The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun articles from September 2000

The Business Journal - Serving Phoenix & the Valley of the Sun archives from September 2000

What's at stake.(Arizona ballot initiatives)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Arizona voters to decide future with big ballot initiatives Propositions on the Nov. 7 ballot could have an incredible impact on business, say Valley leaders. "The number and the breadth of those that have been filed is staggering,"...

Valley United Way tops in fund raising.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... People in the Phoenix area are digging a little deeper into their pockets to support the Valley of the Sun United Way, according to a study comparing 362 agency fund-raising drives. The Valley chapter last year had the eighth...

Proposed developments fueling Buckeye's future.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... The town of Buckeye in the west Valley is a quiet farming community where leaders struggle to keep families from leaving. That trend could change soon -- in a major way. Developers with plans for new master-planned communities totaling...

Kanu paddles business waters.(Nancy Kanu)(Canyons and Coastlines Kayak School)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Nancy Kanu first began her boating career in -- what else -- a canoe. The owner of Canyons & Coastlines Kayak School in Phoenix considered herself a "couch potato," until she spotted a canoeing program on television, and it inspired a...

Sometimes it's hard to dig up the facts, but someone has to.(casino on Native American land in Northern California)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... SAN JOSE -- Saw a report recently about a controversy in northern California's wine region over plans for a casino on Native American land up in the middle of all that chardonnay scenery. We have lots of casinos on reservations ringing the...

Wong ends public service, eyes private law practice.(state Rep. Barry Wong)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... You may have noticed something missing from Valley Street corners: reelection signs for state Rep. Barry Wong. The Phoenix legislator -- and the technology industry's pre-eminent advocate -- has decided to return to the private sector but...

Delta Dental Plan settles lawsuit with $600K payment to dentists.(Delta Dental Plan of Arizona)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Delta Dental Plan of Arizona has settled a class-action lawsuit, paying dentists in the state nearly $600,000 of the $4 million they had been seeking. The lawsuit alleged that the state's largest dental insurer had failed to repay to the...

Visitalk cuts 35 workers in a 'retrimming' move.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Visitalk in Phoenix laid off 35 workers last week as part of a "retrimming" and new focus on business services, said company spokeswoman Kathryn Post. The company offers free unlimited long-distance phone calls from one PC to another, or...

Tucker closes down plastics plant in Kingman; workers all outplaced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... It's a final wrap for the Tucker House-wares' plastics plant in Kingman, which has shut down operations for the last time, following its parent company s bankruptcy filing in April. Zeta Consumer Products Corp. of Little Falls, N.J., which...

Company sees great future in ultrasound diagnostics.(Advanced Ultrasound Imaging L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Advanced Ultrasound Imaging LLC is throwing the medical community a curve in a new approach to detecting rotator cuff shoulder injuries. Rotator cuff injuries are best known for sidelining baseball pitchers but the Scottsdale company is...

Websitepros close offices to preserve cash coffers.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... It could be one of the quickest web launches and tumbles ever witnessed in Arizona. Websitepros, a San Francisco-based web-page design firm, opened two stripmall storefronts in the Valley earlier this summer then abruptly closed both two...

Valley restaurateur puts Big Apple on order for Los Dos Molinos.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Another tale of a Mesa coed packing her bags to seek fame and fortune in New York City? Not exactly. Victoria Chavez, owner of New Mexican restaurant Los Dos Molinos, will be opening her first New York eatery in 10 to 15 days. For Valley...

Gateway offering clinics to provide PC guidance.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Technology advancing too quickly to keep up is the No. 1 complaint about PCs and technology products, according to a national survey commissioned by Gateway Inc. The survey also revealed that 69 percent of PC owners said they are not using...

Rembrandt Diversity's web site seeks better minority health care.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Rembrandt Diversity House has launched a web site to highlight the disparity in health care for ethnic groups. Founder Sandra Rembrandt said the playing field needs to be leveled so everyone gets equal health care, regardless of race,...

Alliance urges local TV to cover the issues fully.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Build a better understanding of this year's elections and what's at stake, and they will vote. That's one of the goals for a coalition made up of various Valley civic groups as they begin efforts to persuade local television and radio...

Netgateway online mall set to launch in Phoenix.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Netgateway, a build-to-suit developer of web applications based in Long Beach, Calif., is launching a local online mall in Phoenix with CableRep Advertising -- a division of Cox Communications Inc. Netgateway is developing partnerships with...

