Urban Vitality in Nature

Runs right through the heart of the Discovery Triangle! 

Cox Business Arizona installed the nation’s fastest fiber-optic connection between ASU’s Saguaro 2 supercomputer and TGen, 10 miles away in downtown Phoenix.

“Cox Business has invested significantly in the communications infrastructure of the Discovery Triangle to make high-capacity bandwidth available,” said Hyman Sukiennik, vice president-Cox Business Arizona and a Discovery Triangle Board Member. “Our Cox LightWave Service accomplishes data transfer 100 times faster and with 100 percent security over our wholly-owned network.”

Read more here:
http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/08/09/daily56.html
http://www.genomeweb.com/blog/tgen-gets-faster-connection-supercomputer
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2010/08/13/20100813biz-speed0813.html

Marty Shultz and Sara Dial, two of the Discovery Triangle’s fearless leaders, joined Horizon host Ted Simons to talk all things Triangle. Take a minute to watch it here.

The Discovery Triangle joins the Arizona Manufacturers Council, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability for the 2010 Environmental & Sustainability Summit at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott this afternoon.

Sara Dial, a Discovery Triangle team member, will present our regional vision to hundreds of participants, following Steve Betts’ presentation on the Opportunity and Reality of Regional Planning in Arizona. Check out the full day’s line up here.

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To help shape and grow the urban lifestyle of the Discovery Triangle, we conducted an extensive analysis of the economic, environmental, intellectual and cultural vitality of the region.

What’s in the Discovery Triangle today?      

Who lives in the area? What businesses are located in the Discovery Triangle? What are our resources? What recreational, cultural and entertainment venues are located within the 25-mile square miles?  What intellectual amenities exist? What we found was a promising community, rich in amenities:

• Young, culturally diverse and well-educated population
• 133,130 residents by 2013 
• High employment density relative to the rest of the Valley
• 6,750 plus businesses with more that 152,500 employees
• 20 performing arts venues including Tempe Center for the Arts, Dodge Theater and Herberger Theater
• 21 museums including the Phoenix Art Museum, The Heard Museum and the Tempe History Museum
• 34 bio-tech and solar companies including Sonora Quest Laboratories, First Solar and Phasor Energy Company
• Arizona State University (ASU) Tempe campus, a Research 1 institution, ranking among the top universities in the nation in student entrepreneurs
• The Downtown Phoenix Biomedical District, a 28-acre-site home to the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), International Genomics Consortium (IGC), Arizona Biomedical Collaborative, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and the Arizona State University College of Nursing downtown campus
• METRO Light Rail, a 20-mile light rail line with 32 stations and a daily ridership of nearly 44,000
• Papago Park, 1,500 acres of hiking and biking trials, desert plant and geological formations
• Sky Harbor International Airport, one of the top 20 busiest airports in the world with more than 1,200 aircraft, 100,000 passengers and 600 tons of air cargo arriving and departing daily.

The Discovery Triangle initiative will ensure these local gems continue to thrive and become the seeds that will grow a unique, urban lifestyle to retain and attract technology-oriented companies and their employees. 

Have something to add?  Let us know at info@discoverytriangle.org.

Last Sunday the Arizona Republic Viewpoints section highlighted the Discovery Triangle, and the thoughts of some of the leaders behind it. You’ll find columns by Mayors Gordon and Hallman and the Discovery Triangle Board Chairman, Martin Shultz.