased from SMS Financial Strategic Investments, LLC for $240,000. Ron Zimmerman, Principal, and Industrial Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the seller in this transaction. Robert W. Maloney with Tierra Antigua Realty, Sierra Vista, AZ. represented the buyer.

the tenant.

Cheba Hut, leased 2,800 square feet of restaurant space from B33 Sam Hughes Place, LLC. The restaurant, located in Sam Hughes Place, is situated at the corner of Campbell Ave. and 6th St. in Tucson. Aaron LaPrise, Principal, and Retail Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord in this transaction. Sean Lieb with SRS Real Estate Partners-West, LLC, represented the tenant.

Rock Gate Capital, LLC, d/b/a 160 Driving Academy, leased 2,601 square feet of industrial space from Amerigas Propane, LP, located at 3170 W. El Camino del Cerro in Tucson. Stephen D. Cohen, Principal, and Industrial Specialist with Leases Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the tenant Sam Levitz Furniture in this transaction. Jesse Company leased 59,675 square feet of retail space lo- Blum with CBRE, Tucson, cated at 300 S. Toole Ave. in represented the landlord.

Keller Electrical IndusTucson, from Levin Family tries, LLC leased 2,400 Limited Partnership. Greg Furrier, Principal, and Retail square feet of industrial space from P3&G, LLC, Specialist with Cushman & located at 3150 N. Freeway Wakefield | PICOR, repIndustrial Loop, Suite 140 resented the tenant in this transaction. Jesse Blum with in Tucson. Ron ZimmerCBRE, Tucson, represented man, Principal, and Industrial Specialist with Cushthe landlord. man & Wakefield | PICOR, From the Mines, LLC represented the landlord in leased 6,000 square feet this transaction. Kelly Doty of industrial space from with Long Realty Company, Ohio Street Bldg. No 2 represented the tenant.

Ltd., LLLP, located at 750 Tucson Wax Center, E. Ohio St., Suite 2 in LLC, d/b/a European Wax Tucson. Robert C. Glaser, Center, renewed their lease SIOR, CCIM, Principal, with Rillito Retail, LLC, for and Industrial Specialist 1,317 square feet of retail with Cushman & Wakefield space located in the Rillito | PICOR, represented the landlord in this transaction. Crossing Marketplace, 4246 N. 1st Ave., Suite 100 in Michael Coretz with Commercial Real Estate Group of Tucson. Dave Hammack and Greg Furrier, Principals, and Tucson, LLC, represented

Retail Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord in this transaction.

Red Violet Art, LLC leased 1,200 square feet of industrial space from Plumer Partners, LLC, located in Commerce Plaza, 245 S. Plumer Ave., Suite 19 in Tucson. Robert C. Glaser, SIOR, CCIM, and Paul Hooker, Principals and Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, handled this transaction.

Desert Sky Real Estate, LLC leased 1,200 square feet of industrial space from Exchange Partners, LLC, in Exchange Place, 1870 W. Prince Rd., Suite 57 in Tucson. Principal, Robert C. Glaser, SIOR, CCIM, and Max Fisher, Industrial Specialists with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, handled this transaction.

Affordable Massage Healing, Inc. leased 1,016 square feet of office space from Giaconda 205 Partners, LLC in Giaconda East, 215 W. Giaconda Way, Suite 105 in Tucson,. Thomas J. Nieman, Principal, and Office Specialist with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord in this transaction.

Bablyon Market, LLC leased 844 square feet of industrial space from Central Point Tucson, LLC, located in Central Point Business Plaza, 3959 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 315 in Tucson. Molly Mary Gilbert, with Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR, represented the landlord in this transaction.

Cameron Lee with David Lee Real Estate Company, represented the tenant. ITB

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“Carondelet Health Network is investing in the Tucson area to create a health system with services in appropriate locations with quality, value and customer service among our priorities. Our goal is providing an integrated system of services for those who choose Carondelet for their care,” said Carondelet Health Network CEO Doug Luckett.

COVID Smartphone Test. Researchers at UA’s College of Engineering are developing a smartphone-based COVID-19

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test that could deliver results in about 10 minutes. The test, which uses a microscope attached to a smartphone, analyzes saliva samples in a similar fashion to a test for norovirus. According to UA, users introduce antibodies with fluorescent beads to a potentially contaminated water sample. If enough particles of the pathogen are present in the sample, several antibodies attach to each pathogen particle. Under a microscope, the pathogen particles show up as little clumps of fluorescent beads, which the user can then count. The test requires a simple microscope and a piece of wax-coated microfluidic paper that guides the liquid sample

to flow through specific channels. All together, the pieces cost about $45.

