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My Turn: A local-first approach to supporting candidates Published: 2/4/2021 6:01:15 AM We all found different ways into our party. For some, it was an issue that galvanized us – the Iraq War, Trump’s presidency, or fair school funding. For others it’s an invitation – to a town committee’s barbeque, or a warm welcome from a fellow Rotarian or activist at a climate rally. And for many folks, their first experience with our party is when they run for office themselves. We need to open more doors for people to enter into our party. We need a long-term candidate recruitment strategy th...

Local First Arizona hosts live stream highlighting business relief efforts (Courtesy of Local First Arizona) A downtown non-profit that has advocated for local Arizona businesses played a huge role in an effort to bring food aid to the Valley this past summer. The ASU Global Institute of Sustainability hosted a webinar Wednesday to highlight Local First Arizona’s Feed Phoenix Initiative from July and update on what the organization is currently doing to help struggling restaurants during the pandemic. Local First Arizona is a non-profit organization based in the Evans Churchill neighborhood...

Community news for Farmington, Avon, Canton, Simsbury, and Granby.

Before COVID, it looked like Brian Webb had a solid business plan for Phx Lechon Roasters — a vendor we touched on in August while diving into the Valley's under-the-radar Filipino cooking scene. Webb had regular gigs at farmers' markets, along with large-scale events and scores of people lining up for mouth-watering slices of lechon — or whole spit-roasted pig. The pandemic eliminated these opportunities for lechon, but Webb continued to connect with Filipino families and other communities who wanted to celebrate with a whole roast pig and locally made Filipino food. Last month, Phx Le...

In its special session late in 2020, the Colorado General Assembly created the Small Business Relief Program to provide $35.15 million statewide in...