96th Arizona Town Hall

"Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation & Competitiveness"

April 25 - 28, 2010

The 96th Arizona Town Hall on Economic Development "Building Arizona’s Future: Jobs, Innovation & Competitiveness" took place in Tucson at the Doubletree Tucson Reid Park Hotel.

Governor Brewer's appearance at Monday's Town Hall luncheon drew national media coverage and hundreds of protesters as Town Hall participants from around the state gathered to develop solutions for improving Arizona's economy.

The featured speaker at Monday's luncheon was Senior Economist Joseph P. Kalt of Compass Lexecon. Click here to read Mr. Kalt's biography.

Speaking at Monday's dinner was Robert E. Lang, Ph.D., UNLV Director, Brookings Mountain West; Interim Director, Lincy Institute; and Professor of Sociology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Click here for Professor Lang's biography.

Founder of Building Communities, Inc. Brian Cole made a presentation at Tuesday's breakfast entitled Calculating Your Top Economic Development Strategies. Click here to read more about Mr. Cole.

An essential element to the success of these consensus-driven discussions is the background report that is provided to all participants before the Town Hall convenes. As they have so often done for past Arizona Town Halls, the University of Arizona has prepared a detailed and informative report that will provide a unique and unparalleled resource for Town Hall panel sessions. Hard copies of this 181-page report was provided to all participants prior to the Town Hall.

Read the full report of recommendations from this Town Hall.

96th Town Hall Community Outreach Programs

More than a dozen programs were held throughout the State of Arizona to present the recommendations from the 96th Arizona Town Hall.

At each Community Outreach Program, the participants have the opportunity to develop a community discussion summary statement with regard to the recommendations made by the Arizona Town Hall. Click here to read all of the statements from these programs.

96th Town Hall Document Downloads

Full Final Report

8-page Highlights of the 96th Town Hall