The Golder Ranch Fire District received accredited agency status with the Commission on Fire Accreditation International.

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 โ€œBest Places to Work for Financial Advisorsโ€ 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 Partnershipโ€™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

Dรญa Internacional de los Bosques en Tucson

El Presidio Historic Neighborhood Home Tour

Fox Tucson Theatreโ€™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


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