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Christine Mackey, community and economic development director, said the department’s strategic efforts produced nearly 10,500 base-industry jobs and $21 billion in new capital investment through May 2025. “We have almost 10,500 new jobs added,” Mackey said during the presentation. Her office reported 10,442 jobs in later exchanged figures and cited nearly $21 billion in new capital investments and 498 retained jobs in targeted work.

Deputy directors walked committee members through major projects and industry clusters. Zanden Keating summarized downtown and central-city growth, noting roughly 3,000 housing units under construction and another 3,300 in predevelopment in the downtown core. He said several mixed-use projects are nearing completion, including Central Station and LG development, and referenced the planned Astra tower (two phases) that the city expects to start later in the year.

Nathan Wright described larger regional investments linked to semiconductor manufacturing. He said the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) projects in the North Phoenix area account for a major private investment in the region: “12,000 jobs, $65,000,000,000 in capital investment, and another $100,000,000,000 was announced here recently in March,” Wright said, adding that yields at the new fabs are “on par with what they're seeing in Taiwan, giving them great confidence in moving forward here in The United States.” Wright and staff described related master-planned developments (Halo Vista, Biscuit Flats) and a build-out estimate that could reach tens of thousands of jobs at full development.

Staff also summarized growth in biosciences and health care. Mackey said Mayo Clinic plans a $1.9 billion expansion in Desert Ridge that will add roughly 1.5 million square feet on a 450-acre campus. Arizona State University will locate an ASU Health headquarters in downtown Phoenix tied to its new medical school, and the University of Arizona is advancing a CAMI (Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological therapies) research building.

Other highlights included a revised downtown redevelopment area plan adopted in April 2025, a downtown parking study, ParkCentral and Desert Ridge investments, and private-sector moves such as U-Haul relocating its corporate headquarters to the former CenturyLink tower.

The presentation covered workforce initiatives tied to the city’s hiring pipeline. Staff described the city’s Mobile Career Unit, which has produced hundreds of contingent job offers: program staff reported 463 contingent offers to date and that an additional 10 hires were recorded after the most recent event. The Phoenix workforce board also registered apprenticeship programs for semiconductor facility technicians, and staff said the city is now a registered apprenticeship sponsor working directly with employers including TSMC.

Council members asked specific policy and equity questions. Councilwoman Betty Hodge Washington raised concerns about a lack of hospital capacity south of Interstate 17 and asked what the city is doing; staff said they had run demographic and site studies, catalogued vacant buildings that could convert to health facilities, and were actively meeting with hospital CEOs to pitch smaller, phased approaches (for example 20–30 bed facilities leading to larger build-outs). Staff characterized this as a continuing, targeted outreach effort rather than a completed plan.

On the Gila Foothills resort concept, staff said they have an active marketing strategy, multiple developer conversations and a preferred prospect; one resort prospect has conducted repeated site visits and meetings and staff continue to pursue solutions to outstanding site issues including golf-course configuration. Nathan Wright said one staff member’s full-time assignment is to advance resort conversations in that area.

The presentation was informational; the subcommittee did not take legislative action. Committee members praised the department’s outreach and invited follow-up briefings on workforce training, sister-city relationships, and hospital site outreach. A member of the public, Pete Colarelli, offered a public-comment endorsement of the city’s economic strategy and described his family’s relocation to Phoenix.

The department said its priorities for 2025–26 will continue to focus on base-industry attraction, business retention and expansion, international trade and sister-city activity, downtown redevelopment, workforce pipelines (including apprenticeships), and targeted health-care facility outreach in underserved parts of the city.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee Meeting June 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","City of Phoenix Community and Economic Development staff on June 12, 2025, presented a year-end review for fiscal 2024–25 and an action plan for 2025–26 that emphasized job attraction, retention, and targeted industry growth.","taxTitle","Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona","taxId",2207,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6202383,"Phoenix Office of Innovation highlights hackathons, chilled-water pilot, sensors and AR tools",488,1957000,2445000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3787379-8c8c4c9e499a5e60f5656c822e2256b9&start=1957&end=2445","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3787379-8c8c4c9e499a5e60f5656c822e2256b9/thumbnail_1957000.jpg","/articles/6202383/Phoenix/Maricopa-County/Arizona/Phoenix-Office-of-Innovation-highlights-hackathons-chilled-water-pilot-sensors-and-AR-tools","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6202383-9c79db52eb6e4ee50b929e826b3f727f/orig.mp4?Expires=1770903108&Signature=XBBs-jrK0WLJ9eWmhsPrNksccThdkBRK2oU1Hbmvuo903Uw81fR4Qp-IWaX~VoT3YrNLz5pn0Mjoehu6s-mWJmC1-u6lC2cYuglG9~widMzUu6pGQNZYQovnKOobYGx8Ej4pDlNBq2d5i~StmBU9hyUC7GiVTeLEGmeDLfkWGSAGk~aTFvUYzOgeDmyhuVPnnMfzB63~ZKZMLE-RxDf0I3iA-VRguZaF7MpkAsMllWcE7CeqwEftllIINvIANv7xfWiOddc0LMD~Q3CZlPTWv-sbSKBA3pFaFkJqJxrIrRtoX~qF3C~TXOSMlkE2RNRaIZ6cgEOxa5XK47fVSB2Saw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Michael Hammett, director of the City of Phoenix Office of Innovation, told the Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee on June 12, 2025, that the office has focused its work on piloting technologies, strategic use of data and performance management since launching in 2021.

