Economic Development Links
Pima County Economic Development Office
Economic Development Office Contacts
Economic Development - Attractions & Tourism
Current Economic Development Plan:
Economic Development Plan - Update Through 2018
Past Economic Development Plans:
Economic Development Plan, 2015 through 2017
Economic Development Plan, 2012
Pima County Development Opportunities
County Business Parks and Available Properties
The Sonoran Corridor - A Regional Economic Catalyst
County Administrator Memorandum on Economic Development (click to open)
2017
March 6, 2017 - County-incubated Biotech Firm Accelerate Diagnostics, Receives FDA Approval for Pathogen Test Kit
February 22, 2017 - Monsanto Foreign Trade Zone Application
February 15, 2017 - February 21, 2017 Board Meeting - Agenda Item Nos. 7, 8 and 10 Regarding Monsanto Company
February 14, 2017 - Additional Information Regarding Foreign Trade Zone Applications
January 25, 2017 - United States Foreign Trade Zone Information and Guidance
January 24, 2017 - Public Meetings Regarding the Proposed Monsanto Facility
January 24, 2017 - Biz Tucson Winter 2017 Article on World View and the Emerging Space Industry Employment Cluster in Pima County
January 24, 2017 - BizTucson Article Regarding Raytheon
2016
January 12, 2016 - Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recover Grant, Port of Tucson Freight Rail Improvements Performance Measure
January 11, 2017 - Four-year lease Extension with Rillito Racing
January 3, 2017 - Completion of World View Facility and Certificate of Occupancy
January 3, 2017 - Completion of 97 E Congress for Full Occupancy by Caterpillar
January 3, 2017 - Monsanto Website
January 3, 2017 - Foreign Trade Zone Frequently Asked Questions
January 3, 2017 - Regulatory Authority of the County Regarding Monsanto's Proposed Agricultural Production Facility in Avra Valley
December 20, 2016 - Visit Tucson Support and County Bed Tax
December 9, 2016 - Overview of the Pima County Aerospace, Defense, Technology, Business and Research Park
December 8, 2016 - Substantial Completion of the World View Manufacturing and Headquarters Facility in Pima County
December 13, 2016 - Addendum: Ground Lease Options with the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facilities District for County-owned Vacant Property at Cushing Street/Interstate 10 and Broadway Boulevard/Sixth Avenue
November 28, 2016 - Monsanto Economic Development Proposal in Avra Valley
November 22, 2016 - Raytheon Expansion Economic Development Incentives
November 22, 2016 - Foreign Trade Zone Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement for New Employer Monsanto
November 22, 2016 - Pima County Economic Development Plan - Update Through 2018
November 4, 2016 - Pima County's 2015-2017 Economic Development Plan Progress Report
October 4, 2016 - Pima County's Major Achievements Over the Past 20 Years
September 30, 2016 - Article by Former NASA Associate Administrator and Current World View Chief Science Officer Regarding the Rise of the High-altitude Balloon Industry
September 21, 2016 - Facility Investments in County-leased Property Banner-University Medical Center South Campus
September 20, 2016 - Arizona Employment Gains by Region
August 22, 2016 - Pima County Among Nation’s Leaders in Job Growth; Consumer Confidence Near Record Level
August 15, 2016 - Sun Corridor Inc. Annual Contract Fiscal Year 2016-17
August 9, 2016 - Pima County’s 2015-2017 Economic Development Plan Progress Report
August 5, 2016 - Additional Update on World View
August 4, 2016 - Update on Caterpillar Surface Mining and Technology Relocation to 97 E. Congress and Tucson Indian Center Purchase of 160 N. Stone Avenue
July 22, 2016 - Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness Rating 2016
July 13, 2016 - World View Update
July 5, 2016 - Final Relocation of 97 E. Congress Tenants to Accommodate Caterpillar Surface Mining and Technology Division
June 21, 2016 - Capital Improvements and Investments by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Art Institute Facilities
June 16, 2016 - Market Rate Lease for World View
June 7, 2016 - Major League Soccer Incentives Through Visit Tucson
May 3, 2016 - Relocation of the Surface Mining and Technology Division of Caterpillar Inc. to Tucson and Pima County
April 25, 2016 - Leveraging the Intellectual Capacity of University and Community College Systems to Grow Our Own Employment
April 7, 2016 - Sunset Road Professional Campus Identified in the 2015-17 Economic Development Plan
April 19, 2016 - Banner-University Medical Center South Campus Graduate Medical Education Program
March 11, 2016 - Your February 23, 2016 Email Regarding Accelerate Diagnostics and Newsletter Regarding the Same Subject
March 15, 2016 - Intergovernmental Agreement for Water and Wastewater Utilities to the Sonoran Corridor and Direct Utility Services to the World View Enterprises Site
January 19, 2016 - World View Enterprises, Inc. Corporate Headquarters in the County Aerospace, Defense and Technology Research and Business Park
January 5, 2016 - Professional Services Agreement with Sun Corridor Inc.
