Phoenix Suns Tweet Up – Round Two
The second annual Suns tweet up is almost here! If you remember last years Suns tweet up, you remember a rockin’ good time. On Tuesday, December 15th, join a bunch of “tweeps” and the Phoenix Suns as they take on the San Antonio Spurs. Ticket prices are $32.00 for “upper-level” seats and “lower-level” tickets are available

Explore light rail with these special and holiday events
For immediate release November 25, 2009   PHOENIX — With guests in town and time away from the daily grind this holiday season, consider METRO light rail as your connection to the Valley’s best special events and destinations.  METRO has created an event listing featuring special and holiday-themed events taking place at venues located along the 20-mile line.  Download this guide from the “Good to Know” section of www.metrolightrail.org. This guide was developed to give riders a glimpse of the wide-ranging event opportunities available within walking distance from the line.  It features ev

Rail Life talks commercial real estate with Doug Lazovick
As you probably know, we have an interest in communities and “life” near the light rail line. Occasionally, we are fortunate enough to have people write a “guest post” regarding their particular expertise as it relates to living along the light rail line in Arizona. I am really happy that my friend Doug agreed to write about commercial real estate along light rail lines. Doug Lazovick is a commercial Real Estate agent specializing in multi-family investment sales and is licensed in Arizona. He is also the founder of DeedStreet,  a Real Estate community that leverages online social networking tools t

Chickens or eggs?
For as long as I can remember, the rub on downtown Phoenix has been that it is deserted after dark. Why? Because there is “nothing” there.  Over the past couple of years we have slowly felt a “revitalization” of sorts that has given hope to some that this might be changing, and that we could actually have life in the city. Yes, the “economy sucks” and no one is really supposed to be making any money or creating anything worth while, but there is an undeniable

Questions remain for Metro CEO
There has been a lot of talk about Metro CEO Rick Simonetta lately, some about his impending “retirement” which apparently means accepting a sweet new transportation gig. Other talk has to do with finding his replacement. Apparently, the two leading candidates to replace Simonetta are transit industry veterans Stephen Banta, the operations chief for Portland’s light rail system, and Deborah Wathen Finn, an