Renaissance beefs up.(Renaissance Networking Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Tempe-based Renaissance Networking Inc. opened a new facility this week and launched its new high-speed, fixed-wireless division, PriorityIP Communications. The 4,000-square-foot facility at 415 S. McClintock houses RNI's wireless...

More ASPs.(application service provider aggregator)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... JamcrackerT, a California-based application service provider aggregator that operates its largest facility in Tempe, has announced new applications for its customers. Jamcracker has added diCarta Contract Management, BizTone Enterprise...

Worldwide barter power.(Tradesource Phoenix affiliated with BarterNet)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Tradesource Phoenix, a business barter group of 700 members, has affiliated with BarterNet to allow for global trading with 21,000 network businesses. Tradesource Phoenix eventually will merge with BarterNet under the affiliation...

Forever online.(Park & Co. launches e-commerce site)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Park & Co., a corporate communications firm, helped develop the recently launched e-commerce site for Forever Living Products International. Phoenix-based Park & Co. is a full-service marketing communications firm, which guided the...

E-tips.(e-commerce can improve small businesses)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... E-commerce is the topic du jour when the Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce meets Sept. 14. Jim Tilmon, owner of Carpe Diem! Productions, and Jeff Zimmerman of Intel Corp. will lead the discussion on how e-commerce can improve the...

Awards call.(2000 Publications, Art and Online Competition)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Phoneix chapter of the Society for Technical Communication is calling for entries in the 2000 Publications, Art and Online Competition. The chapter holds the annual competition to recognize excellence in technical publications,...

Regulatory bulletins.(www.WameCenter.org)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... There's a new e-mail bulletin board for those interested in regulatory issues at The Goldwater Institute's Warne Center for Regulatory Accountability web site, www.WameCenter.org. The site's purpose is to create a discussion group about...

Health care providers flood site with job offers.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association's web site that links its members to job seekers has more than 730 job openings posted by members. Banner Health Arizona tops the job openings list with 217 jobs posted on the web site. Mayo...

Hope for small biz.(Cigna Healthcare small business insurance plan)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Cigna HealthCare of Arizona is offering a new insurance plan to small businesses with 50 or fewer employees and dependents starting Sept. 1. The network will be available later this fall to employers with 51 to 1,000 employees and...

Retiring in Sun City.(Dale Villani)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Dale Villani has been named director of managed care for Sun Health in Sun City. He comes from San Diego, where he was director of business operations for Tricare Southern California, the Department of Defense's version of managed care....

Cancer center.(Southwest Oncology and Hematology expands)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Southwest Oncology & Hematology PC has expanded into the Del E. Webb Cancer Treatment Center at Phoenix Memorial Hosptial. It is the first cancer treatment discipline to move into the newly completed center that eventually will bring all...

Lifemark extensions.(contract extensions in California)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Lifemark Corp., a Phoenix provider of managed-care services for the frail and elderly, has extended several contracts in California. It received a two-year contract extension with the County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency to...

Company Nurse inks deal.(with National Contractors.com)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Company Nurse LLC of Scottsdale has formed-a partnership with National Contractors.com to provide medical triage and first-aid services over the phone for the Mesa company. In the medical triage process, injured workers call an 800 number;...

Online pharmacy.(United Healthcare's private placement in Familymeds Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... United Healthcare has led a $39.3 million private placement in Familymeds Inc., an integrated retail and online pharmacy based in Farmington, Conn. In the deal, United Healthcare enrollees will get to buy health and beauty care products...

Sunstate gives Arizona community bank of its own.(Sunstate Bank opens location in Arizona Sunsites)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Residents of Arizona Sunsites in Cochise County should start enjoying. lower vehicle fuel costs -- and more money to put in the bank -- now that they finally have a bank of their own. Before Sunstate Bank opened there several weeks ago at...

Simpler searches.(easier access to around the clock warrants for law officers)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Life is easier now for law enforcement agents who need search warrants after regular business hours. Thanks to equipment provided by the Governor's Office of Highway Safety, more Maricopa County justices of the peace have home fax...

Filing fees up.(Maricopa County, Arizona courts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The cost of justice just got a little steeper in Maricopa County Superior Court -- fees for some 40 services are going up by $10, beginning Sept. 1. Michael K. Jeanes, Clerk of the Maricopa County Superior Court, said the fee increase is...

Tatum opens office.(Tatum CFO Partners opens Phoenix location)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Tatum CFO Partners, LLP has opened a Phoenix office. The Atlanta-based company provides chief financial officer services to companies ranging from startups to large, corporations, as an alternative to hiring a CFO. Phoenix area partners...

