Discovery Triangle News
Bicycle Co-op Slated for Downtown Phoenix
The Bicycle Cellar, a key ingredient of the multi-modal offerings at the Tempe Transportation Center, received preliminary approval to open in the historic Security Building. Located across the street from METRO Light Rail’s Central Station at Van Buren and Central, the Beaux Arts-style building also houses ASU’s PURL (Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory) and Phoenix Community Alliance.
The Tempe location offers memberships for bicycle commuters to store their bikes, have access to showers and lockers, and also use a basic self-service bike repair area. In addition, the facility provides 24-hour video surveillance and is monitored by security guards. The Bicycle Cellar also offers bike service, bike related retail and bike rentals.
These services will be available to downtown Phoenix residents, students and commuters once the Bicycle Cellar has secured $477,000 in funding. Maricopa County has agreed to pay the approximated $220,000 in core and shell improvement costs for the space.
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Arizona SciTech Festival Kicks Off
The Arizona SciTech Festival showcases Arizona as a national leader in science, technology and innovation through a series of events taking place statewide. Over 250 organizations have partnered together to showcase Arizona’s leadership in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through a series of hands-on activities, workshops, conversations, debates, stunning exhibitions, concerts, guided walks and tours.
Join the fun and learning at one or more of these events to celebrate Arizona’s future as a leader in perpetual innovation.
Featured Events Include:
• Jan. 25 – 26 Aerospace and Defense Requirements Conference
• Feb. 3 Phoenix First Friday Art Science Fusion
• Feb. 4 Arizona Science Center’s Innovations in Bioscience
• Feb. 10–12 Mesa’s Take Flight Celebration
• Feb. 14, 16 AZ Renaissance Festival’s Discovery Days
• Feb. 16 Chandler’s Tech Crawl
• Feb. 16 Tempe’s The Science of Fun
• Feb. 18 Tucson’s Science in the City
• Feb. 19–20 Challenger Space Center’s John Glenn Anniversary Event
• Feb. 21 A Day of Dean Kamen
• Feb. 25 Arizona State University’s EX-STATIC at New College
• Feb. 25–26 Scottsdale’s Science of Baseball
• Mar. 3 Arizona State University’s Night of the Open Door
• Mar. 6 University of Arizona’s Innovation Day
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dasHAUS Sustainable Design Tour Comes to Tempe
German innovations to sustainable home building will soon be on display at the Tempe Arts Park as part of the dasHAUS exhibit. According to the Phoenix Business Journal, the full-house installation will be open to the public Jan. 21-30 just outside the Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway. Admission is free. [...]
Read the full article »The Arizona Innovation Challenge is on!
In early 2012, the Arizona Commerce Authority will award $1.5 million to the most promising technology ventures that participate in the 2nd Arizona Innovation Challenge (awards may range from $100,000 to $250,000). Arizona technology businesses are the state’s engine for economic transformation through wealth and job creation. The Arizona Innovation Challenge is an investment in [...]
Read the full article »ULI Arizona Trends Day Explores Industry Challenges, Opportunities
What are the latest trends and issues facing the development of thriving communities here in Arizona? Join the Urban Land Institute on January 26 to be a part of the discussion about the future of real estate. ULI Arizona Trends Day brings together the best national and regional real estate leaders, decision-makers and visionaries to [...]
Read the full article »Registration Open for ASU’s STEMNet Workshops
Science and mathematics K-12 educators, college and university STEM professionals are invited to attend an upcoming STEMNet networking dinner and professional development workshops. The dinner’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Rogier Windhorst, JWST Interdisciplinary Scientist and ASU Regents’ Professor. Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. ASU Memorial Union, Tempe Campus Certificates for CEU [...]
Read the full article »First Harvest for Downtown Sunflowers
Volunteers converged on the Valley of the Sunflowers in downtown Phoenix recently to help with the first harvest of the flowers for fuel project. A partnership of Roosevelt Row CDC, Phoenix BioScience High School and the Intel Corporation, the Valley of the Sunflowers is a temporary use of two empty lots for downtown beautification, community [...]
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