Archive for September 12th, 2009

ITB and WUT have agreed to help forward the message that our region needs some major changes before it’s too late.  We feel that the that change must include organizing and encouraging the business community to step up.  The first opinion in our series is The Chart.  Read the full article HERE.

The Chart is the blueprint of the realities that govern our community. The Chart took years to create. Each of the big and little circles and boxes have spent a lifetime building, protecting and controlling their fiefdoms. How they interact — or fail to interact — has major consequences for all of us.

Inside Tucson Business ran a story this week on the economic impact of having such a large portion of Pima County unincorporated.  Read the article HERE. What could we do with $100 million per year?

“If we had the same number of residents living in incorporated areas as Maricopa County has, we could gain approximately $100 million in state shared revenues,” said Michael Guymon, executive director of the MPA.