Fortune cites Insight.(Insight Enterprises makes list of fastest growing companies)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Insight Enterprises Inc., Tempe, was ranked as the 38th fastest-growing company in America on Fortune magazine's September 2000 list of the "100 Fastest Growing Companies." The global marketer of computers, hardware and software moved up on...

TV viewers can now talk back to stations via online microphone.(at NewsViewers.com)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A new web site hands the microphone over to TV viewers who have something to say to broadcasters. NewsViewers.com will give audiences in 211 U.S. markets a forum to either bestow praise or dump criticisms on their local news stations,...

Radio scene.(Joel Grey new program director at KKLT)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... More musical chairs within the Valley's radio management arena: Brad Waldo will be replaced as program director at KKLT-FM 98.7 by Joel Grey, who will take over operations Sept. 11. Emmis Communications Corp., of Indianapolis, owns K-Lite,...

Cooley gains client.(Cooley Advertising and Public Relations)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The International Foundation for Anticancer Drug Discovery has hired Cooley Advertising & Public Relations to help the organization and its mission gain greater exposure. IFADD is a Phoenix-based nonprofit corporation that raises funds for...

Sears snags shipping.(Craters and Freighters hires Susan Sears and Associates)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Craters & Freighters has hired Susan Sears & Associates to develop and oversee a national public relations campaign for the specialty shipping company, which will include planning, communications strategy and media relations. Denver-based...

Health spot produced.(breast cancer self examination announcement)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Alpern Lehman has been hired by Banner Health Arizona to produce a 30-second commercial with KPNX-TV 12 to promote the "Buddy Check 12" program. The program, a community health initiative sponsored by KPNX, Banner and Holsum Bakery, is...

Microsoft seeing Greene.(Greene and Associates to design Microsoft logos)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Greene & Associates has signed on to supply Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft with promotional advertising products. The Phoenix firm will design internal logos to be used on promotional products for Microsoft employee events, as well as...

Jocks' broker.(Greg Eastman of Piper Jaffray's Phoenix office)
September 1, 2000... Greg Eastman takes Wall Street into the huddle Greg Eastman is a good-smelling; fast-talking, metaphor-mixing, high-rolling-stockbroker who works in Phoenix's Biltmore office of US Bancorp Piper Jaffray. What he's got that most...

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE.(New hires)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Accounting Jolene Jensen joined Eide Bailly LLP, Phoenix, as a senior associate in the auditing department. Dan Dipomazio was promoted to the tax department and Edmond Tse was promoted to senior associate in the tax department. Connie...

Valley resorts hanging vacancy sign on GM's office.(Mark Hodgdon leaves Phoenician)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Another chapter in the hi-and-bye rotation of resort general managers is unfolding: Several weeks ago, John Williams of the Scottsdale Princess left to take a position with Fairmont's corporate office. This week, Mark Hodgdon, general manager...

ILX rolls dice in Vegas.(ILX Resorts Inc. reported that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire interest in 44 acres of prime real estate in Las Vegas near the strip)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Phoenix-based ILX Resorts Inc. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire interest in 44 acres of prime real estate in Las Vegas near the strip. The land is at the corner of Paradise Road and Tropicana Avenue,...

Lights ... camera ... win!(Screen writers given awards)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Two screenwriters have won $1,000 each for their scripts in the annual competition hosted by the Arizona Film Commission. The grand prize winner was Jay Lien of Brooklyn, N.Y. His script, X-Ray Specs, is described as American Pie meets...

Men 'Just want to relax'.(Increasing number of men are interested in pampering themselves a la aromatherapy and mud masks)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... What's a, growing trend in the world of tourism? Men hitting the spa, for one. According to research conducted by Yesawich Pepperdine & Brown of Orlando, Fla., a growing number of men are interested in pampering themselves a la...

Harvest moon at BOB.(Korean folk dancing featured)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Korean folk dancers, traditional music and martial arts demonstrations will be the featured pregame show Sept. 12 at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix as the Korean Cultural Center and the Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau host an...

World Series-style party.(Malo has started planning now in case the Diamondbacks make it to the playoffs)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Mike Malo, marketing director of the Diamondbacks, has turned into social-planner extraordinaire. He's busy planning the requisite parties outlined by the Major League Baseball Association as the teams move into the playoffs. Malo has...

CMT's computer training center will also focus on diversity issue.(Computer Management Technologies, a Tempe-based information technology consulting firm, will open a high-tech training center)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Computer Management Technologies, a Tempe-based information technology consulting firm, is opening a high-tech training center Oct. 2 at 1711 W. Green Tree, Ste. 115, Tempe. The CMT center will offer courses in programming, web design,...

