Business

Chandler store caters to carnivores

By Paul Maryniak, Executive Editor   Martha Neese still recalls how she and her husband, Gene, used to pack their suitcases with meat when they flew from Iowa to their second home in Ahwatukee. That was before the...

Village Health Club & Spa has swim programs

SanTan Sun News Staff   Ocotillo Village Health Club & Spa has launched a number of aquatics programs and water fitness classes for all ages. Lessons for any level and age group include Little Flipper Swimming Lessons...

Chandler Chamber honors businesses, community leaders

SanTan Sun News Staff   Businesses and individuals were honored June 2 for their contributions to the city at the Chandler Chamber of Commerce’s annual Community Awards gala. In addition, three young people each received...

Chandler, area cities deep into annual budget tussle

BY Gary Nelson, Contributor   Chandler, say hello to the folks at city hall. They are the ones who pave your streets, send police and firefighters when you are in danger, bring clean water to your home, haul off your garbage...

Chandler bat company finds its way to big leagues

By Hunter Robinson, Cronkite News   As the baseball season nears the half-way mark, the crack of a wooden bat is in full swing as a soundtrack of summer. Some of that sound is courtesy of Chandler-based Zinger Bats, which...

It’s a jungle in new miniature golf business

By Colleen Sparks, Managing Editor   Starting a company is no monkey business, but a Chandler couple’s business does entail gorillas, lions and elephants. Debbie and David Lake recently opened Swingin’ Safari Golf, an...

Wingspan Aviation Center prepares for blast-off in Chandler

SanTan Sun News Staff   City and company officials are touting a scheduled May 22 groundbreaking at Chandler Municipal Airport as the beginning of “a new era of aviation service.” WingSpan Aviation Center-Chandler will...

Chandler company turns the blues into green

By Tim Johns, Cronkite News   Bonded Logic Inc. is in the business of finding green in blue. The south Chandler textile recycling company collects thousands of pounds of denim jeans, shorts and jackets each year and gives...

Orbital ATK breaks ground for complex

SanTan Sun News Staff   Orbital ATK last month broke ground for its new 617,000-square-foot campus along Chandler’s Price Road Corridor, with company officials stating the Park Place location will help it become...

Chandler club offers comedy as acts and lessons

By Colleen Sparks, Managing Editor   Children, teens and adults can get some comic relief and learn how to think on their feet at an unusual business in downtown Chandler. Unlike venues where comedians tell jokes parents...