2015
December 14, 2015 - Audited Financial Report for the Most Current Available Fiscal Year - Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities (TREO) Now Known as Sun Corridor Inc.
December 11, 2015 - Pima County Coordination with Freeport-McMoRan Inc.
December 11, 2015 - Major League Soccer Preseason 2016 Schedule
December 15, 2015 - Memorandum of Understanding between Tucson Airport Authority, Raytheon Missile Systems, Pima County and the City of Tucson
October 13, 2015 - University of Arizona Health Sciences Center and Banner Health - New Model for Academic Medicine
June 23, 2015 - Sonoran Corridor Federal Designation
March 3, 2015 - Continued County Reinvestment in the Community Hospital System
January 7, 2015 - Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc., Lease Amendment
January 13, 2015 - Foreign Trade Zone Agreement for Property Tax Abatement for New Employer HomeGoods to Locate to 3649 E. Corona Road in Pima County
January 16, 2015 - HomeGoods, Inc. Economic Impact Analysis
2014
December 24, 2014 - Banner Health Proposed Assumption of Agreements between Pima County and University Physicians and University of Arizona Medical Center
December 23, 2014 - Biotechnology Incubator Innovation Park
December 19, 2014 - Disadvantage Business Enterprises Program for the Port of Tucson Project
December 2, 2014 - Pima County's Economic Development Plan and Hughes Access Road Relocation Update
November 12, 2014 - Pima County Involvement with TIA through the TAA and the FAA
September 16, 2014 - Sonoran Corridor or the Auxiliary Interstate Highway
June 13, 2014 - Economic Development Bonds
March 11, 2014 - Resolution of the Pima County Board of Supervisors in Support of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
March 3, 2014 - March 18 Presentation by the Tucson Airport Authority Regarding Efforts to Improve Direct Air Service at Tucson International Airport
February 19, 2014 - Downtown Infrastructure Investment
February 7, 2014 - Aerospace Parkway Establishment - Urban HURF/Hughes Access Establishment No. 3018 on the February 18, 2014 Agenda
January 21, 2014 - Film Tax Incentive
January 21, 2014 - Aerospace Parkway Establishment
2013
December 18, 2013 - Land Acquisition and Exchange Negotiations between Pima County, Raytheon, the US Air Force and the Tucson Airport Authority
November 19, 2013 - Urban Land Institute Advisory Panel Related to the Future of Downtown Tucson
November 12, 2013 - The University of Arizona Medical Center - South Campus: The Eight-year Transformation Report
November 5, 2013 - El Tour de Tucson Funding
October 15, 2013 - Tenant Lease with Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc
August 13, 2013 - Southeast Regional Park Surrounding the Pima County Fairgrounds
August 6, 2013 - Major League Soccer Incentives through Visit Tucson
July 23, 2013 - Sonoran Corridor Alternatives Analysis
July 10, 2013 - Potential Adaptive Reuse of the Roger Road Wastewater Reclamation Facility
July 3, 2013 - Southern Arizona Raceway Conceptual Plan, Proposed Draft Lease and Noise Mitigation Report
May 23, 2013 - Velodrome Cost and Economic Development Issues
April 11, 2013 - Accelerate Diagnostics Growth
March 13, 2013 - The Loop: Economic, Environmental, Community and Health Impact Study
March 12, 2013 - Economic Development and Mining
February 5, 2013 - Intergovernmental Agreement with the UA for Joint Planning for a Geotourism Center
