PHOENIX, Ariz. — Arizona Department of Environmental Quality officials announced a $7,835.00 Brownfields Grant award to the town of Miami, Ariz., to help the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum expand its exhibits by making use of the basement of its historic building located at 150 North Plaza Circle. Current …
Read More »Business
Brownfields Grant now available to local property owners
This afternoon you are invited to hear about the latest grant money awarded in the Globe-Miami community to help assess environmental contamination in many of our old and/or abandoned buildings. The event is hosted by the Gila County Industrial Authority (IDA) and will include remediation expert, Tod Allwin who has …
Read More »Gary Vessels: Globe-Miami’s Cotton Man
If you’ve ever heard Gary Vessels talk about cotton, you know what a passion for your work sounds like. Vessels, who lives in Miami, is a cotton broker and has been in the cotton business for 44 years. He will tell you everything you could possibly want to know about …
Read More »Delivering the mail and watching out for the neighborhood: Globe mail carriers reflect on the job of being a postal employee.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise that the Globe Post Office has seen many changes in the past forty years, but Globe carrier Justin Brandt, who has 36 years of service, says there’s at least one thing that hasn’t changed: “The trust that we have in people or people have …
Read More »Freeport-McMoRan Foundation Announces 2016 Community Investment Fund Grant Recipients
Miami, AZ (June 9, 2016) – The Freeport-McMoRan Foundation has announced that the 2016 Globe-Miami Community Investment Fund grant recipients have been selected. A total of $250,000 will be awarded to five nonprofit organizations. Recipients were recognized and received their monetary awards at a presentation held on Thursday, June 9 …
Read More »Laying down Ink. How Ray Webb and NeoTat are changing the industry
When Ray Webb picks up a block of steel in his shop, there’s something about the familiar way he turns it over in his hand that tells you he knows everything there is to know about it—that he must have handled ten thousand blocks of steel like this one. And …
Read More »Forest Service hosts 2nd public meeting on proposed mine
The Tonto National Forest held the second of four planned public meetings in Globe at the Elks Club last evening. Over sixty people attended and public comments and questions were heard for nearly three hours. What is “public scoping” and “EIS?” “Public Scoping” is the first step in the NEPA (National …
Read More »Public discussions of mine’s impact begins in earnest with scoping process
The Tonto National Forest announced that it would double the length of the public comment “scoping” period for the Resolution Copper Project, from 60 to 120 days, at a scoping meeting last night in Superior. Last night’s meeting was one of four currently scheduled in the area that provide …
Read More »Public Comment Period Opens for Resolution Copper Mine
The “scoping process” for the Resolution Copper opened March 18, providing an important opportunity for members of the public to give feedback on the project. The scoping process lasts for 60 days. Comments must be received by May 17, 2016. Click here to view the official announcement and complete information. …
Read More »Promoting Leadership in the Copper Corridor
By Guest Author For some time, Mila Besich-Lira had heard wonderful feedback about the Hispanic Leadership Institute program offered by Valle del Sol in Phoenix. Although Besich-Lira, who lives in Superior, was interested in attending the 10-week leadership institute, which helps individuals to develop their leadership skills in order to …
Read More »