Since 1999, HighGround has been a presence on Phoenix’s Roosevelt Row and has been a part of its transformational development over the past decade and a half. Our President & CEO Chuck Coughlin moved the company to its historic house on 4th Avenue and Roosevelt and has since invested time, money and support to helping…

By: Drew Sexton I vividly remember my first weekend as a new student at the ASU Downtown Phoenix campus in 2008, and not just because of the 110-degree temperatures during move-in day. As proud as I was to be a Sun Devil at the brand new CronkiteSchool, the urban environment I was exploring paled in…

There has been much discussion over the past month regarding Governor Doug Ducey’s plan to use State Land Trust money to increase funding for K-12 education. We’ve written about the Governor’s plan and believe it is a good first step to addressing our state’s lack of education funding. It is important to remember, however, that…

In reading a New York Times guest editorial earlier this week by Gar Alperovitz and Thomas Hanna, one could make a case that for the sake of our public institutions, K-12 schools, and higher education, both Governor Doug Ducey and State Treasurer Jeff DeWit are correct.  Our State Land Trust should be protected to serve…

Arizona’s Summers are Hot enough – We Don’t Need Overheated Rhetoric! The Bloviator-in-Chief, Donald Trump, is coming to town this weekend to bathe Arizonans in his overheated rhetoric which only speaks to about a third of the Republican Primary voting electorate. The media, however, is playing along with the Manhattan-based carnival act and even the…