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by Renée Louzon-Benn, President, Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce Welcome to a shiny, new decade – in which so much is possible. We know why many visitors choose Casa Grande in the winter months as their “home base” – great, unique events, friendly residents, a cozy, hometown appeal and fabulous weather. Need I say … Read More…

by Blake Herzog The City of Coolidge is well on its way to securing enough donations to add lighting to the iconic water tower bearing the community’s name, ensuring it will remain a focal point downtown for years to come. City Manager Rick Miller announced at the end of October that the city needed another … Read More…

by Renée Louzon-Benn, President, Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce As the President of the Chamber, I have been fortunate to work with many of our area leaders on encouraging them to buy locally and use local business services. I strongly feel we should be loyal to the community in which we live and do … Read More…

by Rina Rien, Director, Casa Grande Main Street Sandwiched in between the barrage of Black Friday and Cyber Monday holiday promotions is a little thing called Small Business Saturday. On Thanksgiving weekend when the official shopping season is supposed to begin, this quiet little event takes place. Unfortunately, one day does not a season make, … Read More…

To Stand Up In Court, Restrictive Covenants Must Be Reasonable, Narrowly Tailored, And Allow Former Employees To Work In Their Chosen Field by Denis Fitzgibbons, Fitzgibbons Law Offices In my previous article, “Is Your Customer List a Trade Secret?” (Golden Corridor LIVING, Late Summer 2019), we discussed how companies can achieve trade secret protection of … Read More…

by Blake Herzog “Wealth management” by name alone implies that it’s a service for people with high net worth — a lot of dough to spend or invest. But it’s the middle class families and retirees on down who really need it, simply because they don’t have as much wealth to spare. Luckily, this can … Read More…

by Tim Kanavel, Program Manager, Pinal County Economic Development I am writing this while out at the 2019 FAI World Cup of Formation and Artistic Skydiving in Eloy. It’s amazing that Skydive Arizona was able to land such an event. This is basically the Super Bowl of skydiving. What makes this event so interesting is … Read More…

by Renée Louzon-Benn, President, Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce Everywhere we turn these days, we hear about new business and industries looking at investing in Casa Grande and Pinal County. We are part of the Technology Corridor that is buzzing with the prospect of tremendous growth in our workforce, business services and types of … Read More…

by Tim Kanavel, Program Manager, Pinal County Economic Development One of the things I like to tout to companies when they are looking at either building or relocating to Pinal County is our transportation infrastructure. Look at it like this, by freeway, we are: 419 miles to Los Angeles 348 miles to San Diego 388 … Read More…