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▼  94th Arizona Town Hall Recommends New & Diversified Funding for Transportation |
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Full Recommendations Available Online
 Participants of the 94th Arizona Town Hall From Here to There: Transportation Opportunities for Arizona recommended that Arizona explore new and diversified funding for future transportation needs. To view the details of these and other transportation recommendations, download the recommendations report from the Town Hall's website. Link to recommendations
The final report, which combines the recommendations and the background report, is currently in production and expected to be published by late August.
Late August will also mark the beginning of community outreach programs on the 94th Town Hall at locations around the state. Contact the Town Hall office if you know of a group that would benefit from an action-focused discussion of transportation solutions.
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▼ Help Select Future Town Hall Topics |
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Attend the Annual Meeting on June 5
Attendees at the 2009 Annual Meeting will help select future Arizona Town Hall topics. Top contenders are: 
 Attendees may also be rolling in the aisles or singing along to a musical update of what the Town Hall has accomplished in the past year. For more information, including how to sign up, click here. |
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▼ September 30, 2009 Fall Luncheon Moving Talk to Action |
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Featuring Wendy Kopp, Founder & CEO of Teach for America
 Sponsorships and individual tickets are now available for the Town Hall's Fall Luncheon at the Arizona Biltmore. In addition to a keynote address by Wendy Kopp, the luncheon will honor the 2009 recipient of the Shirley Agnos Legacy Award.
Contact the Arizona Town Hall office for sponsorship opportunities.
Individual tickets can be purchased by contacting the Town Hall office or online
at http://www.aztownhall.org/SpecialEvents.asp.
Immediately preceding the luncheon, the Town Hall will again join fellow partners of Project Civil Discourse in hosting a hands-on workshop designed to provide participants with tools for creating action from civil dialogue. |
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▼ Activities Relating to Past Town Halls |
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Health Care Interested in continuing the discussions on health care reform? Consider participating in Arizona's Community Conversation on Health Care Reform on June 1, 2009. For more information visit http://www.azhha.org/.
Housing
Contrary to the recommendations of the 93rd Town Hall on Housing, the legislature has introduced House Bill 2635 Budget Reconciliation Revenues which permanently diverts all proceeds from the sale of unclaimed property away from the Housing Trust Fund and into the state's General Fund. For more information on the status of this bill, and how you can weigh in, contact the Arizona Housing Alliance.
Education
Update on Tough Choices or Tough Times: For those of you who attended the Arizona Town Hall in spring 2008 you will recall the presentation by Marc Tucker, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C.-based National Center on Education and the Economy on his organization's visionary proposal for comprehensive educational reform outlined in Tough Choices or Tough Times report.
On March 10, 2009, Arizona joined the consortium of states that embrace the need for education reform as outlined in the report, that encompasses internationally benchmarked standards and assessments, a new way of recruiting, retaining and compensating teachers that gives them more decision-making authority as well as greater accountability, emphasizes early childhood as well as the possibility of early college-going, and other innovations.
If you would like to learn more or are interested in your school or district participating in a Tough Choices pilot contact Dr. Sybil Francis, Executive Director, Center for the Future of Arizona at Sybil.Francis@asu.edu.
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▼ Have You Paid Your 2009 Dues? |
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Time to Renew
Arizona Town Hall depends heavily on individual and corporate dues to continue to serve as a forum for creating solutions to issues facing Arizona. If you overlooked your renewal notice, please click here to renew now! If you're not sure about your membership status, please call the Town Hall office at 602-252-9600 or send us an e-mail at townhall@aztownhall.org.
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▼ Upcoming Events |
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▼ Annual Meeting
June 5, 2009, 11:00 - 4:00 p.m., Rio Salado College Conference Center,
Tempe
▼ Fall Luncheon: Moving Talk to Action
September 30, 2009, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m., Arizona Biltmore,
Grand Ballroom, Phoenix
▼ Fall Town Hall
November 1-4, 2009, Riding the Roller Coaster: Government Revenue
in Arizona. Interested in sponsoring this Town Hall? Contact the
Arizona Town Hall office at 602-252-9600. |
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