The Leadership Consortium is teaming up with David Jones of Positive Image Sports, the Phoenix Mercury, and the Phoenix Suns to host the ninth-annual Arizona Black Expo at the Casino Arizona Pavilion at the US Airways Center in Downtown Phoenix. Click here for more info.

There's a new player in the Downtown coffee game and its name is Cartel Coffee Lab. Click here for more info.

After nearly 40 years as a Downtown landmark and Valley music trailblazer, Circles Disks and Tapes is going out of business. Now, it's the city's responsibility to make the right decision and allow the building to be reused. Click here for more info.

The DREAMR awards honor those individuals and organizations whose vision and energy best exemplify the spirit of renewal in Downtown Phoenix. Nominations are currently being accepted for DREAMR as well as the 2009 Best of Downtown Phoenix Awards. Click here for more info.

The Greater Phoenix Black Chamber of Commerce's (GPBCC) 11th Anniversary celebration, "Telling Our Story," will be held on December 11 at the Phoenix Convention Center. Click here for more info.

I must be a glutton for punishment. My passion about Phoenix history burns hot like the Phoenix sun in July and as much as I love the heat, it can harm me if I’m not careful. Studying Phoenix history can do the same. Click here for more info.