Archive 2017

Tech Parks Arizona Calls on Developers to Submit Proposals for Second Park

Arizona Public Media

Brandon Mejia

November 23, 2017

The ball is rolling to create a second tech park in Arizona, and Bruce Wright, the associate vice president for Tech Parks Arizona, said they are asking developers for their proposal ideas.

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Emagine Solutions Technology Wins COX Get Started Arizona Receiving $26,000

Emagine Solutions Technology, a tech startup company, won big during the startup pitch competition sponsored by Cox Business Get Started Arizona.

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Bruce Wright Receives Award for Executive Leadership

University of Arizona Associate Vice President Bruce Wright received the COO/Leadership Equivalent Award for a non-profit organization during the 2017 Executive Excellence Award presented by Tucson Local Media and Inside Tucson Business.

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Bruce Wright Receives Award for Building Bright Futures in Tucson

Bruce Wright received the Lawrence M. Hecker Future of Possibility Award during the annual event Idea Funding.

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Bruce Wright Receives Award for Building Bright Futures in Tucson

Bruce Wright, Associate Vice President for Tech Parks Arizona, was honored with the Larry Hecker Future of Possibility Award for his commitment to building Tucson’s economy.  Wright is a major contributor in building Tucson’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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Three New Board of Directors Appointed to oversee University’s Tech Parks

Three community leaders were elected to the Board of Directors of the Campus Research Corporation (CRC).

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Successful Business Mission to Israel led by Tech Parks Arizona

(Tucson, Arizona) Tech Parks Arizona recently led a business mission to Israel.  This business outreach trip was part of Global Advantage, a business development program designed to attract fast gr

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Ascensus Hosts Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at New Tucson Location

Ascensus
Roberta Hess

Ascensus, a technology-enabled solutions provider that helps more than 7 million Americans save for the future, celebrated the grand opening of its Tucson, AZ office location with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

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E.ON Celebrates Grand Opening of First Energy Storage Project in North America Expands Portfolio

PR Newswire
June 1, 2017

TUCSON, Ariz., June 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- E.ON North America celebrated today the grand opening of its Iron Horse Energy Storage & Solar Project at the University of Arizona's Tech Park in southeast Tucson.

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In Tucson, Competing Interests Fight for Solar Energy Profits

NBC News
Lester Holt

Home solar faces changes that could lower savings.

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Companies Sign on for Planned Sahuarita Tech Center

Arizona Public Media
Andrea Kelly
July 28, 2017

“Economic development” is a catchphrase in Arizona, but the town of Sahuarita plans to construct a tech center to put a foundation behind the idea.

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Neighborhood Support is Key in Development

Arizona Daily Star
Mike Christy
July 26, 2017

Tech Parks Arizona's Tucson Marketplace at the Bridges shows how neighbors, builders can unite.

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BizTucson Special Report: Hotbed of Innovation

BizTucson
Special Report 2017

After more than six months in the making, the BizTucson Summer 2017 Special Report on Tech Parks Arizona and Tech Launch Arizona has been published.

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Zoning in Solar Energy Innovations

Desert Leaf - The Cataline Foothills Magazine
Clarie Rogers
July 2017

As the largest solar technology test site in the United States, the Solar Zone provides a technology hub for solar innovation companies.

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UA Tech Park Opens Huge New Solar Array

The Daily Wildcat
Eddie Celaya
June 16, 2017

The future, much like the Tucson summer sun, is bright for the UA Tech Park.

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Tucson Tech: UA Solar Solar Zone Enters Second Phase

Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
June 3, 2017

The University of Arizona and Tucson Electric Power Co. marked the completion of a new energy-storage system and solar array built by E.On at the UA Tech Park.

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Solar Energy Storage Project Debuted at UA Tech Park

Tucson News Now
Evan Schrieber
June 1, 2017

A solar energy storage project is finished in southern Arizona and was debuted Thursday, June 1.

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TEP Brings New Energy-Storage Systems Online in Tucson

Arizona Daily Star
David Wichner
May 6, 2017

Tucson Electric Power Co. recently completed two big energy-storage projects aimed at taking advantage of new technologies and smoothing out the intermittent generation of renewable-energy sources like solar and wind.

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