A cool summer night. “#lanceandlea playing on the rooftop, join us!” note was in the elevator. A traveling band playing blues and country. Neighbor says hey when you walk in and hands you something to drink. Happy Friday 🌃. Tucson, you beautiful you.

Congrats to the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce and Kristen Sharp on the ribbon cutting of your new offices today! Good seeing Congressman Juan Ciscomani and hearing him reminisce on his Chamber days. Many fellow Chamber execs from the region attended. It was a party!

Pretty good view from here! Tucson Metro Chamber UA Athletics Mixer in T-minus 30!

WE PACKED THE HOUSE! If you weren’t one of the hundreds of Tucsonans who joined the Tucson Metro Chamber and Arizona Athletics staff and coaches to kickoff the upcoming season, where were you?! Thanks to Erika Barnes, Jedd Fisch and so many more for coming through. And Wilbur!

Joined Pima County electeds and policy influencers for a deep dive on water security, curated by UArizona. Tucson Metro is in one of the best water positions in the state, after decades of strategic preparation. Poised to manage smartly our housing and economic needs.

Welcomed Jennings Imel from the U.S. Chamber in Tucson today. Joined by members of our Public Policy Council, we discussed topics affecting Tucson businesses, including organized retail theft, fentanyl epidemic, workforce development, housing, the unhoused, infrastructure and more.

Every ribbon cutting is a celebration of someone’s dream coming true. Congrats JL and Becky on making it through COVID and 3 years of business. We loved hearing your biz story and celebrating with you today. This is such a cool spot reselling Lego’s, Lego’s and more Lego’s!

When Jennings Imel from the U.S. Chamber was with us earlier this week, he explained their bipartisan slate of endorsements from the last cycle as being on behalf of “pro-governing” candidates. The phrasing stuck with me since. That bar is both an indictment, and a path forward…

A real privilege to participate in the Tucson Hispanic Chamber’s historic get-together of Metro Tucson’s two Latino congressmen, Grijalva and Ciscomani. Discussing a variety of local and national issues, at the beautiful Pima Community College Aviation Technology Center.

I enjoyed hearing from 5 incredible startups at the University of Arizona Center for Innovation Startup Showcase! Our ecosystem has made such strides recently. These founders also expressed remaining challenges including access to bigger capital, local and national regulatory environment, and infrastructure

The boss was just named a Leader of the Year in public policy by the AZ Capitol Times (State Affairs Arizona)! Congrats Michael Guymon!

Your Tucson Metro Chamber team is now complete! The Old Pueblo is facing new, big city challenges, and we’ve re-organized the Chamber to meet these demands in the bold ways required. Click below to see CEO Michael Guymon and I share more. lnkd.in/gkJSa6AX

The City. Will. Never. Die. It will innovate. It will recreate. It will redefine itself. But it will never go away or stop being essential. The need and desire for human collision to make life better will never go away. It’s history! nytimes.com/2023/09/01/opi…

They’re for real!

It was an honor to host @SenatorSinema this afternoon for a small business Roundtable with our members. We discussed critical minerals, the fentanyl crisis, housing and more.

Michael, Carrie and I are in Yuma this week for the Arizona Chamber Executives annual conference. Looking forward to learning from other chambers around the state.

Always good to see fellow #FlinnBrown Fellows at events around the state. At Arizona Chamber Executives this week, caught up with John Winchester from Tucson, and met Elaine Kessler from Gilbert for the first time. We’re also all Arizona State University Sun Devils to some degree!

A beautiful night with a beautiful lady celebrating Tucson’s outstanding small businesses and charitable nonprofits at the Tucson Metro Chamber Copper Cactus Awards! Congrats to all finalists and winners.

A beautiful day for the Space City of the Southwest- OSIRIS-REx is home after 7 years. Congrats to Dante and team! If you feel like deep diving into the amazing legacy and future of Tucson in space, listen back to my Tipping Point series with UArizona 👇 research.arizona.edu/stories/podcas…

Represented the Chamber at the My Place Hotel- Tucson South ribbon cutting. Thanks KGUN9 for featuring! These much-needed new beds will support the local economy and tourism. Every ribbon cutting celebrates someone’s dream coming true and a ripple effect on thousands more.