Look back 20 back years ago, and the primary impression of downtown Tucson is an image of boarded-up buildings and homelessness. Today is a much different story. Downtown has turned into a place of purpose for people to work, live and enjoy themselves. It’s a destination for entertainment and once again an active part of the city,…
It all started as a measly rack of t-shirts outside of a yoga studio and now it claims to be the only sustainable, organic and American made clothing store in the Arizona. Alok Appadurai is the owner of a store called Fed by Threads in downtown Tucson. Appadurai is passionate about providing sustainable clothes for…
Over the past four years, the Downtown Tucson Partnership along with the City of Tucson have worked to add student housing, new restaurants and bars, and most recently the Sunlink Streetcar to Downtown Tucson. The expansion of downtown has, however, created difficulties for city officials. “I don’t support the street closures,” Ward 6 Councilman, Steve…
