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Phoenix, AZ- (October 21, 2013) Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix is thrilled to announce its partnership with Girl Scouts Arizona Cactus-Pine Council, to offer a new four week financial literacy class, Mom & Me: Own It Series, providing mothers and daughters with the tools they need to own their financial future.

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This signature Notre Dame Preparatory event, formerly The Gala, will feature a sampling of menu items from the Valley’s top chefs, hosted cocktails, live music from Bob Powers Band, The Energy Trio and views of the McDowell Mountains. This year’s theme is “Tailgating for Tomorrow” with proceeds benefiting the school’s capital campaign.

This morning employees at the Phoenix-based Martz Agency were greeted with quite a surprise when the Bad Cactus Brass Band and Phoenix Suns Dancers showed up outside their office doors with pomp and circumstance. The ensemble along with agency owner, Carrie Martz, escorted staff through the office parking lot into an adjacent suite. Inside they were welcomed by non-other than Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist Bob Parsons. In a surprise announcement it was disclosed that MP Agency, L.L.C., an organization owned by Parsons, had acquired the award winning Martz Agency to form the new Martz Parsons Agency. The deal has been seven months in the making with only a few key Martz agency employees in the know until...

On Oct. 15, DMB Associates will break ground on a new active adult community at Verrado near the White Tank Mountains. DMB has spent three years consulting with multiple Baby Boomer lifestyle experts, including doctors, fitness experts, educators, nonprofits and Boomers, to inform decisions on land planning, amenities, activities and lifestyle. 

This will be the first active adult community of its kind in Arizona. The concept is to offer homes built by multiple homebuilders--approximately 3,500 of them in an array of home styles and sizes at build out. The site of Tuesday...