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As neon lights replaced the setting sun one recent Friday evening, the city’s nightlife scene came alive along Mill Avenue, a popular spot near Arizona State University’s Tempe campus.

The Tempe streetcar, which began making its 3-mile route May 20, is the latest of several expansions to the Valley Metro transit network.

The Tempe streetcar began making its 3-mile route May 20. This is the latest of several expansions to the Valley Metro transit network.

Valley Metro is expanding the reach of public transportation across the Phoenix area, including a recently opened streetcar in Tempe and light rail expansions northwest to Metrocenter mall and south to Baseline Road.

Singer and rapper Pitbull will be opening his first public charter school in Arizona this August.

Bill Wood literally grew up at Arizona State University — not only as an ASU student, but his grandmother, who graduated from Tempe Normal School in 1914, owned a home on a corner of Tempe that's now surrounded by campus buildings. At 74, Wood is still digging around ASU. Only now, he’s dropping down at least 10 feet in dry wells across three campuses to make sure pollutants

ABI Multifamily announced the $4,750,000 sale of Apache & McClintock Development Opportunity, land in Tempe located at 1734 E. Apache Blvd.

Through his SLAM! Foundation, the music artist is currently building a school building on 305 E. Mesa Street - a rather appropriate address, as the singer is sometimes known as Mr. 305, an homage to Miami.

The new Valley Metro Tempe streetcar officially opened on May 20, with stops at 14 locations including the Arizona State University-Tempe campus, and two connections to Valley Metro’s light rail line.

Growth brings new jobs and amenities to the Valley, as well as the potential of changing landscapes and strains to water and housing supplies.