More than 50% of the growth in Maricopa County over the next 25 years will occur in the West Valley, including here in #GoodyearAZ! With that in mind, West Valley leaders have been working toward a regional workforce strategy. #LiveWestWorkWest More: https://t.co/eN8SjNnc4f pic.twitter.com/SXzobaxj67 — GoodyearAZ Business News (@GoodyearAZecdev) January 31, 2022 Click here to view the tweet

Bobbie Mastracci is the CEO Phoenix West Commercial. Mastracci can sometimes be spotted inside the White Tanks Library. Jim Poulin | Phoenix Business Journal By Audrey Jensen – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal Dec 3, 2021, 6:10pm EST Before Bobbie Mastracci was known for her work in commercial real estate in the West Valley, she operated her own day spa in her hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although she had success running her own salon business, Mastracci said she had always been intrigued by real estate but just wasn’t sure it was an attainable career. “I can still remember vividly one of my clients sitting in my chair, working on a real estate contract,” she recalled. “I’m like, ‘Gosh, one of these days, I want to be the one sitting in my hairdresser’s chair working on a real estate contract.’” After 9/11, Mastracci’s husband lost his job, which led her [...]

By Audrey Jensen – Reporter, Phoenix Business Journal Dec 2, 2021, 10:00am EST The owners of new taco food truck concept Tacos Barbon are opening their first restaurant in the Phoenix metro — at a Holiday Inn hotel in Goodyear. Buckeye couple and Phoenix natives Isai and Karina Martinez first started a taco stand as a hobby just before the Covid-19 pandemic started. But after Isai Martinez lost his job due to Covid, the food concept became their livelihood, so they decided to run the business full time and upgraded to a trailer. "We never expected it to become our only source of income, so we started selling out of it and then within the first weeks, we're like, 'Wow, this can turn into something,'" Isai Martinez said. "Once we got the food truck, it just exploded. It really took off on us, so at that point we hired some [...]

Corridors of Opportunity: Glendale The Phoenix Business Journal featured 4 panelists including Bobbie Mastracci for the latest in its continuing series of real estate-focused virtual events. Highlighting key Valley cities and submarkets. The online virtual events bring together real estate sector executives, market experts and city economic development planners to look at present and future plans. This event focused on the fast-growing West Valley city of Glendale. … Click here to watch the webinar