Golder Ranch Fire District: Golder Ranch Fire District received accredited agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI). Golder Ranch Fire joins the ranks of the 312 agencies to achieve internationally accredited agency status with the CFAI and the Center for Public Safety Excellence, Inc. The CFAI process provides an agency with an improvement model to assess their service delivery and performance internally, and then works with a team of peers from other agencies to verify and validate their completed self-assessment.
Affirm Wealth Advisors: Affirm Wealth Advisors, a private wealth advisory practice with Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC. in Peoria, Tucson and Sierra Vista, was named to the list of “Best Places to Work for Financial Advisors” published by InvestmentNews. The honor is awarded based on responses to surveys covering employee benefits, team environment, technology, potential areas for improvement and more.
Downtown Tucson Partnership and HSL Properties: Downtown Tucson Partnership’s social justice committee, along with co-sponsor HSL Properties, awarded 13 grants to local events and programs. The awardees have demonstrated a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The grant amounts are up to $2,000 each. The winners are:
2024 Celebrate Kindness Day
Agave Heritage Festival
Arizona International Film Festival
Charisma, Uniqueness, Nerve and Tucson
Día Internacional de los Bosques en Tucson
El Presidio Historic Neighborhood Home Tour
Fox Tucson Theatre’s Kids in the Theatre Literacy event
Fuerza Local Fiesta
Tucson Folk Festival
Tucson Tome Gnome: monthly book hiding and scavenger hunt
Our Blackness Our Heritage step show/Black History Month celebration
Queens of the Desert
Artist talks and workshop series: Sharing place-based knowledge and creative resilience in a warming planet
The annual folk festival features more than 125 performances on six stages this weekend
