Holiday Inn project needs ADOT approval
The Holiday Inn Express & Suites project to be constructed off State Route 347 in Maricopa will need the Arizona Department of Transportation’s approval...
Holiday Inn project moves forward
A long-awaited hotel project in Maricopa could be completed within six months to a year.A three-story, 80-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites is in...
Crossfit Maricopa moves to new location
A local fitness business has moved into a larger facility to make space for its growing clientele. Crossfit Maricopa, which had been operating in a...
20 years ago Ak-Chin Indian Community opened a casino and changed everything
The land was remote, dry and fewer than 22,000 acres in size, but for decades it sustained life for the Ak-Chin Indian Community.Despite a...
UltraStar, Cox Media seek extras for TV commercial
Want to be on TV? Here’s your chance.UltraStar Multi-tainment Center and Cox Media are looking for extras to be part of a television commercial...
MCE hosting event for ‘angel investors’
Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship will host a roundtable discussion on May 1 for potential so-called “angel investors.” MCE is looking for people interested in learning...
Maricopa entrepreneur overcomes hurdles, prepares to launch his product
Maricopa resident Shane Pannell, who appeared on the television show Shark Tank, is about to launch his product on the market after numerous manufacturing...
BUSINESS PROFILE: Peruvian’s passion for Mexican food sparks business
John Quezada, a Peruvian restaurateur in Maricopa, has always had a taste for Mexican cuisine and when he opened his restaurant Cilantro’s Mexican Cocina...
New CrossFit gym opens
CrossFit 347 is the vision of several Maricopa residents who own and operate the new fitness facility.Located at 21576 N. John Wayne Parkway, the...
Seemingly isolated spot on SR 347 draws a micro-bazaar
Surrounded by desert and miles from anything, a sand covered lot hardly seems the ideal location to operate a business.However, the micro-bazaar on the...
Health facilities mark important anniversaries
Banner Health Center is approaching its two-year anniversary in Maricopa and Dignity Health Urgent Care will soon mark its first birthday.On the east side...
BUSINESS COLUMN: Every business needs discipline to flourish
A successful business follows a strict diet of time, function and environment.Too much or too little of these items can lead to poor health...
BUSINESS PROFILE: Shack brings soul to city
Soul Food Shak Omar Jones owner Look for the little red shack on wheels southeast of John Wayne Parkway and Maricopa-Casa Grande HighwayWhen and...
More restaurants opening in Maricopa as commercial real estate market rebounds
More restaurants are on their way as the market for retail development in Maricopa is improving.Chris Gerow, senior vice president of NAI Horizon Commercial...
Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers opening in Maricopa
A Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers will be opening in Maricopa on the northeast corner of John Wayne Parkway and Smith-Enke Road.Lexie Pearce, public...
Resident brings spirit of aloha to community
Mexican native Myriam Valenzuela was practically born to open her own dance studio. The Maricopa resident grew up studying the techniques of various styles...
Glenn Jones Auto Sales to close its doors
Glenn Jones Auto Sales will close its Maricopa location at 20215 N. John Wayne Parkway at the end of this month. Co-owner Eric Jones...
UltraStar GM given commemorative Emmy
Adam Saks had a clear vision for the UltraStar Multi-tainment Center’s first commercial.Saks, the center’s vice president of operations and general manager, said to...
Starbucks set to open in Fry’s
Tully’s Coffee at Fry’s Marketplace on John Wayne Parkway closed Friday and a Starbuck’s will open in its place in May.JoEllen Lynn, a Fry’s...
CRMC to be level 1 trauma center
Chandler Regional Medical Center will begin operating as a level 1 trauma center with provisional status March 24.Before now, critically injured patients in the...
InMaricopa turns 10, publisher tells story
What sparked you to start InMaricopa?Opportunity. I left a secure paycheck in 2000 to start my own business, Outside the Box Marketing. Later, I...
Maricopa business expo allows businesses to connect
Local businesses had a chance to network Thursday at an expo hosted by the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce and the Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship,...
Maricopa chamber members told PhoenixMart to be ‘international window for commerce’
Jeremy Schoenfelder, president of PhoenixMart, LLC, spoke Thursday about economic development during Maricopa Chamber of Commerce’s monthly breakfast at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino.PhoenixMart is a...
Center offers micro-loans for local startups
The Maricopa Center of Entrepreneurship has begun a micro-loan program to give local startups a push in the right direction.MCE, through the city, has...
CORRECTED: Chamber, MCE host business expo Thursday
The Maricopa Chamber and Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship are hosting a Business-2-Business Startup Expo 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes...
Native New Yorker donating some proceeds to 100 Club
Maricopa’s Native New Yorker is one of 28 restaurants in the food chain that will donate 20 percent of all its proceeds Monday to...
Home-based, tactical-supply business grows into storefront
Think law enforcement doesn’t have to shop around for equipment? Think again.A tactical supply store is opening this week in Maricopa that will sell...
BUSINESS PROFILE: K’Bella Salon and Day Spa
Karen Benedek owner(Responses have been edited for clarity). When and why did you start this business?In 2007, but I actually started this business back in...
MCE 3D-printer competition meeting Thursday
The Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship is holding an information and resource meeting Thursday for its upcoming 3D-printing contest.The meeting will be held 4:30 p.m....
Relationships, ability to change key to economic development
The city of Maricopa’s annual Economic Summit held Thursday at City Hall brought together experts in the economic development community to talk about how...
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