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Appendix 2: Arizona Organizational Resources

Policy & Economic Development Interests

Arizona Department of Commerce (DOC) - http://www.commerce.state.az.us/ or http://www.azcommerce.com/
Jackie Vieh, Director, 3800 North Central Ave., Suite 1500, Phoenix, AZ 85012, (602) 280-1300, Fax: (602) 280-1302.
Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development (GSPED) - http://www.commerce.state.az.us/gsped/
Arizona Department of Commerce (DOC), 3800 North Central Ave., Suite 1500, Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-280-1300, Fax: (602) 280-1302. GSPED is a public/private partnership that operates to enhance the competitiveness of the state's economy through export-driven industry clusters. GSPED was created to implement the Arizona Strategic Plan for Economic Development (ASPED), a statewide strategy to address economic growth and quality of life issues.

GSPED Clusters in Arizona:
GSPED Infrastructure Foundations and Partnerships in Arizona:
Arizona Partnership for the New Economy (APNE) - http://www.researchedge.com/apne/
The Arizona Partnership for the New Economy (APNE) was recently formed by the Governor as a 35 member public/private partnership. APNE has undertaken a yearlong effort that will work to define the New Economy and its importance to Arizona, assess Arizona's current readiness and establish benchmarks for measuring progress, as well as to develop strategies for correcting any perceived deficiencies in responding to the opportunities presented by the New Economy.
Arizona Telecommunications & Information Council (ATIC) - http://www.researchedge.com/atic/
Oris Friesen, Chairman, PO Box 1119, Tempe, AZ 85280-1119, Voice & Fax: (602) 254-5887. ATIC is a statewide collaboration of business, government, and education under the Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development (GSPED). Their mission is to support the development of local and statewide policies that will encourage investment in, deployment, and effective utilization of advanced telecommunications services.
Community Information & Telecommunications Alliance (CITA) - http://tucsonlink.rtd.com/
Steve Peters, Executive Director, 3479 N. Nandina Lane, Tucson, AZ 85712, Phone & Fax: (520) 321-1309. CITA is a dynamic, county-wide, nonprofit organization in Tucson dedicated to "Building Tucson's Links to the Electronic Future." CITA promotes community collaboration to insure the availability of information and telecommunications services and resources throughout the Tucson region.

Arizona Learning Technology Partnership (ALTP) - http://www.altp.org/
Ted Kraver, Chairman, 225 West Orchid Lane, Phoenix, AZ 85021, (602) 944-8557, Fax: (602) 861-9150, E-mail: tkraver@primenet.com. ALTP is a stakeholder coalition organization under the umbrella of the Governor's Strategic Partnership for Economic Development (GSPED) that is dedicated to revitalizing learning throughout Arizona with advanced education technologies. ALTP's vision is that K-12 educational performance in Arizona public schools moves from the 4th to 1st quartile within the next 5 years with radical improvements in skills of teachers and students.

Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) Telecommunications Advisory Group (TAG) - http://www.mag.maricopa.gov/Newpages/MAGTAG-C.htm
302 North 1st Ave., Suite 300, Phoenix, AZ 85003, (602) 254-6300, Fax: (602) 254-6490. MAG is a Council of Governments that serves as the regional agency for the metropolitan Phoenix area and provides a regional forum for analysis, discussion and resolution of issues including areas of transportation, air quality, environment, regional development and social services. Their Telecommunications Advisory Group (TAG) encourages the development of telecommunication infrastructure and applications which increase government efficiency, improve access to public information, and expedite delivery of local government services in Maricopa County.
City of Tucson Telecommunications Policy and Advisory Committee (TelePAC) - http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/infotech/itelepac.html
TelePAC assists the City of Tucson in developing and maintaining a comprehensive telecommunications infrastructure and policies consistent with the public interest. TelePAC focus areas are to stimulate deployment of advanced technologies, further public access to technology and community information, effectively manage public right-of-way, and use technology policy to build partnerships and achieve community goals.
Tech Oasis Committee -
Contact: Dick Engel, President, Pragmatic Systems, (480) 922-8578, E-mail: dick@pragmaticsys.com or Julia Rosen, Economic Development Office, City of Tempe, (480) 350-8812, E-mail: julia_rosen@tempe.gov. The Tech Oasis Committee seeks to create a regional geographic cluster for software and Internet businesses that will act as a catalyst to further those businesses, the regional economy, and Phoenix area to the technology industry.

American Planning Association (APA) - http://www.planning.org/
  • Arizona Planning Association (APA) - http://www.azplanning.org/
     10410 N. 31st Ave., Ste. 405 Phoenix, AZ 85051, (602) 866-7188, Fax: (602) 789-9126.

Arizona Technology Incubator (ATI) - http://www.accessarizona.com/community/groups/ati/
1435 N. Hayden Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85257, (480) 990-0400, Fax: (480) 970-6355. ATI is a community sponsored non-profit Arizona corporation dedicated to nurturing the growth of start-up and emerging high technology businesses in the Phoenix area is a member of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA - http://www.nbia.org/).

Tucson Technology Incubator (TTI) - http://www.tucsonincubator.org/
The University of Arizona, Science and Technology Park, 9040 South Rita Rd., Suite 1100, Tucson, AZ 85747, (520) 663-3597, Fax: (520) 663-3593. TTI is a nonprofit business incubator serving technology companies in the Tucson area, offering entrepreneurs, innovators and researchers a place where they can turn good ideas into new technology companies. TTI is a member of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA - http://www.nbia.org/).



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