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Head of Arizona Commerce Authority to step down
Arizona's top economic development official is stepping down.
ACA awards second grant from deal-closing fund
Silicon Valley Bank will be the second recipient from the Arizona Commerce Authority’s $25 million deal-closing fund, and several more are likely to be announced soon.
ACA to award deal-closing cash for Tempe company’s expansion
After being in place for four months, the Arizona Commerce Authority Oct. 24 announced its first award from its $25 million deal-closing fund.
Rocky start for Commerce Authority has fiscal hawks looking to rein in power
Outraged by what they see as exorbitant spending and questions of transparency, some lawmakers are considering taking back some of the power they gave the Arizona Commerce Authority last session.
Commerce Authority set to begin awarding grants from deal-closing fund
The Arizona Commerce Authority board of directors approved guidelines for its $25 million Arizona Competes fund, vowing close scrutiny of any company that wants a grant from the deal-closing fund.
Officials say ACA teleconference call meets open meeting law
At the Arizona Commerce Authority’s first four board meetings, more than two dozen business leaders and policymakers sat at a table that wrapped around half of the second-floor conference room in the Executive Tower, with so many others in attendance that chairs became scarce.
Commerce quandary: Sharp differences over picking winners and losers with state money
The man who was hand-picked by Gov. Jan Brewer to oversee a new agency charged with re-igniting Arizona’s struggling economy is set to collect a whopper of a paycheck. But Don Cardon’s idea of how to guide the Arizona Commerce Authority may run contrary to the governor’s own philosophical leanings about how the quasi-public group should go about luring new business to the state.
If you can imagine the headline…
No members physically present, no answering of questions before or after the meeting and no details of the primary agenda item prior to official action on the matter.
The invisible public meeting
For an agency that has claimed a commitment to transparency, the ACA's meeting Tuesday left some observers disappointed.
Brewer planning China ‘trade mission’
Gov. Jan Brewer will be racking up some frequent flier miles next month when she heads up a team of Arizona government officials and business leaders that will be traveling to China in hopes of attracting Chinese business investments in Arizona.
Little turnover on new Commerce Authority board
Gov. Jan Brewer announced the members of the Arizona Commerce Authority’s new board of directors on Monday, naming a roster of mostly familiar faces who have helped oversee the transition away from the old Department of Commerce that it replaced.
Bumpy road ahead for ‘second jobs bill’
After two hours of discussion among Gov. Jan Brewer and members of the Arizona Commerce Authority on how to boost economic development in Arizona, Rep. Tom Forese delivered a surprisingly candid admonition of the governor.
