PHOENIX, AZ – Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona was selected as recipient of the 2015 Valley Partnership Community Project. The event is Nov. 7 at the Scottsdale Girls Ranch Campus, 8204 E. Monterey Way.

For more than 118 years, Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona has been dedicated to serving at-risk and underserved girls and young women. It provides them with safety, hope, and the opportunity to succeed.

“Our girls will celebrate and definitely understand how the community – as well as us – believes in their full potential,” said Dr. Kellie M. Warren, CEO of Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona. “And that despite what they have gone through, their future is promising and that there are partners out there that see the potential of what they can do. We are humbled and honored to be selected. Valley Partnership just made our day.”

The Scottsdale facility has up to 15 teenage mothers with their children who call the campus home. The vast majority of these girls and young women are referred from Arizona Department of Child Safety and are foster children (76 percent). Annually, approximately 1,000 individuals are served.

“I am so excited that this will be the first community project in the City of Scottsdale,” said Dena Jones, Valley Partnership Community Project Leadership Chair. “Valley Partnership has a great opportunity to improve the environment at Florence Crittenton, which will truly impact the lives of the girls they serve by showing them that they are cared for and that they matter.”

Olsson Associates has agreed to produce a master plan design of the project.

The other finalists for the 2015 Community Project were Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development, Save the Family Bridge campus, and Fresh Start Women’s Foundation.

One of Valley Partnership’s cornerstones is community service. Each year, it selects a non-profit organization that can benefit from the skills, efforts and supplies provided by its partners to renovate and enhance facilities for children and those in need.   Over the past 26 years, Valley Partnership has contributed more than $3.7 million to the community through these projects. For its 2014 Community Project, Valley Partnership selected Arizona Foundation for the Handicapped in Phoenix.

“It was an honor to be here and to see the surprise on their faces,” Valley Partnership President and CEO Cheryl Lombard said. “It will be a wonderful project for both of our organizations. It truly will be a community project.”

Valley Partnership breakfast will break down the past, present & future of the residential sector

Phoenix, Ariz. – Valley Partnership has announced the topic for its upcoming monthly breakfast on Friday, April 17. The month’s program will feature an update on the Valley’s residential real estate market in 2014, which was expected to be a year of recovery, but was a bit of a letdown.

Panelists will discuss whether 2015 will be more of the same or if we’ll finally see the uptick many believe is around the corner.

The panel will feature two of the most highly regarded residential analysts in Mike Orr, Director of the Center for Real Estate Theory & Practice at Arizona State University, and Jim Belfiore, President of Belfiore Real Estate Consulting.

The panel will also feature Greg Abrams, Vice President of Land for Taylor Morrison’s Phoenix Division, and Tom Lemon, Vice President of Land Acquisitions and Development for Maracay Homes.

“The strong return of single-family home development is essential to the Valley’s full economic recovery,” said Cheryl Lombard, CEO and President of Valley Partnership. “We keep hearing that full recovery is ‘right around the corner’ and first quarter numbers have been promising. This group of experts will unpack that data and give our partners an in-depth look at what they can expect this year and in coming years.”

In addition to the panel, this month’s Mayor’s Minute will feature Cathy Carlat of the City of Peoria. Mayor Carlat will speak on economic development policies, current projects in her community, as well as future opportunities for the commercial real estate and development community.

Registration begins at 7 a.m.; program begins at 7:45 a.m. To register, please visit www.valleypartnership.org and click on the “Monthly Breakfast” tab. For more information, please contact Cecilia Riviere at 602.266.7844 or CRiviere@valleypartnership.org.