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While the coronavirus outbreak created a cloud of doom and gloom around life as we know it, a local production company saw a silver lining – a sense of strength and solidarity in the small business community. Amoroma Productions, a video business based in Chandler, saw an opportunity to share the perseverance of the state’s small businesses and how they’ve adapted amid the pandemic. The company began reaching out to community leaders and companies in...

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Looking for a last-minute gift for Father’s Day? Keep it local with these companies offering cool ideas for items that Dad will love. Daphne’s Headcovers Great gifts are par for the course at Daphne’s, which purveys cute animal headcovers for golf clubs. Celebrating its 40th year in 2020, Daphne’s is the oldest female-owned company in the golf industry. “We’ve survived introducing animal headcovers to the market, driver design changes, recessions, global changes and now COVID-19,...

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Musically Fed’s mission is simple – to feed the hungry. The Scottsdale-based nonprofit works with musicians, promoters and venues to donate excess tour and backstage catering to the food insecure, homeless and veteran community. Musically Fed’s work is personal for its founder, Maria Brunner, whose late husband was a Vietnam vet. “When he passed away, it became very evident that we should all know more about our vets,” Brunner says. “I felt that in the...

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With performances put on hold, Arizona Broadway Theatre sought to find ways to attract its audiences in other ways. In response, it recently launched a crafting series led by the theater’s prop master, Mary Rooney. Each virtual class, hosted on ABT’s Facebook page every Monday at 3 p.m., features a fun and easy project that can be produced with simple items from around the house. The class, dubbed Makers Mondays, is part of a larger...

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Phoenix comediennes Marlene Strang and Leanne Schmidt have been performing together as The Ladies, a zany pair of moms that poke fun at life’s most routine moments, since 2016. “We use live performance in unexpected places to create these entertaining and social experiences for people to kind of come along and commiserate about life,” Schmidt says. The Ladies had a show scheduled for May, but the pandemic threw a wrench in their plans. “It was...

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Sam Means started Hello Merch 12 years ago to support bands and creatives in Phoenix and beyond. Now, he’s supporting the community through the coronavirus crisis. Hello Merch prints T-shirts, hats and posters for more than 250 bands out of its warehouse in Downtown Phoenix. Local tourism nonprofit Visit Phoenix recently approached Means and his team with an idea to produce T-shirts to raise funds for local hospitality employees who were affected by the pandemic....

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According to its owner, health and wellness expert Leslie Silverglide, Scottsdale’s MIXT has been “bringing better eating to everyone” since 2005. That means bringing delicious, healthy meals to its guests, supporting environmental sustainability and contributing to its employees and communities however possible, Silverglide says. MIXT has donated more than 100 meals each week to local first responders, hospitals and to the JoyBus Diner, a local nonprofit that delivers meals to homebound cancer patients. Through the...

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Buying from black-owned businesses is a simple, yet important way to show your support to the black community. The Phoenix Black Collective put together a helpful guide to black-owned restaurants in the greater Phoenix area so Valley residents can stand in solidarity with its black community members. You can find the restaurant list on Local First Arizona’s website, as well as other helpful resources. “You can start today, you can start tomorrow — the important thing is...

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It’s no secret that staying at home has led to mounting stress for both kids and adults. As parents adjust to working from home, they also have to find ways to keep their children educated and entertained, and it can be tough for them to navigate the new normal. Enter Ninja Focus – a mindfulness app that helps kids cope with stress and better understand their emotions. It inspires children ages 3 to 8 to...

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Cardiologist Kishlay Anand started Phoenix-based telehealth company Akos in 2016 to make health care more affordable and convenient. He didn’t know the virtual platform would be so helpful during a pandemic in 2020. In its early stages, Anand says many people didn’t recognize telemedicine as a valid modality to deliver health care, but now it could save lives. “If somebody has something very simple, we can keep them home and give them the care at...

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Highform, a Phoenix-based real estate technology and marketing firm for multifamily property developers and residential brokerages, recently conducted a survey to gauge renters’ reactions to COVID-19. Some of the results were shocking, says Tim Harmon, Highform’s director of multifamily. Coronavirus concerns caused renters to change their mind about renewing a lease or moving. Before the pandemic, renters were separated by less than three percentage points when it came to their plan to renew their current...

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Fairmont Scottsdale Princess is rooted in tradition. The iconic resort hosts a slew of seasonal events, such as Summer at the Princess, that brings the community together. How could the Princess honor these time-honored traditions during a global pandemic? The solution was simple – create a drive-in movie night for families to enjoy an evening out in the safety of their car. “We are definitely involved in our community in a big way and over...