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The Phoenix mayor would like to see the sustainabilituy campus located near 7th Avenue and Van Burenh Street just west of thedowntown core. He said and would be the centerpiecesa of thenew campus. Downtownb Phoenix already is home to a growing ASU campusw and a biomedical center that featurees programs from ASU and the Universithyof Arizona. Those existing higher education assets are locatedin downtown’es core and to it eastermn edges. The city of Phoenicx has been lobbying federalagencies — including the U.S. Departmentsw of Education, Energy and Housing and Urbab Development — to help fund the green campus via the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009.
The $787 billionh federal stimulus offers education and research grantsd for solar and alternativer energy and in othersustainability niches. Gordoh will be in Washington next week talkinbg to Obamaadministration officials, including Vice President Josephb Biden about the stimulus. That will include meetingz withthe U.S. Department of Labor aboutg the sustainability effort as well as work force development fundinhgvia ARRA. There is a Rio Saladio College adult education center off of 7th Avenue near Filmore Gordon said Rio Salado owns some other land and thers are vacant parcels that could be used fora sustainability/green campus.
The campus would be geared toward environmental and sustainable engineering andworkforce development. Gordon said more specific plan and details of the west downtown campus are being workex and could be unveiledthis fall. ASU has been uppin g its green and sustainable programs at its Tempe andother campuses. ASU President Michael Crow and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council also want to bolste rthe Valley’s solar energy production and make the region a center for alternative energy source. That includes Gordon wantinfg the city to become the Silicon Valley for solar energhy and reducethe Valley’s urban heat island by paintinbg rooftops white.
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