“Adapting a method designed to detect the norovirus—another highly contagious pathogen—is an outstanding example of our researchers pivoting in the face of the pandemic,” said UA President Robert Robbins. “This promising technology could allow us to provide fast, accurate, affordable tests to the campus community frequently and easily. We hope to make it a regular part of our ‘Test, Trace, Treat’ strategy, and that it will have a broader impact in mitigating the spread of the disease.” ITB

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Az Commerce Authority launches online job marketplace UNMET Jobs.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Arizona’s unNMET Jobs, in employment rate is higher partnership with the than the national average, Arizona Commerce with 7 out of 100 Arizonas Authority and Largely, currently unemployed. is hosting a month-long This number is likely to virtual event for employers grow even more in coming and job seekers in months as soon-to-be Arizona. graduates enter the job From March 15 to April market.

15, UNMET Jobs will proDuring the event Ahrens vide a virtual, networking says job seekers will have experience for jobseekers access to hundreds of and recruiters amid the employers and thousands pandemic. of job postings, with over “Job hunting has never 40 businesses signed up been easy and COVID-19 to participate, including has made it even more Amazon, Liberty Mutual difficult to find employand Carvana. ment,” said Emily Ahrens, Through the job matchchief marketing officer of making platform, Largely, Christina Duran

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job seekers will be able to upload a video and answer a questionnaire to personalize their virtual resume, Then employers will be able to filter applicants and contact job seekers to set up virtual interviews and invite them to webinars or info sessions.

“By leveraging technology, we’re able to facilitate a greater number of meaningful connections between Arizona job seekers and job creators,” said ACA president & CEO Sandra Watson. ITB Employers and job seekers in Arizona can register through March 15 at unmetjobs. com/#AZ21Timeline.

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Engineering Firms Rank Business 2020 Address 2019

Phone Company Email Website

No. of F-T No. of F-T Specialties Registered Local Engineers Employees

Notable Contracts 2019

Top Local Executives

Year Establ.

Locally

1

M3 Engineering & Technology Corporation 2051 W. Sunset Rd., Ste. 101 Tucson, AZ 85704

(520) 293-1488 m3@m3eng.com m3eng.com

42

186

Buenaventura, Two Studies for Copper Projects – Peru; Jervois, Idaho Cobalt Project Study – Idaho, USA; Southern Peru, Los Chancas Project Feasibility Study – Peru; Equinox Gold, Castle Mountain Project – California, USA; Grupo Mexico, Buenavista del Zinc Project – Mexico; Orla, Camino Rojo Project - Mexico

Dan H. Neff Bennett Alberto Eric Grigel

1986

2

Psomas 333 E. Wetmore Rd., Ste. 450 Tucson, AZ 85705

(520) 292-2300 info@psomas.com psomas.com

18

48

Transportation, water/wastewater, public and Grant Road: Fremont to Sparkman, Valencia Road Extension, Bob Iannarino private site development Rocking K Ranch, Maricopa County Facilities On-Call Alejandro Angel

1986

3

GLHN Architects & Engineers, Inc. 2939 E. Broadway Tucson, AZ 85716

(520) 881-4546 hjohnsto@glhn.com glhn.com

13

70

Higher Education, Health Care, Manufacturing Valley Metro OMCE

Ted Moeller Henry W Johnstone John McGann Brian Hagedon Doug Stingelin Rob Lamb

1963

4

Cypress Civil Development 2030 East Speedway Boulevard, #110 Tucson, AZ 85719

(520) 499-2456 info@cypresscivil.com cypresscivil.com

7

20

Civil engineering design, subconsultant coordination, report writing, construction surveillance

The Bridges, Hotel Arizona, Welcome Broadway, JTED at the Bridges

Kevin M. Hall Jeffrey P. Hunt Derick F. Schumacher

2010

5

The WLB Group, Inc. 4444 E. Broadway Tucson, AZ 85711

(520) 881-7480 tucson@wlbgroup.com wlbgroup.com

6

41

Civil engineering, planning, landscape architecture, land surveying and construction administration/inspection

