Globe Mayor Al Gameros provides an update on City RCAC RETURNS TO GLOBE The Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) held its annual board meeting from February 14 through 16, returning to Globe to see how the city has progressed since its last meeting. RCAC consists of 21 board members who …
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Marketing contract with Madden Media approved for Tourism
Members of the Globe City Council: Mayor Al Gameros, Vice Mayor Mike Stapleton (District 4), and Council members Freddy Rios (District 1), Mike Pastor (District 2), Jesse Leetham (District 3), Mariano Gonzalez (District 5), and Fernando Shipley (District 6). All members were in attendance at this meeting except Councilman Shipley …
Read More »Palmer Report February 17th
I went to the store the other day to buy some charcoal for the old barbecue grill. To my surprise the shelf was nearly empty. I laughed to myself as I realized that these beautiful sunny days were not only noticed by me. Up in the rolling hills of Globe there …
Read More »What is the Ore Cart Trail?
The Ore Cart Trail was initiated several years ago by a group calling themselves the Copper Corridor Economic Development Coalition. Newly formed back in late 2003, the CCEDC conceived of the idea to create a trail which would” increase tourism along this corridor of small mining towns” from Tucson to …
Read More »Save the Copper Spike!
An Interview with Kip Culver, Main Street Director This August a representative of Iowa Pacific traveled to Globe and met with Kip Culver to inform him that the company had sold the Arizona Eastern Railway to Genesee and Wyoming Inc. for 90.1 million dollars in cash. This was shocking news …
Read More »Copper Spike adds meal service in the Dome Car
Harking back to a time when white linen table cloths and waiters in white jackets were the de riguer, the Dome Car offers a step back in time and a thoroughly enjoyable dining experience.
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