Hammett described the Innovate Phoenix challenge as a cornerstone program that has produced pilot projects on city priorities, including a smart-cities hackathon on accessibility, public spaces and transportation. “This is a cornerstone program of the office we launched in 2023,” Hammett said, noting the city has run five challenges and engaged a broad set of community participants.

Hammett highlighted several pilots brought forward or accelerated through the challenge model. The city has installed six chilled-water refill stations at strategic downtown locations — including City Hall, the area outside Council Chambers and Roosevelt Park — as part of a pilot to reduce single-use plastic bottles. Hammett said monitoring sensors (the NAUI smart sensors) are being used to gather usage data that helps guide placement; the Office of Innovation reports the unit outside Council Chambers is currently the busiest.

He also described an augmented-reality public-engagement tool the office is piloting to show residents proposed project designs via smartphone, and an exterior coating called Encoat that the office tested for heat mitigation on infrastructure. Hammett credited community input for shaping model designs — larger bottle openings for refill stations were a user-driven change — and said the office has connected pilots to outside funding and programs, including Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Council members praised the approach and asked about public outreach and data cadence. Councilwoman Lisette Stark, referencing her participation in the office’s accessibility work group, said the Innovate Phoenix effort has produced “some creative ideas” and asked to join a future think tank. Councilwoman Betty Hodge Washington requested greater opportunity for council input on future chilled-water station locations and shared an anecdote from a public event about water access for unsheltered residents; Hammett said the office uses a data-driven site-selection tool supplemented by multilingual surveying through Qualtrics and that council input is welcome.

Hammett also said the office’s work has linked to other city priorities, including the Park Phoenix app and AI-enabled stormwater monitoring developed by Water Services. He noted Phoenix is one of three cities worldwide to achieve platinum-level What Works Cities certification, a data-driven municipal management standard.

The subcommittee did not take action on the informational presentation. Members asked staff to continue engaging community stakeholders and to document data-cadence differences across dashboards so residents can see when datasets were last updated.","Director Michael Hammett told the Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee the Office of Innovation has run five Innovate Phoenix challenges, piloted chilled-water bottle stations, launched AR engagement tools and worked with Bloomberg Philanthropies to fund resilience and arts projects.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6202388,"Subcommittee approves May 28 minutes and updates neighborhood code enforcement policy",68,1830000,1898000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3787379-8c8c4c9e499a5e60f5656c822e2256b9&start=1830&end=1898","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3787379-8c8c4c9e499a5e60f5656c822e2256b9/thumbnail_1830000.jpg","/articles/6202388/Phoenix/Maricopa-County/Arizona/Subcommittee-approves-May-28-minutes-and-updates-neighborhood-code-enforcement-policy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6202388-a42ba0789895b3b921755e02cadcae63/orig.mp4?Expires=1770903108&Signature=Pytn78nDTL-MLWrOr0GsHqwRjn~bT~4BXvOYH-ljM7sG4XQ-Y8TWSx~GuJi6UrJQI6aHDTEXGZ8HOr0-WDIJIZsDIg1viyBKjvWDKdVqgQRy5d85duxUnmKoM6ca57IlotP~OD76nrMtuXh2i4ulIalcRqUJw6M8CUVccEAei67QtV070aqsU18jj~UGPzSeA0o1Kb9DaTDPsS6c2fAljqxnkHzmybScDCuUeow-PVzCp~qw-A~H6FMjZfngutcY5jEAHDb6xWFYGH6k8h78IZRbgaQdLNgvDxuk5JA2xvJhe66Nlh~IhQJVEmWg1UQBG84GHH694AaI-6lPvGzGpg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Phoenix Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee on June 12, 2025, approved minutes from its May 28, 2025 meeting and unanimously adopted annual updates to the Neighborhood Services Department's code enforcement policy.

Those two routine items were handled on the consent portion of the agenda. The motion to approve the May 28 minutes was made during the meeting and passed by voice vote with no recorded opposition. The subcommittee later moved to approve the annual review and updates to the Neighborhood Services Department code enforcement policy; that motion likewise passed by unanimous voice vote.

The subcommittee chair opened the session with an explanation of public comment rules and then asked for a motion to approve the minutes. A member of the subcommittee moved to approve and the chair called for the ayes. After the vote the chair announced the motions had passed unanimously.

The code enforcement policy updates were presented as an item on the consent calendar. A subcommittee member who moved approval noted an appreciation for the policy changes intended to increase communication in the enforcement process; the motion was approved with no opposition.

No roll-call vote totals or individual votes were recorded in the public transcript; the meeting minutes will carry the official record. The items were procedural and did not direct staff to take additional action beyond implementing the revised policy language and filing the approved minutes.

Votes at a glance

- Approval of the May 28, 2025 meeting minutes — Outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote; number of affirmative votes not specified in the transcript). Motion: not specified. Notes: procedural approval of minutes.

- Annual review and updates to the Neighborhood Services Department code enforcement policy — Outcome: approved (unanimous voice vote; number of affirmative votes not specified in the transcript). Motion: moved and approved on consent. Notes: committee member thanked staff for increased emphasis on communication in the updated policy.","The Economic Development and Housing Subcommittee voted unanimously to approve minutes from its May 28 meeting and to adopt annual updates to the Neighborhood Services Department code enforcement policy.","actionData","errors"]

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Phoenix economic development team reports $21 billion in new capital investment, outlines work plan and major projects

Phoenix Office of Innovation highlights hackathons, chilled-water pilot, sensors and AR tools

Subcommittee approves May 28 minutes and updates neighborhood code enforcement policy