The PHX East Valley Partnership is a coalition of regional leaders who advocate to improve the business climate in the PHX East Valley. Our vision is to create, promote and sustain a high-quality and resilient PHX East Valley region.

A bit of history.

In 1980, The Wall Street Journal described the East Valley of metropolitan Phoenix as one of the most vibrant growth centers in the United States, with extremely high residential and market potential. It turns out the publication was right.

Even so, the PHX East Valley stood in the shadow of Phoenix — with little united strength to win government funding or allocations for the area’s individual cities. As critical decisions were made on transportation, healthcare and social services, leaders from the PHX East Valley banded together to establish an effective coalition that would advance the area’s needs and interests. That’s when the non-partisan PHX East Valley Partnership was born.

Looking to the future.

The organization focused on advocacy, a strong and capable workforce and an affordable, comfortable and enjoyable place to live and work.

Among its areas of focus were Proposition 300 in 1985 and Proposition 400 in 2004. These bills enacted a regional sales tax to build the greater Phoenix freeway system and founded Kids Voting Arizona. Other key issues on the group’s agenda were tourism; arts and culture; and behavioral health funding disparities. The PHX East Valley Partnership also founded the East Valley Silent Witness Program.

Back to today.

More recently, the PHX East Valley Partnership has managed special initiatives of regional interest, including long-range planning for the Superstition Vistas area, and the PHX East Valley, an initiative to brand the assets of the region targeted to an external national audience.

The organization also has several standing committees to address aviation, education, transportation and the demand for workers.

While the PHX East Valley Partnership was originally conceived as a small group of influencers, the organization now includes a diverse group of leaders. They include prominent figures from all areas of business, education, government and civic enterprise united as a bold entity representing the interests of the burgeoning region.