January 24, 2013 - Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Job Activity Reporting
County Administrator Memorandum about Pima County taxation and tax policy
2017
February 6, 2017 - State-shared Income Taxes and Primary Property Tax Reductions
Feb. 1, 2017 - Use of Highway User Revenue and Vehicle License Tax Funds
January 26, 2017 - Change in Pima County's Tax Base
January 9, 2017 - Proration of Taxes on Exempt Properties
January 17, 2017 - Formation of the Rocking K South Community Facilities District
2016
December 20, 2016 - Visit Tucson Support and County Bed Tax
November 22, 2016 - Foreign Trade Zone Payment in Lieu of Taxes Agreement for New Employer Monsanto
October 27, 2016 - Call to the Public Concern Regarding Fire District Tax Rates
August 31, 2016 - Arizona Tax Research Association Newsletter Article Regarding the Maricopa Integrated Health System
August 12, 2016 - August 15, 2016 Tax Levy and Rate Adoption Amended Memorandum
August 15, 2016 - Tax Levy and Rate Adoption
August 15, 2016 - Settlement Agreement with the State of Arizona Regarding the One-percent Constitutional Property Tax Limit Litigation
August 5, 2016 - Pima County Versus Arizona Property Tax Oversight Commission Regarding the One-percent Constitutional Property Tax Limit for Homeowner Occupied Residential Property
July 29, 2016 - Various Alternatives to Reduce the Pima County Primary Property Tax Rate for Inclusion in Legislative Agenda
July 21, 2016 - Transportation Funding in Arizona and Pima County
July 20, 2016 - Property Tax Oversight Commission Letter
July 19, 2016 - Pima County Property Statements
July 12, 2016 - Final Judgment Pima County Versus State of Arizona
June 29, 2016 - Homeowner Property Tax Burden in Pima County Low to Average in National Comparisons
June 7, 2016 - Updated Analysis on Property Tax Base and Revenue Impacts Attributable to Pima County's 2004 Open Space Bond Program
May 24, 2016 - Senate Bill 1476 and Imposed Unconstitutional Property Tax Transfer from Pima County to Schools in the Form of Additional State Aid to Education
May 16, 2016 - Standard and Poor's Global Rating of Pima County, Arizona; Gas Tax
April 22, 2016 - Notice of Appeal and Request for Formal Evidentiary Hearing Regarding the Decision of the Property Tax Oversight Commission to Assess Full Additional State Aid to Education Liability to Pima County
April 5, 2016 - Pima County versus State of Arizona; Property Tax Oversight Commission
March 28, 2016 - Response to Supervisor Miller's March 22, 2016 Newsletter Regarding the One Percent Residential Property Tax Cap
March 17, 2016 - Additional State Aid to Education One Percent Homeowner Property Tax Cap
2015
December 17, 2015 - Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) Sweeps and/or Diversions of HURF Revenues Due State Transportation, Cities, Towns and Counties
December 17, 2015 - Funding Transportation Obligations in the County and the Use of Transportation Revenues; Highway User Revenue Funds and Vehicle License Tax
November 23, 2015 - One Percent Homeowner Cap Discussion by Arizona Tax Research Association
October 30, 2015 - Incorrect and Misleading Information on Hunting on County Open Space Lands, the Nov. 3, 2015 Bond Election, County Debt and Property Taxes
September 17, 2015 - Estimated Property Tax Increase if Voters Approve All Seven Bond Propositions
September 11, 2015 - Tax Burden Comparison Maricopa County versus Pima County
