What’s being built near 40th Street and the 202?
The Southwest Orthopedic and Spine Hospital. The central site located at the very heart of the Discovery Triangle is what attracted the group to the location as well as the ease of access. 37 doctors from around the Valley will call the 71,000 square-foot, 44 private in-patient room facility home.
“Looking at a map – we are the bulls eye of the Valley, said Dr. David Ott, one of the hospitals surgeons. “Moving further in any one direction would have resulted in a loss of doctors for the facility.”
From the Center of the Triangle: Ten orange) and Twenty (yellow) Minute Drive Times
A Nationally Recognized Urban Education Model
That is what Pearl Esau, the Education Expert Committee Chair, sees as the future for the Discovery Triangle.
Pearl, the Executive Director for Teach for America, Phoenix is one of the Valley’s most passionate and talented young leaders. She has recruited a committed group to focus on the future of education in the area.
Near Term GOALS
In the near term, the group is focusing three main goals:
1. Catalyze regional collaboration with all 5 school districts, charter schools, and school boards, with a focus on STEM.
2. Establish a birth-to-20 educational model in the DT that attracts out-of-state talent.
3. Create an education model within the urban area to produce our own competitive talent and resources.
Education LEADERSHIP
Discovery Triangle experts partnering with Pearl include:
Pearl Esau, Teach for America, Chair
Amanda Burke, Center for the Future of Arizona
Andrea Stouder, ASU
Andrew Collins, Arizona Charter School Association
Antonio Sanchez, Wilson Elementary School District
Carl Zaragoza, Stand for Children
Charlotte Boyle, Creighton Elementary School District
Darcy Renfro, Science Foundation Arizona STEM
Eileen Sigmund, Arizona Charter School Association
Howard Paley, The Rodel Charitable Foundation
Janet Johnson, Rio Salado College
Jeff Smith, Balsz Elementary School District
Jim Zaharis, Greater Phoenix Leadership
JoAnne Vasquez, Helios Education Foundation
John Fisher, Teach for America
Kent Scribner, Phoenix Union High School District
Leslie Barrett, Arizona School Boards Association
Lynn Demuth, University of Phoenix
Myriam Roa, Phoenix Elementary School District
Noreen Balos, ASU
Patrick Contrades, Arizona Business and Education Coalition
Steve Adolph, Tempe Union High School District
Susan Carlson, Arizona Business and Education Coalition
Suzanne Schweiger-Nitchals, Creighton Elementary School District Governing Board
Vince Yanez, Arizona State Board of Education
Relying on the Experts
We don’t know everything — but they do! While we do know a lot…we don’t know everything. That’s why we rely on the experts … Ten groups of Valley industry leaders lead by the area’s best and brightest have been recruited to weigh in on the future of the Triangle and provide actionable next steps to [...]
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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 [...]
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The Discovery Tiangle team is meeting today with Valley Forward’s Land Use Committee to explore opportunities to advance the Canalscape project. Stay tuned!
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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.
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What does the relocation of an Arizona-grown tech company, the opening of an urban marketplace, a $123 million acquisition and the sale of a prominent 3.2 acre parcel in Tempe have in common? Check out this month’s good news from inside the Triangle! Limelight Networks Moves Headquarters to Tempe Gateway Urban Marketplace Join Bicycle Cellar [...]
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In The Triangle
- Tempe Mayor Hallman feels the Force in this promo video for Geeks’ Night Out http://t.co/QQ3l8EbD @MADCAPTheaters @tempearizona
- In The Triangle: Bicycle Co-op Slated for Downtown Phoenix http://t.co/kZylkDYe @BicycleCellar
- In The Triangle: Bicycle Co-op Slated for Downtown Phoenix http://t.co/kZylkDYe
- Thanks to twitter, we've discovered @SmartCookieAZ. Always happy to know where the great cookies are! #eatlocal
- Arizona SciTech Festival Kicks-Off with over 250 participating organizations: http://t.co/Q67SYALw