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February 8, 2010 in On the Fly | No comments

For 25 years, The Boulders has been giving back to the local community. But at the resort’s 25th Anniversary Celebration in January, giving back reached astounding heights with more than $61,000 raised for local charities. A check for $12,369 (each) was donated to Arizona MusicFest, Desert Foothills Land Trust, Southwest Wildlife, Desert Foothills Food Bank, and Desert Foothills Library. More: www.TheBoulders.com.

Scottsdale Airpark-based entrepreneur Jeff Trenk has introduced The Cycle Hitch, a product designed to eliminate the hassles of conventional bike towing; owners can load their bikes by themselves by driving up a small ramp, shifting into neutral, hooking on the straps and removing the ramp when the bike is secured. The Cycle Hitch, with headquarters at 8295 E. Raintree Drive, is set to be officially unveiled at the Power Sports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis, Feb. 12-15. The Cycle Hitch is engineered to fit with all brands and most models of motorcycles and is easily installed on any vehicle equipped with a receiver hitch. More: www.cyclehitch.com.

Schaefer & Associates, a commercial real estate brokerage and property management firm, has relocated its offices to 7621 E. Gray Road, Suite D. The firm has been headquartered in the Scottsdale Airpark since 1990, and this is its third Airpark location. Brokers Eric Schaefer, Don Schaefer and Jane Poucel have an aggregate of 60-plus years of experience and represent owners and tenants in the management, leasing, sale and purchase of commercial real estate throughout the Valley.

El Chorro Lodge, which celebrates its grand reopening Feb. 14, has two new managers, Kelley Cordova and Carmen Martinez. Cordova, a Scottsdale native, has more than 37 years in the food and beverage industry, including Marco Polo and Mountainside Office Bar and Grill. Martinez previously was manager of Mastro’s Ocean Club in Kierland Commons. More: www.elchorrolodge.com.

Scottsdale Airpark-based Go Daddy donated $500,000 to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Go Daddy’s philanthropic CEO and founder Bob Parsons initiated the move immediately after learning about the high magnitude earthquake in Haiti.

Julia Thorn was named the new marketing director for Eddie V’s Restaurant Group. She handles national and local marketing and advertising efforts for Eddie V’s Prime Seafood restaurants, Wildfish Seafood Grille restaurants and Roaring Fork restaurants in Arizona, California and Texas.

This year, Scottsdale-based PCA Skin celebrates its 20th year. Over the last two decades, the company evolved from a small Arizona business into a global organization serving physicians and clinicians in 60 countries. PCA Skin was the first to provide products to the medical aesthetics market for treating such skin conditions as acne, aging skin, sensitive skin and hyper-pigmentation.

As part of Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Scottsdale at Troon North was honored as to be recognized among Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” This year marks the 13th consecutive year the brand has made the list.

StormSource Software, 13951 N. Scottsdale Road, a supplier of online appointment software, added 11 companies to its expanding list of Fortune 500 clients that utilize Appointment-Plus, its online scheduling software. New clients include The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Infiniti, and Mercy Care. StormSource Software supplies over 3,500 clients throughout the world and is geared primarily toward smaller operations such as doctors’ offices, salons and health clubs. More: www.appointment-plus.com.

Scottsdale’s McDowell Mountain Ranch Park and Aquatic Center was recently voted “Best Public Pool” by New Times magazine’s annual “Best Of” series for 2009. The aquatic center boasts a 13-lane lap pool, 250-foot inner tube water slide, play pool, splash pad, and a 600-foot “lazy river.”

V’s Barbershop, with locales at Kierland Commons and The Shade at Desert Ridge, has announced two new franchise locations outside the Phoenix market. The original barbershop concept with today’s modern amenities will open new locations in Houston, and Bellingham, Wash., in the first quarter of 2010. The company was recently named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s list of leading franchise categories poised for growth in 2010.

Fire Captain Sasha Weller was named the 2010 recipient of the Herbert R. Drinkwater Award, and the Police School Resource Officers Unit was named the recipient of the Bill Donaldson Award at the city of Scottsdale’s annual employees award ceremony.

CATZ-Chandler has opened a second location in the Airpark. The 14,000-square-foot facility at 7400 E. Tierra Buena Lane offers the same services that made its East Valley locale a hit: physical therapy; performance training; “Completely Active Kids Fitness”: and adult fitness. More: www.catzsports.com.

