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The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainabilit campus located near 7th Avenue and Van Buren Streetr just west of thedowntown core. He said and woulf be the centerpieces of the new Downtown Phoenix already is home to a growinvg ASU campus and a biomedical center that featuresz programs from ASU and the Universityof Arizona. Thosde existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’sx core and to it eastern edges. The city of Phoenix has been lobbyint federalagencies — includingf the U.S. Departments of Education, Energy and Housinb and Urban Development to help fund the green campua via the American Recovery Reinvestment Actof 2009.
The $787 billion federal stimulus offers education and research grantds for solar and alternative energyt and in othersustainability niches. Gordon will be in Washington next week talkingg to Obama administration including Vice President Joseph Biden abouythe stimulus. That will include meetinge withthe U.S. Department of Labore about the sustainability effort as well as work forcs development fundingvia ARRA.
Therde is a Rio Salado College adult educatio n center off of 7th Avenue near Filmore Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and ther e are vacant parcels that could be used fora sustainability/green The campus would be geared towarsd environmental and sustainable architecture, engineering and workforce Gordon said more specific plans and details of the west downtownn campus are being worked and could be unveiled this fall. ASU has been uppingg its green and sustainable programs at its Tempe andother campuses.
Gordon, ASU Presideng Michael Crow and the Greater Phoenix Economic Counci l also want to bolsterfthe Valley’s solar energu production and make the region a center for alternativ e energy source. That includes Gordon wantinfg the city to become the Silicon Valley for solard energy and reducethe Valley’s urban heat island by painting rooftops
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