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GENERAL NEWS | Jan 10, 2018

Main Street Minute: Win a booth at Scottsdale Italian Festival

Italian-American businesses in the Valley have an opportunity to win a booth at Scottsdale's Italian Festival in March.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 9, 2018

Main Street Minute: Mesa doughnut shop honors law enforcement

A doughnut shop in Mesa is honoring law enforcement by donating some of Tuesday's sales to help families of fallen officers.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 8, 2018

Main Street Minute: Bashas’ plays chicken with recipe contest

An Arizona-based grocer wants shoppers to enter its second annual online rotisserie chicken recipe contest. The winner will receive a $500 gift card.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 5, 2018

Main Street Minute: Indoor fun park to open west of Phoenix in summer

An indoor trampoline park was expected to open in the West Valley during the summer. Urban Air picked Goodyear as it second site in metro Phoenix.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 4, 2018

Main Street Minute: West Valley city to host free seminar on wills, trusts

A city in the West Valley is hosting a free seminar on wills and living trusts early next week.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 3, 2018

Main Street Minute: Phoenix suburb offering class on debt control

The city of Peoria is offering a free class to residents on managing debt and a Scottsdale software company is hiring.

GENERAL NEWS | Jan 2, 2018

Main Street Minute: Locally owned Pinnacle Bank adding 2 sites

A locally-owned bank will be expanding by two branches in the coming weeks and a fast-food chain is giving away sandwiches to celebrate a remodel.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 29, 2017

Main Street Minute: Pop-up art store lands spot in downtown Phoenix

A pop-up art store has landed a coveted spot in Phoenix's Roosevelt Row district. Pop-up Phx will open in January at Fifth and Roosevelt streets.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 28, 2017

Main Street Minute: Boston group buys Chandler apartment complex

The Boston-based Eaton Vance Co. paid $55 million for the Pinnacle Terrace Apartments near Ray Road and the Loop 101 in Chandler.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 27, 2017

Main Street Minute: Phoenix Open launches Spanish-only website

The Waste Management Phoenix Open is going bilingual: A new, Spanish version of the tournament's website can now be viewed online.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 26, 2017

Main Street Minute: Scottsdale group donates $8K to Toys For Tots

A Scottsdale-based management group made Christmas special for more than 1,000 Valley kids after it donated 400 toys and more than $8,000 to Toys For Tots.

ARIZONA NEWS | Dec 25, 2017

Silver Alert cancelled for Mesa man who went missing on Christmas Eve

Donald Pesterfield was last seen on Saturday around 6:30 p.m. when he dropped off his wife at the Mesa Gateway Airport. He called his wife and told her he was lost and hasn't been heard from or seen since.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 22, 2017

Main Street Minute: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker to gift local kids

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker will treat 25 children from Mesa's La Mesita Community to a shopping spree at a Dick's Sporting Goods on Friday.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 21, 2017

Main Street Minute: Scottsdale museum gets Andy Warhol grant

The Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art has been awarded $80,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

UNCATEGORIZED | Dec 20, 2017

Main Street Minute: Bike-share opens in Scottsdale, offering free rides

Ofo, a Chinese company, launched in Scottsdale this month and is offering free rentals in December.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 19, 2017

Main Street Minute: Thai chain adds spot in Scottsdale, giving away food

A Thai restaurant with four sites in the East Valley is expanding to Scottsdale and giving away food to say "hello" Tuesday evening.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 18, 2017

Main Street Minute: Scottsdale company donates to children’s cause

Scottsdale-based Plexus Worldwide has donated tens of thousands of dollars to help kids have a little fun while a military parent is deployed.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 15, 2017

Main Street Minute: Santa to visit Phoenix schoolchildren

A Phoenix school district and a national retailer are teaming up Friday to make the holidays a little brighter for children in need.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 14, 2017

Main Street Minute: Candlelight vigil in Phoenix raises $410K for hospital

The annual holiday candlelight vigil at Phoenix Children's Hospital raised $410,000.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 13, 2017

Main Street Minute: Job fair in Mesa lines up tech and banking managers

A career fair Wednesday in Mesa will bring together jobseekers and representatives from the tech industry, baking and food retail.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 12, 2017

Main Street Minute: Phoenix data center operations sells for $1 billion

A Phoenix-based data center has sold for just over $1 billion to a Boston company.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 11, 2017

Main Street Minute: Butcher shop opening in Phoenix neighborhood

A natural-meats butcher shop is opening in east Phoenix neighborhood early next year.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 8, 2017

Main Street Minute: Donate socks to needy for holidays

A sock drive to warm the holidays for the needy is underway in the Valley.

GENERAL NEWS | Dec 7, 2017

Main Street Minute: Phoenix job fair features banking, education positions

A job fair Thursday in Phoenix will feature openings in banking, education, retail and more.