Elite Repeat Consignment moved to a new location within the Pima Crossing Shopping center, next door to Stein Mart at 8664 E. Shea Blvd. The store moved to be closer to higher-traffic stores such as E & J’s Designer Shoe Outlet, said Margie Sawyer of Elite. Brands featured in the store include Robb & Stucky, Ethan Allen, Thomasville, Chanel, Gucci, Chico’s, Misook and True Religion. More: eliterepeatconsign@yahoo.com.

Scottsdale Leadership, a nonprofit leadership development program, has hired Rachel Brockway as its marketing and resource development manager. In her new position, Brockway will be responsible for marketing, social media, public relations and resource development. She also will assist volunteer committees in the planning and execution of events.

First International Bank & Trust turned 100 years old this year and reached $1 billion in total assets a few weeks ago. The bank has an Airpark locale at 7900 E. Raintree Drive. More: www.firstintlbank.com.

Gabrielle Roeckelein, ASID, has joined Robb & Stucky Design Studio, 15440 N. Scottsdale Road. She is experienced in residential and commercial interior design, as well as management, marketing and building specifications for multimillion -dollar corporations.

Beth Burnett has joined the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce marketing and communications team. Burnett will work closely with chamber staff and volunteer committees to develop and market the organization’s educational programming, business services and networking events.

After two years, Scottsdale Bakery and Cupcake Co. recently closed its doors at the Northsight Village shopping Center in the Scottsdale Airpark. In an interview with AZCentral.com, owner Liz Rowenhorst cited problems with the landlord, saying he would not cut the rent and failed to retain tenants or attract new ones to a half-full shopping center.
ACF Property Management, of Studio City, Calif., manages the property and SR Commercial Real Estate is handling new-tenant leasing, according to the article. A spokesman said the vacancy rate is due to the poor economy. The bakery is still taking orders online at www.scottsdalebakeryandcupcakes.com.

Market Street at DC Ranch is the site of two new eateries: Cajun-accented Beauregard Food Co. and Krispy Kreme, both operated by Dan Brinton.

Bob Nanberg

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale welcomes new board members: Tom Hoecker – Partner, Snell & Wilmer; Rozlyn Lipsey – President, Jokake Construction; Bob Nanberg – Owner/Partner, Team Shop Premiums; Franco Calabrese – RE Development Manager, Foursite Consulting.

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Tasti D-Lite Freebies & Celebration, Feb. 12-14

February 5, 2010 in On the Fly | No comments

– Posted by Editor Kimberly Hundley

Hey Airparkers, Tasti D-Lite in the Airpark is the state’s very FIRST franchise, and has been operating on the down low for a few weeks. I’m finally stopping over there today to experience for myself what those gals on Sex in the City have been raving about for years.

The healthy, low-calorie snack — a favorite of celebrities — is supposed to be delish. The official grand opening is slated for 2/12 to 2/14 with lots of giveaways and FREE tastes. See the official press release below.

The locale is in the Shops at Zocallo, home to Barcelona. Speaking of which, is Barcelona “closed for remodeling” forever? If you know what’s up with that place, let me know at editor@scottsdaleairpark.com.

OFFICAL PRESS RELEASE

Tasti D-Lite Hosts Grand Opening Celebration in Scottsdale

WHAT: Tasti D-Lite, the great-tasting, lower-calorie frozen dessert chain with a cult following among health-conscious consumers as well as celebrities, is celebrating the grand opening of its first franchised location in Scottsdale February 12-14, 2010.

The following events are scheduled to take place over the weekend:

  • · Free Tasti D-Lite on Friday (2/12/10) from 1:00pm to 5:00pm, Saturday (2/13/10) from 11:00am to 6:00 pm and Sunday (2/14/10) from 1:00pm to 5:00pm.
  • · Saturday’s the big day for children’s activities—there will be moon walks, face painting, balloons and balloon sculptors, children entertainers, and more. Chipotle will also be providing free kids meals all day and chips and guacamole.
  • · Attendees can register to win a “Year of Free Tasti”
  • · Drawings for Tasti door prizes throughout the weekend including a Girly-Girlz Diva D-Lite Party for six and a free ‘cake & pie’ office party for 20.
  • · A Valentine’s Day tribute – Planning on proposing over Valentine’s Day? Men who come in during Tasti D-Lite’s grand opening weekend to show their engagement ring in the box will receive a free heart shaped cake to help make the proposal extra sweet. *The free offer is available to only the first 20 men who bring in their rings.