Incunet.com buys A/E/C.(Incunet.com, an Internet incubator holding company, acquired A/E/C Express in a deal valued at $3 million)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Scottsdale-based Incunet.com, an Internet incubator holding company, has acquired A/E/C Express in a deal valued at $3 million. A/E/C Express is an Internet-based document delivery service, with established licensed agreements with top...

DVR-5000 in stores.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Attention gadget gurus! The new DVR-5000, a combination DVD and VCR is now available for $399 at major national and regional consumer electronic stores throughout the United States. Produced by Sensory Science Corp. of Scottsdale, the unit...

ImageTag offers help.(Phoenix-based ImageTag Inc., which develops solutions to manage paper digitally, has partnered with Xerox Corp. to offer a KwikTag package for the feds)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Phoenix-based ImageTag Inc., which develops solutions to manage paper digitally, has partnered with Xerox Corp. to offer a KwikTag package for the federal government. The package includes KwikTag hardware, software and services designed...

LCD partnership inked.(Jiya will furnish glass for LCD modules to Three-Five Systems Beijing)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Three-Five Systems, Tempe, has signed an agreement with Hebei Jiya Electronics, Co., Ltd., a China-based manufacturer of liquid crystal display glass, that will increase its glass manufacturing capability by 50 percent worldwide. Based the...

E-newsletter launched.(New electronic newsletter, Southwest Capital Connections, now available free by sending an e-mail inquiry to listar@capital-connection.com)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A new electronic newsletter, Southwest Capital Connections, is available free by sending an e-mail inquiry to listar@capital-connection.com. The weekly publication contains news, analysis and resources related to venture capital, mergers,...

The buck stops here: players to blame.(Buck Showalter will continue to manage the Diamondbacks at least for the present)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Whither goeth Buck Showalter? Or, more to the point, should he goeth? And if so, how soon? Some say it can't be soon enough, and his harshest critics say it's already too late to be too soon. But the man who casts the only vote that...

Golf prep time pays off big time.(Plan before going out on the course)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The great ones always make the job look easy. Appearances aside, one thing is for sure: success in business is impossible without adequate preparation. Prepping is one of those personal disciplines that goes beyond training or experience....

SunCor Golf expands management division throughout the Southwest.(SunCor Golf, a division of Phoenix-based SunCor Development Co., has reported plans to expand its golf management division)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... SunCor Golf, a division of Phoenix-based SunCor Development Co., has announced plans to expand its golf management division. The company has built several golf courses in the Valley and began managing courses in 1983. Now it wants to expand...

New Tier finds gridiron clients for screensavers.(New Tier produces interactive promotional screen-savers with a new round of clients this fall)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Scottsdale-based New Tier is producing interactive promotional screen-savers with a new round of clients this fall. Three Division I schools -- Arizona State University, University of Southern California and University of Tennessee -- have...

Tax action plan developed for small business.(Small business leaders and consultants involved in the White House Conference on Small Business have finished recommendations and issued the forum's 2000 Tax Action Plan)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Small business leaders and consultants involved in the White House Conference on Small Business have finished recommendations and issued the forum's 2000 Tax Action Plan. CPA Sandy Abalos, president of Abalos & Associates, Phoenix. helped...

Roofs and bugs.(KY-KO Roofing Systems, a Phoenix company that installs, maintains and repairs roofs, has acquired Pest Prevention Services - a scorpion control-service)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... KY-KO Roofing Systems, a Phoenix company that installs, maintains and repairs roofs, has acquired Pest Prevention Services - a scorpion control-service. It has been renamed KY-KO Pest Prevention Services. KY-KO owner, Monte Stoller, learned...

Focus: Art Alchemy Inc.(www.azartalchemy.com)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Artists now have a forum to sell their work on the web if they don't have their own pages. Art Alchemy Inc., doing business as Sorcery of Renaissance Art, has launched wwv.azartalchemy.com to show and sell new artists works. It was created...

Magnetic personalities: Valley firm knows how to promote your business.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Valley firm knows how to promote your business Commotion Promotions Inc. This Phoenix business is an award-winning promotional advertising company founded by Karen and Ken Kravitz that now operates in three cities. The staff designs...

TIP.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Job burnout usually doesn't result from too much work but rather from feeling that your work is unimportant or unappreciated, or from boredom. Talk to your boss about your need for regular feedback or reward structures. Source: Working...

