Yesterday, we talked about the new METRO Max Rewards promotion where light rail riders get cool discounts at places along the light rail line. It was great to see news coverage, bloggers and Metro spreading the word about the program. Later in the day, it was announced that our friends at Dutch Brothers Coffee have […]
Ride Light Rail – Save Cash With METRO Max
The new METRO Max Rewards program allows light rail riders to receive special discounts and promotions from business owners along the line. The new program starts this month, and according to METRO, transit riders will enjoy “exclusive money-saving discounts, fun contests and giveaways and special event previews from the amazing array of businesses along our […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Super Battle Near Tempe Light Rail
Superheroes and Supervillains battled it out this weekend in Tempe, eventually converging on the light rail station at Third and Mill. We understand that no one was seriously hurt but the battle was of epic proportions. The entire day was kept under control by the local pranksters at Improv AZ who have been known to […]
Vyllij People Rockin’ The Rail Life
Vyllij people? What the heck is Vyllij? This Thursday a whole bunch of real estate agents locally and from across the country will be flocking to Tempe to find out. As one of the Platinum sponsors for Friday’s Real Estate Bar Camp, Vyllij has graciously decided to help us out in throwing a warm up […]
No Joke, Tempe Still in the Google Chase
Some April fools jokes are funny, some have a way of creating a lot of buzz. At Google, they definitely know how to create a buzz about their services. With their announcement that Google Fiber is coming, their PR machine has masterfully played up a HUGE awareness campaign the world over. Yesterday, Google changed their […]
Rail Life Throws A Curve Ball
In this world, you try to learn to roll with the punches. Last night, I got a punch / text from Chuck saying, “why does asu site say baseball game is at 630p? didn’t you say 1p?” Uh, yeah, I did… It’s good to see one of us paying attention to these minor details. For […]
Google Fiber – Tempe Shoots For The Stars
Google Fiber coming to Tempe? Yeah, it could happen! When I first heard about this, I immediately thought it would be COOL. Thankfully, so did many of the leaders of our city. The application is in and we are ready to rock! According to a Google Fiber web site, they plan to test ultra-high speed […]
Rail Life “Flickr Pic” of the week – Tempe Walk-Ability Making Strides
This past week, I mentioned the new Urban Garden Project in Tempe in a post about some cool things to do this weekend. As I walked by there Friday evening, it was cool to see the beginnings of a more urban lifestyle in our city. While the recreational user has been given much of the […]
Tempe Chamber Hosting FREE Business Solutions Clinic
The Tempe Chamber of Commerce is offering a FREE Business Solutions Clinic for all Chamber members. Through its Business Resource Advantage Committee, the Tempe Chamber will organize and host this FREE event which provides instruction on six different areas of business. The event will be held at the Tempe Chamber offices on Feb. 25 from […]
Rockin’ in the USA
Well, you have probably been watching or following along with some of the amazing stories coming from the Olympics right now. I wanted to share this cool picture of a girl with some local ties to the valley. Rebekah Bradford is the sister of my friend, Andrew. When I first heard that Rebekah was going […]