WHEN: Friday, February 12, 2010 to Sunday, February 14, 2010

Beginning at 1:00pm on Friday and Sunday and at 11:00am on Saturday

WHERE: Tasti D-Lite’s Scottsdale center located at:
15425 N. Scottsdale Road (in The Shops at Zocallo)

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DC Ranch Gets Krispy Kreme & Cajun

January 25, 2010 in On the Fly | No comments

“Doughnut Dan” Brinton Opens 8th Valley Krispy Kreme and His Latest Concept Beauregard Food Co. Side by Side

The man that brought back to Arizona the south’s favorite doughnut – Krispy Kreme – is serving up a full menu of southern fare at his new restaurant concept Beauregard Food Co., newly opened on Market Street at D.C. Ranch.

Opening next door to Brinton’s newest Krispy Kreme neighborhood store, Beauregard Food Co. is as the sign reads “…a southern thing.” The menu has a Cajun flare and includes gumbo, and shrimp and crawfish wraps. Guests can also experience southern favorites such as fried pickles and comeback sauce (aka “Cajun ketchup”).

“People will soon find out that ‘Doughnut Dan’ knows more than doughnuts,” said Dan Brinton, franchise partner of Krispy Kreme Arizona and Beauregard Food Co. owner. “The restaurant business is in my blood and I’m just as passionate about my fried pickles as I am my doughnuts.”

Beauregard Food Co., named after Brinton’s great-great grandfather’s dry goods company established in 1898 in Clarksville, Tenn., is a 70-seat family- and wallet-friendly destination. Mud bugs, better known as children, have a variety of meals to choose from and are invited to draw and stamp on the paper-covered white tablecloths.

“This is my neighborhood, so I know first-hand that people want a place they can take their families for good food any night of the week,” said Brinton. “I hope to appeal to those folks as well as Valley residents looking for food that’s as fun as whittling and as comfortable as a rocking chair.”

Beauregard Food Co. is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Daily specials include offerings such as shrimp and grits, red beans and rice, shrimp and crawfish cheesecake, and etouffee. The address is 20825 N. Pima Rd. Suite 100.

The D.C. Ranch Krispy Kreme is open seven days a week from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and features 15 varieties of doughnuts, including Krispy Kreme’s signature Original Glazed® doughnut. The store offers 25-cent coffee, 99-cent specialty coffee beverages, and Shamrock Farms milk.

For more information regarding Beauregard Food Co. and Krispy Kreme Arizona, call 480.776.1912. Or, become a friend of Doughnut Dan on facebook.
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Scottsdale Names City Attorney

December 10, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

–Posted by Editor Kimberly Hundley

Dec. 9, 2009

Council appoints Bruce Washburn to

city attorney’s position

The City Council has appointed a deputy city attorney with more than 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors as Scottsdale’s new city attorney.

Deputy City Attorney Bruce Washburn was named to the position at the council’s Tuesday, Dec. 8 meeting.

Washburn has worked for Scottsdale since May 2003. Prior to his appointment, he had been serving as the deputy city attorney responsible for the litigation department. Since the city attorney’s position became vacant in July, he was one of three deputy city attorneys who had assumed many of the duties of the city attorney.

Washburn also has provided legal services to the city relating to bankruptcy, condemnation, contracts, purchasing, real estate transactions, code enforcement, planning, transportation, revenue recovery and financial services matters.

“I am honored to have been chosen for this position and I look forward to working with the council and staff in the days ahead,” Washburn said.

Before his career with Scottsdale, Washburn was with Ayers & Brown, P.C., of Phoenix, was a senior attorney with an Iowa utility company and had been a partner in two private law firms. He also was a law clerk for New Mexico Supreme Court Chief Justice LaFel E. Oman.

He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.

The city attorney is one of six charter officers appointed by and reporting to the City Council.

