Tag: City of Phoenix

Guidepost #16 – Ed Zuercher, City of Phoenix, AZ

Ed Zuercher is the City Manager of Phoenix, Arizona. Mr. Zuercher was appointed City Manager on Feb. 19, 2014. In this role, Zuercher is the Chief Administrative Officer for the city of Phoenix and oversees the largest council-manager form of government in the United States, with 14,500 city employees, including seven employee unions and associations. … Continued

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Bird on Fire: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City Phoenix, Arizona is one of America’s fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted … Continued