Kevin Burke, Author at Connect Tucson

Pima County Tops in Attracting Talent

Pima County made the biggest gains in the country in attracting talent to the region, according to recent analysis from Emsi, an international labor market data company. Their data crunchers regularly examine community trends in the competition for talent. This year, Emsi specifically analyzed how existing trends in remote work brought on by the pandemic […]

TuSimple plans major Tucson expansion

Self-driving truck pioneer TuSimple is expanding its Tucson operation in a big way, as it builds out a nationwide network of autonomous commercial trucks and adds major new trucking partners. The company will expand its test center and trucking hub on East Old Vail Road by 35,000 square feet and add more than 100 jobs […]

Application Opens Today – December 9 The City of Tucson is launching the Community Wireless Program to provide wireless access to members of the community and support remote learning, teleworking, and access to virtual services. Funded by the CARES Act, the program will distribute routers to eligible residents. The routers will provide wireless service to those approved through December […]

The City of Tucson Office of Economic Initiatives and Arizona-based Hownd are collaborating on the “Hownd for the Holidays” campaign, which features promotional offers from participating merchants. Hownd is a customer foot traffic and revenue-generation platform for entertainment, attractions, restaurants, health and beauty, lodging, and other brick-and-mortar retail businesses. Using $25,000 of Coronavirus Relief Funds from […]

The City of Tucson Office of Economic Initiatives received an Award of Merit for its website, ConnectTucson.com, as part of the Golden Prospector Awards from the Arizona Association for Economic Development (AAED). Ten Awards of Merit were presented at AAED’s 2020 Fall Forum to recognize excellence, innovation, and creativity in economic development. ConnectTucson.com was one of […]

Tucson, Ariz. – Sept. 14, 2020 – The City of Tucson announces the launch of the Visual Improvement Program (VIP), a matching grant program to help small businesses and commercial property owners make exterior improvements to their property. The purpose of the VIP program is to encourage investment in, and revitalization of, key commercial areas and corridors through […]

Pima County and other regional partners, led by the City of South Tucson, have entered the competition to become the site of the headquarters for America’s space combatant command. U.S. Space Command (not to be confused with the newest branch of the military – U.S. Space Force) is a war-fighting headquarters established to direct the activities of […]

The Thomas R. Brown Family Foundation is giving $2.5 million to Pima Community College Foundation to advance the college’s growing presence as the center of economic recovery and growth in the region. The announcement came Wednesday morning, Sept. 9, in front of the college’s nearly completed Automotive Technology and Innovation Center at the PCC Downtown Campus. The building is […]

Tucson is expected to be one of the big winners of new corporate expansions and relocations as companies shy away from large, urban areas. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought suburban and mid-size cities to the forefront for future investment, according to a recent survey of the Site Selectors Guild, the international site selection consulting group. […]