August 27, 2015 - Total County Taxes Per Capita
August 17, 2015 - Tax Levy and Rate Adoption
Aug. 5, 2015 – Notice of State Cost Transfers to be Included in the Annual Pima County Tax Statement
Aug. 5, 2015 – Additional State Aid to Education Litigation Related to State of Arizona Budget Transfers to Pima County
June 12, 2015 - Property Tax Comparison; Maricopa versus Pima County
June 8, 2015 - State Cost Shifts Have a Disproportionate Impact on Pima County Taxpayers
June 16, 2015 - Pledge to Reduce the Primary Property Tax Rate and Tentative Increase in the Property Tax Levy of $8.4 million
June 8, 2015 - Pima County versus the State of Arizona and the Property Tax Oversight Commission
May 26, 2015 - Maricopa County Superior Court Case Regarding Arizona Cardinal Football Stadium Tax and Funding of our Stadium District
May 4, 2015 - Annual Property Tax Increase for the Average Residential Homeowner
April 3, 2015 - March 31, 2015 Article in The Atlantic Regarding State Trend Toward Increasing Gasoline Taxes
March 9, 2015 - Presidential Preference Election - Unnecessary Taxpayer Expense
February 27, 2015 - Arizona Daily Star Report Regarding the Pima County Assessor's Mailing of Tax Year 2016 Notices of Value
February 12, 2015 - County Budget Transfers and Levied Property Tax to the State
February 3, 2015 - Homeowner Rebates Regarding Primary Property Tax Rates
January 5, 2015 - Maricopa and Pima County Primary Property Tax Comparisons
January 6, 2015 - Total Property Tax Levy in Pima County vs. Maricopa County
January 13, 2015 - Foreign Trade Zone Agreement for Property Tax Abatement for New Employer HomeGoods to Locate to 3649 E. Corona Road in Pima County
January 13, 2015 - Issues Regarding the Gasoline Tax
January 14, 2015 - New York Times - Raise the gas tax to fix America's roads
January 16, 2015 - City of South Tucson Secondary Property Tax Rate and Levy Claim
January 21, 2015 - States with the highest (and lowest) gas taxes
January 23, 2015 - State Budget Impacts on County Property Taxes
2014
October 28, 2014 - City of South Tucson Secondary Property Tax Levy
September 16, 2014 - Revision to BOS policy C 6.2 Tax Appeal Litigation
August 18, 2014 - Tax Levy and Rate Adoption
June 6, 2014 - Tax Notice
June 4, 2014 - Per Capita Inflation-adjusted Primary Property Tax Levy
May 28, 2014 - River Park Maintenance through the Regional Flood Control District Property Tax Rate Increase
February 14, 2014 - Special Taxing District Legislation and the Goldwater Institute Report
February 7, 2014 - House Bill 2379 Severely Limiting the Library District Secondary Property Tax
January 21, 2014 - Film Tax Incentive
January 10, 2014 - Property Tax Base
January 6, 2014 - Historical Perspective on the Property Tax Base, Tax Levy and Fund Balances for the Various Tax Levies Imposed by the Board of Supervisors
2013
December 10, 2013 - Property Tax Implications Associated with Open Space Purchases
August 19, 2013 - Tax Levy and Rate Adoption
June 28, 2013 - Fact Sheet Regarding Statewide Gas Tax Increase
June 11, 2013 - Tax Roll Corrections and Development of a System Independent of the Legacy System
May 24, 2013 - Normalizing, Comparing the Maricopa County Primary Property Tax Rate with that of Pima County
May 1, 2013 - Arizona Daily Star Headline: "County wants 5 percent property tax hike"
March 7, 2013 - State Shared Revenues to Our Region Based on Annexation or New Incorporation