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WESTMARC Headlines
January 14, 2016
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WESTMARC brings you top-trending news stories each week. Selected from a variety of sources, WESTMARC Headlines highlight news and events featuring our business, education, and West Valley community members. If you have news to share, please
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WESTMARC Hires New President & CEO
Source: yourwestvalley.com
WESTMARC is pleased to announce that Sintra Hoffman will be joining the organization as President & CEO. Sintra comes to WESTMARC from ADOT where she has been a policy advisor to the Director and Leadership Team and an Assistant Director on Public Affairs and Local Government outreach. She has also served as Deputy City Manager at Surprise. Her long relationship with the West Valley and in depth knowledge of transportation issues and developments has made her a frequent public speaker. She has been active in WESTMARC on both the Public Affairs Committee and the Transportation Committee, and has been invited, when not on the Transportation Committee to be a speaker. Welcome, Sintra!
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(LinkedIn)
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Buoyed by an improving economy, some West Valley cities are working to breathe new life into older areas of town and create new centers of civic life.
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West Valley Mayors weigh in on 2016 legislative priorities
Phoenix-area mayors shared with The Republic their hopes for the 2016 legislative session,
which opened this week.
And two issues clearly rose to the top:
- Reform the costly public-safety-retirement system.
- Provide funds that are supposed to flow to local governments for transportation projects.
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(David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
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13 West Valley businesses that opened in 2015 or plan 2016 openings
Source: azcentral.com
The West Valley has attracted a host of both chain and independent businesses over the past six months and more restaurants and shops are planned for 2016.
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4 Phoenix-area principals named Rodel Exemplary Principals
Source: azcentral.com
Four Phoenix-area principals are among eight statewide who have been named Rodel Exemplary Principals.
They are Shannon Bonnette from Richard E. Miller School in Phoenix, Karie Burns from Surprise Elementary School, Bennett MacKinney from Echo Mountain Intermediate School in Phoenix and Kate McDonald from South Mountain High School in Phoenix
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Cardinals Open Playoffs January 16th
The Cardinals, as the No. 2 playoff seed in the NFC, will host their Divisional round playoff game Saturday, Jan. 16, at University of Phoenix Stadium.
Kickoff is set for 6:15 p.m. Arizona time (8:15 ET) and will be televised on NBC. GO CARDS!!!
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Support West Valley Schools with Tax Credit through April 15, 2016
You don't have to have a child in school to contribute to education in Arizona through the School Tax Credit. Tax credit monies are not used to fund regular school activities. The donations you make can only be used for extracurricular activities, like sports programs, field trips, after-school tutoring programs, after school arts programs, etc. or designated "character education programs." You are allowed to specify which programs you'd like your donation to support.
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