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Local First Arizona launches recovery center to help communities bounce back from pandemic losses
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By: Sara Edwards - Phoenix Business Journal
Posted at 8:44 AM, Apr 09, 2021
and last updated 2021-04-09 11:44:13-04
PHOENIX â Local First Arizona is launching the Arizona Economic Recovery Center to provide support to help every community in the state build back from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With the help and support from Sen.
Mark Kelly and Gov. Doug Ducey, the center will help leaders and community organizations work together and compete for grants and stimulus funds that will help sustainably build back Arizonaâs economy, according to an announcement from Local First.
The charming midtown Phoenix boutique Frances will soon be closing or changing hands, according to owner Georganne Bryant, who posted a video about her situation on the store’s Instagram account on April 5.
In the video, which has been viewed over 10,000 times as of this writing, Bryant explains that she turned 60 last year and wants to spend more time on family, travel, and other pursuits. She’s hoping someone will buy the business and keep Frances going, but plans to close the shop she founded in 2006 if that doesn’t happen.
The news follows a challenging year for Frances and other small businesses affected by the pandemic. For several months, Bryant and her eight employees took curbside and mail orders rather than opening the store for in-person shopping. Now, the store which is stocked with a rotating mix of clothing, jewelry, home goods, and other items with a localized twist has regular business hours again, with limits on how many customers can shop at one time.
Arizona business leaders voice concern over proposed election laws
Arizona business leaders voice concern over proposed election laws
Local business leaders are taking aim at proposed Arizona laws that could limit voting, saying the state s election system isn t broken.
PHOENIX - Arizona business leaders took aim at various bills in the state’s legislature that would change parts of Arizona’s election system.
The Greater Phoenix Leadership group
penned an opinion piece blasting SB 1485, SB 1593, and SB 1713, all bills that would make changes to early voting lists and ballots. The system is not broken, says Local First Arizona founder Kimber Lanning, being one of more than 40 to sign on to the statement.
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