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Fairmont Cooks Up 3 T-Giving Options

November 17, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

The Fairmont Scottsdale Offers a Cornucopia of

Thanksgiving Dinner Options

Thursday, November 26, 2009

What: This Thanksgiving, Valley residents can enjoy an award-winning dining experience without doing the dishes. The Fairmont Scottsdale is offering three different dining options for families to celebrate this holiday:

  • LV Bistro – A holiday brunch buffet will be available from 10 am – 3 pm and will include flavors of fresh American cuisine including baked cinnamon apple French toast, smoked salmon tasting, Dungeness crab cakes and an array of organic and farm fresh dishes. Pricing is $52 for adults, $27 for kids 6 – 12 and children 5 and under dine for free with the purchase of an adult entree. For dinner, indulge in Thanksgiving fare or choose from one of the many a la carte items from 6 pm – 9 pm.
  • The Grill – A holiday brunch buffet which will include live music, complimentary champagne and world-class views. The brunch pricing is $62 for adults, $30 for kids 6 – 12 and children 5 and under dine for free with the purchase of an adult entree. The buffet will include a raw bar and seafood station complete with a variety of oysters, clams, stone crab clawws and house cured Loch Duart salmon. For guests that prefer land to the sea, there will be a carving station with whole heritage turkey, flank steak and an array of fresh, organic salads.
  • BOURBON STEAK – In addition to the regular a la cart menu, BOURBON STEAK will be offering a special three-course Thanksgiving menu is $47 per person which includes butternut squash soup, heritage turkey dinner complete with giblet stuffing, bourbon-pecan yams and crème fraiche whipped potatoes and a gingered-pumpkin pudding for dessert.

Where: At the Fairmont Scottsdale, located at 7575 E. Princess Drive in Scottsdale

More Info: For more information, or for reservations, please dial 480-585-4848. Reservations are recommended.

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Cohen Named Chairman of Scottsdale Boys & Girls Clubs

November 9, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

David S. Cohen Named

Chairman of the Board for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale is pleased to announce David S. Cohen as chairman of the board for 2009-2011. A volunteer with the organization for more than a decade, Cohen has served as the chairman for the Angels for Kids annual giving campaign as well as on the facilities committee, development committee and capital campaign cabinet. Cohen assumes the role from immediate past chairman Mike Thorell.

“Being involved in building several of the clubs over the years and seeing first-hand the success of the programs offered at each branch is very rewarding,” said Cohen. “Now more than ever, there is an increased demand for our programs, and during my term I want to make sure we have as much impact as we can on the future leaders of our community.”

In addition to his work with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale, Cohen is the principal and co-founder of Encanta Homes, where he oversees the strategic direction and comprehensive development of growth plans for the company. Prior to establishing Encanta Homes with business partner Todd A. Stevens, Cohen and Stevens co-founded Hacienda Builders in 1991, an award-winning Scottsdale-based home builder with a reputation for quality craftsmanship and outstanding service.

About the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale has provided more than 100,000 Northeast Valley youth with a positive, supervised environment to explore the power of their potential. Today we serve 16,000 children and teen through the organization’s nine branches and 12 outreach sites located in Scottsdale, Fountain Hills, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Hualapai Indian Community and other Northeast Valley neighborhoods. The Club offers more than 100 youth development programs emphasizing five core areas: the arts; character & leadership development; education & career development; health & life skills; and sports, fitness & recreation.

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You’re Invited to Free Party at Ice Den, Nov. 10

November 5, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

Over Easy North and 18° Neighborhood Grill, the two new restaurants located inside the Ice Den in North Scottsdale, are celebrating their grand opening with a big party to be held Tuesday, November 10th from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Everyone is invited to come and enjoy complimentary food and cocktails.

Plus, NHL Phoenix Coyotes players, Petr Prucha and Martin Hanzal, will be on-hand signing autographs and taking pictures with their loyal fans, along with the team’s mascot Howler. Drawings will also be held for many exciting giveaways, including Coyotes game tickets, autographed NHL paraphernalia, skating and dining gift certificates and more. While you’re there, party goers can try out the Visual Sports simulator. Play golf, hockey, baseball, football and more. Who knows? Maybe Howler will challenge you to a puck shoot out.

“This is an exciting time for our two restaurants in the Ice Den. We invite everyone to stop by and see what the buzz is about in North Scottsdale,” said Eatwell and Drinkalott partner Quinn Goldsberry. “The grand opening will showcase Over Easy and 18° Neighborhood Grill’s high-quality food that’s offered at reasonable prices in a unique fun, family-friendly environment.”

