Article originally posted on tucsonfoodie.com on February 1st, 2021
Toast 101 is a concept brought to life by co-owners Amanda Kim and Kalvin Jarvis. Jarvis recently competed on the reality television show The Voice, but now the pair is excited to have their French toast, bubble waffles, coffee, and other brunch items take center stage.
The restaurant’s hours are 7 a.m – 3 p.m. daily and they’ve also got a private dining room for those who’d like to host a small get together with family and friends or even business meetings.
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Article originally posted on realestatedaily-news.com on January 27th, 2021
Pima County, Arizona – Pima County made the biggest gains in the country in attracting talent to the region, according to a recent analysis from Emsi, an international labor market data company.

By using data on population and migration, growth of jobs and skilled workers, regional competitiveness, and education attainment, the company created an index that ranked large (100,000+ population), small (5,000-99,999), and micro counties (less than 5,000).
Among those large counties, Pima County made the biggest gains in talent attraction, jumping from 546 to 91. That jump of 455 spots comes on the heels of a steady rise since 2016, culminating in Pima County’s leap last year when it climbed 269 spots.
“Tucson has transformed itself from a college town to a robust business center with a strong talent pool,” Snell said. “Notable companies like Raytheon, Caterpillar, Amazok ...

Article originally posted on tucson.com on January 25th, 2021
The 2020 housing market was the best the Old Pueblo has seen in more than a decade. With interest rates at historic lows and homes taking on new meaning becoming offices and classrooms during the COVID-19 pandemic 4,336 new home permits were issued for the year. That was a 17.28% increase over 2019, according to the Tucson-Southern Arizona Housing Market Letter year-end report.

“The demand swing happened quickly in 2020 and the market is still working to respond to it”. The top five builders in the Tucson market in 2020, and the number of permits they pulled were:

DR Horton: 787
Meritage Homes: 663
Richmond American: 462
Lennar Homes: 362
Robson Communities: 357

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Article originally posted on tucson.com on January 24th, 2021
The old Tucson Citizen building on South Stone Avenue will soon be home to a 10-room, wine-centric boutique hotel, and tasting room.
The Citizen Hotel will be the second boutique hotel for former lawyer turned hotelier Moniqua Lane, who also owns the nearby Downtown Clifton Hotel at 485 S. Stone Ave.
Sand-Reckoner Vineyards, which has a Tucson tasting room at 510 N. Seventh Ave., will move its wine barreling and cellaring operation from its Willcox vineyards to the hotel's 5,000-square-foot basement, where it also will open a tasting room, said owner Sarah Fox Hammelman.
The collaboration between the winery and the hotel was born over a glass or two of wine, recalled Lane. She bought The Citizen Building for $1.45 million in 2018, about a year after Sarah and her husband/partner Rob Hammelman opened the Tucson tasting room in the Warehouse District. The couple initially commuted from Wik ...

Article originally posted on tucson.com on January 24th, 2021
Tucson has gained a new aerospace engineering firm — and a new female-owned small business — as an Alabama firm is setting up shop here to better serve Raytheon Missiles & Defense and other defense industry customers in the West.
Cummings Aerospace is preparing to move into a new office on Tucson’s northeast side where it will focus on its growing defense work. The company plans to hire more than 20 full-time employees over the next 18 months.
Besides Raytheon, Cummings’ customers include other major defense prime contractors like Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Northrop Grumman, and the company also does contract work directly for the Defense Department.
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