Arizona Commerce Authority says economic growth coming to Pinal

by  Karen Schaffner | Casa Grande Dispatch

pinal countyEconomic growth is coming to Arizona, and it’s not just coming to Phoenix.

“There are big things happening outside Maricopa County,” Matthew Contorelli said. “Big companies are steering away from big cities and coming to Arizona.”

Contorelli is the director for government affairs at the Arizona Commerce Authority and he shared a bit of what he’s doing for the area at Wednesday’s lunchtime meeting of the Coolidge Chamber of Commerce. The ACA’s job is threefold: get businesses from outside Arizona to expand into Arizona, work with existing Arizona companies to help them grow and work with Arizona companies to help them create more jobs.

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