18° serves many comfort food favorites. Menu highlights include roasted chicken, salads, ground-fresh hamburgers, mac and cheese, and made-from-scratch pizza. Over Easy also serves all of your breakfast favorites, along with a few truly unique menu items such as The Wolfpack and Big E’s Pile Up. Look for Paris-trained Chef Aaron May to bring his culinary flair to many standard American favorites at both restaurants.

“We’ve recognized for some time that restaurants of this distinction were missing at the Ice Den, as well as in our surrounding community,” said Michael O’Hearn, President of Coyotes Ice, LLC.  “Since we opened the restaurants’ doors last month, our Ice Den patrons have expressed that the food and dining experience has been a ‘huge’ and ‘wonderful’ change of pace to the usual ice rink fare. Now we look forward to having everyone who lives and works in North Scottsdale corridor to check us out as we officially celebrate our grand opening next week.”

Eatwell and Drinkalott, the restaurant group behind popular Valley restaurants Over Easy South and The Lodge, has partnered with the Ice Den in opening the two Ice Den eateries.

Over Easy North is open seven days a week, serving breakfast and lunch. 18° is open seven days a week, offering lunch, dinner, happy hour and late night dining. For more information regarding the restaurants, please visit www.18-degrees.com and www.eatatovereasy.com. For Ice Den specific information, please contact Coyotes Ice Executive Director, Justin Maloof at (480) 473-5804 or jmaloof@coyotesice.com.

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Frys.com Open Won’t Return to Grayhawk

November 5, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

–Posted by Editor Kimberly Hundley

Official press release:

Tournament moves to northern California after three years at Grayhawk Golf  Club

“While we’re saddened that the Frys.com Open is leaving Scottsdale, we’re quite pleased with what the tournament was able to accomplish in its three years here at Grayhawk,” said Grayhawk Golf Club’s Del Cochran.  “Fry’s Electronics was an outstanding partner and we wish the tournament tremendous success.”

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The PGA TOUR and Fry’s Electronics announced  that the Frys.com Open, an official event on the PGA TOUR, will be moving to CordeValle in San Martin, Calif., which is south of San Jose and north of the Monterey Peninsula.  Next year’s event is scheduled for October 11-17 during the 2010 PGA TOUR season.

The Frys.com Open had a successful three-year run at Grayhawk Golf Club, culminating with a 2009 event full of fireworks.  Troy Matteson shot back-to-back 61’s, a new 36-hole PGA TOUR scoring record, and outlasted up-and-coming golfers Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark in a two-hole playoff to earn his second career PGA TOUR victory (his first win came in 2006 at the Frys.com Open in Las Vegas).

The 2009 tournament also featured 4 aces, including a rare albatross (double-eagle) /ace combo in the same round by Nicholas Thompson, a PGA TOUR first.  Cameron Beckman won the 2008 tournament in a 2-hole playoff to jump from 175 to 86 on the money list to secure his card; while former Masters champion Mike Weir won the inaugural event in 2007.

Gregg Tryhus, president of Grayhawk Development, said, “We’ve developed some close personal relationships with the Fry’s family,” Tryhus said.  “We’re grateful they trusted us with their event for three years, and we’re confident they will have many more successful events.”

Located 30 minutes south of title sponsor Fry’s Electronics’ world headquarters in San Jose, Calif., CordeValle is an 18-hole, par-72 Robert Trent Jones, Jr. design that stretches across 7,169 yards of Northern California’s hillsides, canyons and broad meadows.

“We are very excited about moving the Frys.com Open to California and CordeValle,” said Kathy Kolder, executive vice president and a founder of Fry’s Electronics.  “Grayhawk Golf Club was such a great host site and the fans in the Valley were tremendous supporters for the Frys.com Open the last three years, we can’t thank them enough.”

The Frys.com Open strives to make an impact in the community through charitable donations and in three years has raised more than $1.7 million for charities like the American Institute of Mathematics, Thunderbirds Charities and the Fore Adoption Foundation.

The Frys.com Open is part of the PGA TOUR’s Fall Series and features a full-field (132 players), four-day tournament with a $5 million purse and $900,000 payout to the winner.  For more information go to www.frysopengolf.com or find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/frysopengolf.


