Compete Sports Diversity’s mission is to "Unite the World Through Sports.” Follow along through this six-part mini-series as we talk about various aspects of advocacy, education and inclusivity for one and all. In this episode, host Eric Carlyle and featured guests Mashonda Gilmore, John Deffee and Lance Fite discuss the Lynn Lewis Foundation and how this organization supports Breast Cancer Awareness through their all-women's sporting events ..read more

Compete Sports Diversity’s mission is to "Unite the World Through Sports.” Follow along through this six-part mini-series as we talk about various aspects of advocacy, education and inclusivity for one and all. In this episode, host Eric Carlyle and featured guest Rhonda Rajsich along with John Deffee and Lance Fite discuss gender inclusivity and equity within sports and the strides being made to increase the visibility of female athletes. To learn more about our efforts, go to www.competenetwork.com and www.visitmesa.com ..read more

If you were in downtown Mesa on the third weekend in April this year, you certainly weren’t alone. Over three days, the seventh annual Mesa Music Festival drew thousands of people to see more than 250 artists on ten different stages.  Enjoy this conversation with the Festival's creator, José "Indian" Anteo and Marcus Reardon, the front man for Mesa's hottest new band on the rise, This Modern ..read more

 Visit Mesa's partnership with Wheel the World, an organization that helps the disabled experience exotic locations - sometimes traversing world-class trails in a wheelchair - is helping Mesa on its own path to becoming America's most accessible city.  ..read more

John Muir once suggested, “Come to the woods, for here is rest.” Two millennia before that, Hippocrates offered, “Nature itself is the best physician.” People have known for a long time that nature has the power to heal us. And it continues to happen today, everyday in Mesa’s back yard. It happened to Mandy and Lacy, and they want it to happen to you.  ..read more

Actor Joe Mantegna and the city of Mesa have two important connections. Joe’s a Chicago native and a lifelong Cubs fan. Mesa is the Cubs' home for Spring Training. Mesa is also the first autism certified city in America, and Joe and his wife Arlene are autism advocates. Their daughter, Mia, born in 1987, was diagnosed with autism when she was two years old. Here's the story of the Mantegna family's autism journey and Joe's thoughts about the good things happening in Mesa.  ..read more

Did you know you could visit a place in Mesa where vegetables are grown in towers without using an ounce of soil and 90% less water? Did you know the honey bee is responsible for pollinating a full third of the food we eat? And that Visit Mesa is doing its part to save the honey bee? There’s more than great artisan food on the Fresh Foodie Trail. You’ll also find sustainability stops that will inspire and grow your love for the natural world around us ..read more

If you’ve been to Organ Stop Pizza, you get it.  If you haven't been there in a while or,  heaven forbid, have never been there, put it on your list. Seeing the Mighty Wurlitzer at Organ Stop Pizza is like seeing King Kong in his natural habitat. This discussion with co-owner, Jack Barz, will land it on your calendar. Pipes and Pizza article in Taste Magazine https://tastecooking.com/life-death-pizza-pipes ..read more

Knuckle Sandwiches has become a pilar of the community due to the hard work of owner, Roscoe Smith. Roscoe debuted his mighty sandwiches and delicious menu in June of 2019 and has been proudly serving the Mesa, AZ and surrounding areas for over 3 years now. Knuckle Sandwiches has become a familiar favorite and continues to make menu changes to accommodate our clients' taste buds ..read more

Professor Harold Hill from the broadway musical, The Music Man, sold people on the idea that music would save their city. But Harold Hill was a fraud. Meet the real Music Man, Shain Shapiro of Sound Diplomacy, who swears music will improve your city's bottom line and its image as an attractive place to live.  What he helped accomplish in Huntsville, Alabama and other cities across the globe could prove to be a template for Mesa's musical future. Interviewees include Shain Shapiro of Sound Diplomacy, Huntsville's Music Officer, Matt Mandrella, Arizona's Unofficial Music Historian, John Dix ..read more