WND

William C. Walker Michael G. Byrne

1981

6

Bernhard 2990 N. Swan Rd. Tucson, AZ 85712

(501) 666-6667 tmemarketing@bernhard.com www.bernhard.com

4

10

6

Independent Mining Consultants, Inc 3560 East Gas Road Tucson, AZ 85714

(520) 294-9861 imc@imctucson.com www.imctucson.com

4

14

Mine Engineering Consultants, Mine Planning, N/A Mine Design, Feasibility Studies, Surface and Underground Mine Evaluations, Resource Modeling/Reserve Estimation, Technical Advisory of Expansions or Acquisitions, Mine Production Scheduling and Strategic Planning

John M Marek Joseph McNaughton Anh D Nguyen Jacob Richey Mike G Hester

1983

6

Terracon Consultants, Inc. 355 S. Euclid Ave., Ste. 107 Tucson, AZ 85719

(520) 770-1789 www.terracon.com terracon.com

4

21

Environmental, Geotechnical and Materials Testing and Special Inspection

TEP, Pima County, SunZia

Derek Koller

1992

9

Adams and Associates Engineers, PLLC 6422 E. Speedway Blvd., Suite 130 Tucson, AZ 85710

(520) 323-3858 info@adamsmep.com www.adamsmep.com

3

8

Full Service MEP Firm: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Design Services; Commissioning Services; Energy Assessments and Energy Modeling.

City of Tucson, City of Glendale, City of Sierra Vista, Pima County, Pima Community College, State of Arizona, Tucson Airport Authority, University of Arizona, and the UA Tech Park

David C. Tyrrell 1977 Clement "Mik" Mikulich

9

Schneider Structural Engineers 435 East 9th Street Tucson, AZ 85705-8581

(520) 512-8183 info@sastructural.com www.sastructural.com

3

8

Healthcare, Military, Hotels, Educational, Industrial, Public Safety, Seismic & Historic Rehabilitation, Adaptive Re-use, Commercial, Residential, Religious, Mixed-Use & other facility types.

Reid Park Zoo Phase 1, TEP Phase 2, Cesar Chavez Learning Center

Ronald H. Schneider Dave N. Gibbens

1999

9

T and T Engineering, LLC 1925 W River Rd., #6108 Tucson, AZ 85704

(520) 577-1105 info@tandteng.com tandteng.com

3

1

Land Development

N/A

Thomas E Guido, PE

1996

12

EDG West Inc 954 N. Alvernon Way Tucson, AZ 85711

(520) 881-8896 cs@edg-ce.com edg-ce.com

2

5

Electrical design, special inspections, Revit, Mechanical Design

Mica Mountain H.S., Benedictine Monastery apts

Dennis W. Coon Vince Castaldo Cathy Sanders

1976

12

Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical & Environmental Consultants 1991 E. Ajo Way, Ste. 145 Tucson, AZ 85713

(520) 577-7600 fnarcaroti@ninyoandmoore.com www.ninyoandmoore.com

2

21

Geotechnical, environmental and construction N/A materials testing

Fred Narcaroti Marek Kasztalski

2008

14

Southwest Metrology and Quality Services, Inc. 1550 W. Wetmore #250 Tucson, AZ 85705

(520) 275-8186 calibrate@swmetlab.com www.swmetlab.com

1

6

Calibration of Test Equipment

N/A

Dan Beard

1995

Marcus Engineering, LLC 2440 N Coyote Dr. STE 128 Tucson, AZ 85745

(520) 369-3051 info+ITB@marcusengineering.com http://www.marcusengineering.com

0

8

Medical electronics, automation, instrumentation

N/A

Patrick Marcus

2011

Photon Engineering LLC 310 S. Williams Blvd., Ste. 222 Tucson, AZ 85711

(520) 733-9557 info@photonengr.com photonengr.com

0

0

N/A

N/A

Richard Pfisterer

1995

Architecture, engineering and construction management

Tucson Medical Center, Eastern New Mexico University, Lasertel, Tucson Airport

2005

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Manufacturing Firms Rank Business 2021 Address 2020

Phone Company Email Website

No. of Products Manufactured Local Employees

1

Raytheon Missiles & Defense 1151 E. Hermans Rd. Tucson, AZ 85706

(520) 794-3000 rmdpr@rtx.com http://raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/

2

Hexagon 40 E Congress St. Suite 300 Tucson, AZ 85701

3

Parent Company Headquarters

Top Local Executives

Year Establ.