Delicious Delivery: Barro’s Pizza at Grayhawk Plaza

November 5, 2009 in On the Fly | No comments

-Posted by Editor Kimberly Hundley

I love, love, love Barro’s pizza. I grew up near the first location and practically lived in the corner booth.  This month, Barro’s will open a new locale at Grayhawk Plaza. Over the years, I’ve developed a severe addiction to the following delivery order: pepperoni and onion topping, small, extra-sauce, please leave in the oven for a couple extra minutes so the pepperoni starts to crisp on the edges.

Congrats to Mike & his family on this 28th location of the family-owned biz. If you live near the plaza, definitely give Barro’s a try. It just might become your favorite too.

Here’s the official press release:

New Scottsdale Location at Grayhawk Plaza Marks Fourth New Restaurant Opened in 2009

As national quick-service restaurants wrestle with the sagging national economy, a Carefree-based pizza concept continues to grow throughout the Valley as it prepares to open its 28th restaurant this month at Grayhawk Plaza in Scottsdale.

Grayhawk Plaza, located one mile north of the Loop 101 on Scottsdale Road, opened in 2001 and is recognized as one of Scottsdale’s premier neighborhood shopping centers.  Close to the entrance of the affluent master planned community of Grayhawk, the center is anchored by a 58,000-square-foot Bashas’ Supermarket and also includes a Walgreen’s, Tutor Time Day Care, Pei Wei, Leslie’s Poolmart, and Blockbuster Video.

The center is located in close proximity to some of north Scottsdale’s most successful residential developments, including DC Ranch, Ironwood Village, Pinnacle Peak Country Club and McDowell Mountain Ranch.

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–Posted by Editor Kimberly Hundley

This is great news for the Airpark! An ASU master’s business program, geared to professionals who want to attend school at night, now has a permanent home in North Scottsdale. In recent years, ASU offered classes at three roving NoSco sites, but this is the MBA program’s first permanent site in the area–and it’s smack in the Airpark.

For those who might be scratching their head about where Hartford Drive is, it’s that street off Perimeter between Bell & Princess, near the Princess Cafe. Here’s a map.

It looks like classes won’t begin here for new students until the August ‘10 semester. I’ll post more info later this week. Until then, here is the official press release:

Scottsdale officials are welcoming news that Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business will bring its highly rated part-time MBA program to a location convenient to the Scottsdale Airpark, 8355 E. Hartford Drive.

The school will introduce the new location, at the northeast corner of Bell Road and 82nd Street, during an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4.

“This is a great location, easily accessible to the Scottsdale Airpark, one of the largest and most sought-after employment centers in the state,” said Mayor W. J. “Jim” Lane. “We made it a priority to assist ASU with this new location because a highly skilled and educated workforce is one of the primary reasons Scottsdale is an attractive city for employers.”

To help the school locate in Scottsdale, staff from the Economic Vitality and the Planning, Neighborhoods and Transportation divisions worked together to speed review and guide the project through the city’s processes.

“Scottsdale is one of the favored locations for start-up companies and for solid, medium-size businesses,” said Harold Stewart, executive director of the city’s Economic Vitality Division. “The convenience of a highly ranked master’s program in business fits well with the city’s efforts to help maintain an economically vital community for the long term. It is one more key asset in our program to recruit new businesses and retain those already here.”

The school offers one of the best part-time MBA programs in the country, with an evening MBA program ranked “Top 25″ in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.

“We’ve had a presence in Scottsdale for several years, but we’re making it permanent with our new facility,” said W. P. Carey School of Business Dean Robert Mittelstaedt.

“Scottsdale has been one of our most popular locations, so we found a great space that will be convenient for those working and living in the East Valley,” said Beth Walker, associate dean of the W. P. Carey MBA program.

“This new facility offers four fully equipped team rooms, wireless network access throughout the entire suite, LCD displays, interactive monitors and easy access to the 101 freeway.”

The 21-month W. P. Carey evening MBA program offers a high-caliber core business curriculum, with the ability to specialize in several areas of emphasis, including finance, health care management, international business, marketing and supply chain management.

A popular 18-month evening accelerated version is also offered at the Tempe campus, with the next class starting in February. In both cases, students meet just two nights per week, allowing them to fit their MBA programs into their busy work and home lives.

[Editor's Note: This link should save you a little time. It appears to be the one with info on the MBA evening option at the Airpark locale, noting an August start date.]

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