Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon proposes green college campus downtown, looks for stimulus aid - San Francisco Business Times:

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The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainabilityg campus located near 7th Avenue and Van Burenb Street just west of thedowntown core. He said and woulfd be the centerpieces of thenew campus. Downtowjn Phoenix already is home to a growing ASU campuws and a biomedical center that features programs from ASU and the Universituyof Arizona. Those existing higher education assetse are locatedin downtown’s core and to it easternm edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbying federalagencies — including the U.S. Departmentw of Education, Energy and Housing and Urban Developmenr — to help fund the greeb campus via the AmericanRecovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The $787 billiom federal stimulus offers education and research grants for solar and alternative energy and in othedsustainability niches. Gordon will be in Washingtohn next week talking to Obama administration including Vice President Joseph Biden about the That will include meetings withthe U.S. Department of Labor about the sustainability effort as well as work forcr development fundingvia ARRA. There is a Rio Saladp College adult education center off of 7th Avenuwe nearFilmore Street.
Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and there are vacant parcels that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared toward environmentao and sustainable architecture, engineering and workforce development. Gordon said more specifif plans and details of the west downtowm campus are being worker and could be unveiledthis fall. ASU has been upping its greeh and sustainable programs at its Tempre andother campuses. Gordon, ASU President Michael Crow and the Greatere Phoenix Economic Council also want to bolstertthe Valley’s solar energy production and make the regioh a center for alternative energt source.
That includes Gordon wanting the city to becomer the Silicon Valley for solar energy and reducethe Valley’sd urban heat island by paintinh rooftops white.