Meet the 2022 Community Awards Honorees: Exemplary Local Leadership and Advocate

This week we're bringing you the stories about two more of our 2022 Community Awards Honorees. Help us celebrate their work by following us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and sharing these story posts. Visit our website for all of this year's stories and look for our awards wrap-up e-blast in November when we'll share video interviews from our awards deliveries.

Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor PNC Bank and our Awards Sponsors Arizona Community Foundation, AmTrust Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co., and State Farm.

2022 Exemplary Local Leadership

The City of Tempe is being recognized for efforts that demonstrate the city staff and elected officials’ commitment to smart growth, equity, and business development in recent years. Among this work are unique programs addressing equity, housing, and small business development.

2022 Exemplary Advocate: Senator Mark Kelly

U.S. Senator Mark Kelly was instrumental in making the Small Business Administration’s Community Navigator Pilot Program possible. Through his leadership and advocacy, this new funding was a small but critical component of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Under the two-year program, LISC Phoenix is partnering with four local Community-Based Organizations to provide one-to-one technical assistance and support to BIPOC entrepreneurs and women-owned businesses throughout the Phoenix Metro region.

Thank you to our sponsors

Arizona Department of Housing | Northern Trust | U.S. Bank | Vitalyst Health Foundation