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WESTMARC Headlines
February 4, 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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In addition to bringing you top-trending news stories each week, check out WESTMARC's West Valley Events Roundup for interesting things to do in and around the West Valley.
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ADOT to host transportation expo for small businesses
Source: yourwestvalley.com
The Arizona Department of Transportation will hold a transportation event mainly for owners of small and disadvantaged businesses qualifying for the agency's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program.
The DBE & Small Business Transportation Expo runs from 7 a.m. to noon Feb. 10 at the GlendaleCivicCenter. Attendees can learn about project opportunities, network with professionals and business owners, and hear from transportation leaders including ADOT Director John Halikowski.
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Main Event Entertainment opening in Avondale.
Dave & Buster's at Westgate,
which opened several months ago, will have a little West Valley competition since Main Event Entertainment has announced it will opening in Avondale.
The family entertainment center, which is based in Dallas (same as Dave & Buster's), will open its second Arizona location in Avondale at 10315 W. McDowell Road on Feb. 8.
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Glendale picks arm of L.A. Kings owner AEG to manage Arizona Coyotes arena
The city of Glendale wants to award a contract to manage Gila River Arena - home of the Arizona Coyotes - to AEG, which owns the Los Angeles Kings, L.A. Live development, the Oscar-hosting Shrine Auditorium and the Staples Center.
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Arizona remembers Space Shuttle Challenger disaster 30 years later
Source: azcentral.com
At Challenger Space Center Arizona in Peoria, where students from schools around the state learn about space science, there will not be much fanfare to mark the anniversary. The flag will be lowered to half-staff. The staff will put out an album that includes news articles and remembrances about the space shuttle and its crew.
"Our building alone does it for us every single day," said Tim Harris, the interim director of the space center, which opened in 2000. The center offers exhibits about space exploration, hands-on science experiments and simulated space flights.
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8 school bills Arizona parents should know about
Source: azcentral.com
Several bills have been introduced that would change K-12 and higher education in Arizona. This article provides some highlights.
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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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