Locally

12,236

N/A

Waltham, MA

Wesley D Kremer

1951

(520) 795-3891 media.min@hexagon.com www.hexagonmining.com

700

N/A

Hexagon AB Stockholm, Sweden

Nicholas Hare Rob Daw

6

Universal Avionics 3260 E. Universal Way Tucson, AZ 85756

(520) 295-2300 info@uasc.com www.uasc.com

345

N/A

Elbit Systems Ltd. - Haifa, Israel Dror Yahav

1981

4

Kalil Bottling Co. 931 S. Highland Ave. Tucson, AZ 85719

(520) 622-5811 jkalil@kalilbottling.com kalilbottling.com

257

Beverage's

Tucson, Arizona

John P Kalil

1948

5

CAID Industries, Inc. 2275 E. Ganley Rd. Tucson, AZ 85706

(520) 294-3126 sales@caid.com caid.com

245

N/A

Chicago, IL

Rob Assenmacher

1947

6

Abrams Airborne Mfg., Inc. 3735 N. Romero Rd. Tucson, AZ 85705

(520) 887-1727 sales@abrams.com abrams.com

140

Subcontractor Manufacturer-Precision Machining and sheet metal parts

Tucson

Gary L. Abrams Jenny A. Wilson

1965

7

Perfection Industrial Finishing 1155 E. Palmdale St. Tucson, AZ 85714

(520) 434-9090 info@perfectionindustrialfinishing.com www.perfectionindustrialfinishing.com

82

Products Finishing for Military, Aerospace, Semi Conductor and Medical

Tucson with second location in Phoenix

Charles F. Zinke

1992

8

SW Sun Control Products, Inc 816 E Evans Blvd Tucson, AZ 85713

(520) 792-1775 sales@swsuncontrol.com www.swsuncontrol.com

57

Retractable Shading

Tucson

Ian Meuschke Billie Meuschke

1997

9

Dataforth Corp.

3331 E. Hemisphere Loop Tucson, AZ 85706

(520) 741-1404 sales@dataforth.com dataforth.com

38

Signal Conditioner, Data Acquistion Systems, Data Communication Modems

Tucson

Lee Payne Georg Haubner John Lehman

1984

10

Evaero, Inc. 3807 E. Kleindale Rd Tucson, AZ 85718

(520) 327-0053 info@evaero.com www.evaero.com

32

Aerospace and defense

N/A

11

Schnipke Southwest, LLC 6350 E. Littletown Rd. Tucson, AZ 85756

(520) 574-1994 sales@schnipke.com schnipke.com

30

N/A

Ottoville, OH

Jim Harris

2003

12

P4Swiss / Lindel CNC Machining 3380 E. Elvira Rd. Tucson, AZ 85756

(520) 792-3160 sales@lindelengineering.com https://www.precisioncncmachining.com

21

CNC Machined and Swiss CNC Machines parts, assemblies

Tucson

Tom Ferrara Jack B. McFarland Tony Torrez

1987

13

Kirsh Manufacturing, Inc. 801 E. 46th St. Tucson, AZ 85713

(520) 792-4122 kirsh@kirshmanufacturing.com www.kirshmanufacturing.com

18

Precision Machined Parts

Tucson

Tim Kirsh

1998

14

The Metal Man, Inc. / TMM Precision 1552 S. Euclid Ave. Tucson, AZ 85713

(520) 792-2220 sales@themetalman.com www.themetalman.com

12

Industrial sheet metal manufacturing job shop

Tucson

Marilyn G. Speert Alan R. Speert

1975

15

HT Metals 4650 S. Coach Dr., Ste. 120 Tucson, AZ 85714

(520) 807-6157 info@htmetals.com htmetals.com

5

Custom cut metallic raw material.

N/A

Carlos Ruiz

2003

16

McGowan Manufacturing 4720 N La Cholla Tucson, AZ 85705

(520) 219-0884 info@mcgowanmg.com www.mcgowangifts.com

4

custom gifts, knife sharpeners

Tucson, AZ

1983

2001

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Venture Capitalists Rank Business 2021 Address 2020

Phone Company Email Website

0

(520) 834-3235 joann@desertangels.org desertangels.org

Desert Angels 607 N. 6th Avenue Tucson, AZ 85705

Funds Under Management $0

Funds Currently Invested $47,300,000

Minimum Number of Types of Investment Current Financing Preferred Investments Offered 95

Early stage funding

Industry Preferences for Investment Science and technology across all industries

Notable Accounts

Top Local Executives

Year Establ.

Locally

Joann MacMaster Jeffrey Lang Mike Sember

2000

Ranked by the total funds under management Ranked information is provided by business representatives at no charge and is ranked alphabetically in case of ties. Other businesses were contacted but either declined or did not respond by deadline. There is no charge to be included in Inside Tucson Business listings.

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