READERS RESPOND.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... What are your favorite bookmarks on the Net? Name: Todd Bresnahan Title: Executive vice president and chief marketing officer Company: E.B. Lane Marketing Communications "My current favorite bookmark is www.individual.com In...

Getting organized: Get help and have fun.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... What is the best way to organize my office? If it's time to organize your office, but you just can't seem to get started, get help. Getting organized can be surprisingly overwhelming and even upsetting at times. To make the task...

Caution wise when seeking a franchise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... Call it the "hangover" of economic prosperity -- the entrepreneurial bug. When good times linger, more professionals consider running a business of their own. For some, that business is a franchise. Franchisees are less likely to fail...

SBA offers loans for drought loss.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Small businesses in Maricopa County and 10 other Arizona counties are eligible for low-interest loans to help offset economic losses due to drought conditions that began in June of last year. Small non-farm businesses, impacted by loss of...

Office computer wizards can be a mixed blessing.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Every company has one or two do-it yourself computer experts. He has a trick computer at home, might even have built it himself. She's been to a few software seminars and knows a thing or two. Together, they can save your business...

Hispanic businesses make strong political statement.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... As November elections approach and political figures and proposition organizers get edgy and nervous regarding their fate, Hispanic businesses and the Hispanic community become more important and valuable. The growth of the Hispanic...

iMotors.com shifts into 15 new markets.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... The San Francisco headquarters of online used car retailer iMotors.com recently raised $62.5 million in a private round of funding, bringing its total to $139 million in equity financing. The company, which has a presence in 15 markets...

Cisneros back in Texas.(Announces home building venture)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Henry Cisneros recently announced his newest joint venture, "American CityVista, a Cisneros Communities Venture," to build homes in the central zones of many of the nation's metropolitan areas including Phoenix. His joint venture is with...

Desert blooms.
September 1, 2000... Concern for environment thrives in the Valley Finalists representing 31 companies, cities, schools and nonprofit groups will take center stage at Valley Forward's 20th annual Environmental Excellence Awards Sept. 8. The awards program,...

Modern survey lines no longer etched in stone.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Surveyors preparing new communities in the desert in north Phoenix, using laptop computers and satellite technology, are learning firsthand how their counterparts on horseback marked property lines in the late 1800s. During federal...

Route planned for moving electric power to Mexico.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... A New Mexico company has identified its preferred route for an electric power transmission line linking the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix to a substation in Mexico. The $360 million Sonora-Arizona Interconnection...

Hot Deals.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... COMMERCIAL $5.3 million Type: Quail Canyon Apartments Address: 2045 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe Buyer: Pentacon LLC (Art Burdorf), Brentwood, Calif. Seller: The Frost Family Trust (Gary Frost), Paradise Valley Brokers...

Central Phoenix 'infill' draws wide-ranging interest.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... The selection of new housing in down town Phoenix is improving, thanks to work on the largest piece of the central city's redevelopment puzzle, officials say. Post Properties is nearing completion of the first phase of its $70 million...

ATAS International Inc.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * ATAS International Inc., a manufacturer of metal roofing based in Allentown, Pa., purchased the manufacturing operations of Kovach Inc., a metal roof and wall systems manufacturer in Mesa.

American Sterling Bank.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * American Sterling Bank purchased Commerce Security Mortgage of Sacramento, Calif., the wholesale mortgage division of Eldorado Bancshares. American Sterling serves more than seven states including Arizona.

Secretary of Labor.(Phoenix Human Services Department Employment and Training Division)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * The Youthbuild and YouthSkilled programs operated by the city of Phoenix Human Services Department Employment and Training Division received two national awards. PEPNet, or Promising and Effective Practices Network, awarded Youthbuild...

Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey, a firm of project managers, quantity surveyors and cost consultants won first place in the 2000 Society for Marketing Professional Services Marketing Communications Awards in the category of web site for a small...

Target General Inc.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... * Target General Inc. and Cavan Real Estate Investments plan to begin construction of Raintree Corporate Center I in October. The center, located near the 101 Freeway and Pima Road in Scottsdale, is scheduled for completion in May 2001.

Arizona Department of Education.(Southwest Human Development's Assistive Technology Training Program)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... * The Arizona Department of Education gifted Southwest Human Development's Assistive Technology Training Program, or ATTP, with $750,000. The program provides disabled children an opportunity to communicate with others and to more fully...

Cox Communications.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
September 1, 2000... * Cox Communications and VH1 Save the Music Foundation plans to donate $100,000 of musical instruments and curriculum to four Valley schools. The four winning schools will be announced Aug. 31 at 9 a.m. at Sevilla Elementary School in Phoenix.