>> NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, DETAILS ON THE MASSIVE COMPUTER CHIP PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH PHOENIX.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARS ARGUMENTS INVOLVING STATE LEGISLATIVE POWER TO DRAW CONGRESSIONAL POLITICAL MASS AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES BY BLACK BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE VALLEY.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE ON ARIZONA HERSELF.

ARIZONA HORIZON.

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

OUR CHECK OF HEADLINES BEGINS WITH A SIGNIFICANT BIT OF SCIENCE NEWS.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY IS REPORTEDLY SET TO ANNOUNCE THAT SCIENTISTS HAVE A NET ENERGY GAIN.

IT MEANS THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST REACTION CREATING MORE ENERGY THAN IT USES.

THAT MEANS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN INFINITE SOURCE OF CLEAN ENERGY TO HELP STOP DEPENDENCY ON FOSSIL FUELS.

THE "WASHINGTON POST" REPORTS THE NATIONAL LABORATORY IN CALIFORNIA MADE THE DISCOVERY AND THAT ANNOUNCEMENT IS EXPECTED TOMORROW.

THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCED A $2.5 BILLION LOAN TO HELP CREATE THREE LITHIUM BATTERY MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN THE U.S. TO PLANTS IN OHIO, MICHIGAN AND TENNESSEE TO A PARTNERSHIP WITH GENERAL MOTORS TO PHASE OUT GAS AND DIESEL ENGINES AND PRODUCE ELECTRIC VEHICLES BUSINESS 2025 AND MAKE THE U.S. LESS RELIANT FOR BATTERY CELL PRODUCTION.

>>> A FALLOUT FOR KYRSTEN SINEMA'S NEWS TO BECOME AN INDEPENDENT.

AND BERNIE SANDERS, ANOTHER INDEPENDENT, HAD THIS COMMENT ON CNN.

>> I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TIME ON SENATOR SINEMA AND I HAVE BEEN TO SUSPECT THAT IT'S A LOT TO DO WITH POLITICS BACK IN ARIZONA.

I THINK THAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT THAT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT PROTECTS THE INTEREST OF WORKING FAMILIES AND VOTING RIGHTS AND SO FORTH.

SO I THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH HER POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS FOR THE FUTURE IN ARIZONA.

BUT FOR US, I THINK, NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED IN TERMS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE U.S. SENATE.

>> SINEMA JOINS SANDERS AS THE ONLY INDEPENDENTS IN THE SENATE.

>>> ARIZONA'S MANUFACTURING SECTION ON A BIG-TIME UPSWING SO MUCH SO THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN VISITING A MANUFACTURING PLANT UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NORTH PHOENIX AND THAT PLANT IS A PART OF A $40 BILLION INVESTMENT IN ARIZONA FOR THE TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE BOOM AROUND THE STATE, WE WELCOME SANDRA WATSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE AUTHORITY.

WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL AND A REALLY BIG DEAL.

>> YES, AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ARIZONA.

WE MADE THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IN 2020 AND THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE TEAM EFFORT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT, CITY OF PHOENIX, GPEC, ACA AND IS MANY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT T S.N.C.

THRIVES.

GOVERNOR DUCEY PLAYED A ROLE IN MAKING SURE THAT ARIZONA'S BUSINESS CLIMATE IS CONDUCIVE TO THIS TYPE OF EXPANSION.

>> WHY DID THE COMPANY CHOOSE ARIZONA?

>> WE HAVE A THRIVING SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS AND THEY ANNOUNCE JUST RECENTLY A $20 BILLION INVESTMENT IN THE NEW EXPANSION.

SO ARIZONA HAS HAD A VERY STRONG SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY AND OUR POLICIES ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE INDUSTRY.

WE HAVE THE WORKFORCE FOR THE INDUSTRY TO THRIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS MODERN AND ALLOWS FOR COMPANIES LIKE T S.N.C.

TO BUILD TO GET THE MANUFACTURING ONLINE.

>> THE AREA UP THERE, WHY DID THEY CHOOSE THAT?

>> IT'S A GREAT AREA.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AREA NOW AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH, THE RESIDENTIALS ARE IN THAT AREA AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA AND A LARGE PARCEL OF LAND AND NEEDED A THOUSAND ACRES IN ORDER TO BEGIN THEIR CONSTRUCTION.

OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU KNOW, THEY MADE A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND NOW MAKING A TOTAL OF $40 BILLION INVESTMENT INFANS IN INFANS.

>> WHAT ARE YOU EXPECTING?

>> SIMILAR TO IN CHANDLER WITH INTEL, YOU SAW A LOT OF GROWTH, THE COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND THERE WILL BE SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT PART OF THE VALLEY.

>> HOW MANY JOBS AND WHAT KIND OF JOBS?

ENGINEERS AND SOME HIGH TECH FOLKS ARE NEEDED AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NEEDED, AS WELL.

>> THE JOBS THAT ARE NEEDED RUN THE GAMUT AND, OF COURSE, ENGINEERS AND TECHNICS TECHNICIANS AND 4500 JOBS AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE TALENT THEY NEED AND, AGAIN, ARIZONA HAS A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF PEOPLE ALREADY EMPLOYED IN THIS INDUSTRY.

WE'RE BRINGING SUPPLY ES SUPPLIERS.

>> FOR THOSE WONDERING AND COMPUTER CHIP PLANT, WHAT EXACTLY WILL THEY BE PRODUCEING?

>> WELL, CHIPS ARE IN APPLIANCES, PHONES, HOW WE COMMUNICATE AND CLEARLY WITH THE PANDEMIC, REMOTE LEARNING AND SO MUCH NEED FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THE CHIPS GO IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING WE USE TODAY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE FIRST THING THAT IS BUILT HERE WILL DO THE CHIPS AND IN ANOTHER FACILITY ONLINE IN 2026 OR SOMETHING, MORE ADVANCED CHIPS.

THAT PARTICULAR INDUSTRY CHANGES ALL OF THE TIME.

>> WE'RE CONSTANTLY SEEING NEW OPPORTUNITIES.

TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING AND THE COMPANIES ARE AT THE CUTTING EDGE AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES.

>> WHAT TIME TABLES AND WHEN WILL THINGS GET PUMPED OUT OF THE PLANT?

>> THEY SAY TWO YEARS TO CONSTRUCT THE FAB AND AS YOU KNOW, THE NEW FAB IS ALMOST COMPLETED.

WE ARE AT THE TOOL-IN CEREMONY AND THEY'LL START PRODUCING CHIPS AS, I BELIEVE, EARLY AS 2024 FOR COMMERCIAL PLANT AND THE NEW PLANT IS BUILT NOW AND A TWO-YEAR PERIOD AND RAMPING UP PRODUCTION.

>> I'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE TO OTHERS AND AND THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT WATER.

WHENEVER ANYTHING HAPPENS, IT'S SOMETHING THIS MASSIVE, ESPECIALLY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN WHERE YOU CAN'T QUITE SEE ANYTHING CLOSE BY.

IN TERMSIN TERMS OFWATER SOURCES.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

>> IN ARIZONA, WE'VE MANAGED OUR WATER AND WE CAN CONTINUE GROWTH AND STILL MANAGE OUR WATER EFFECTIVELY.

AS YOU KNOW, WE USE LESS WATER TODAY THAN WE DID IN 1957 WITH SIX TIMES THE POPULATION.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.

ALSO GOVERNOR DUECY LEAD AN EFFORT THIS YEAR AND PUT AN ADDITIONAL BILLION DOLLARS TO ENSURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SECURE FUTURE WATER SUPPLY.

>> WATER ACQUISITION, BUT AS FAR AS THIS IS CONCERNED, I'VE HEARD RECYCLED WATER WILL BE USED.

>> CORRECT.

>> LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN CHANDLER.

THE ADVANCED MANUFACTURERS HAVE DEVELOPED A TECHNOLOGY TO CONSERVE THAT WATER.

SO THEY'VE GOT, OBVIOUSLY, TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY CONTINUE TO USE AND ENSURE THEY'RE USING THE WATER AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE.

>> NOTHING QUITE THIS BIG AND PHONMONUMENTAL AND WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG CHIP TO FALL.

>> WE HAVE A LOT IN THE PIPELINE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN SHARE THE NEWS?

>> WE'VE SEEN TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY AROUND THE STATE AND ANNOUNCED TWO PROJECTS IN TUCSON AND ANOTHER ONE IN KINGMAN AND MANUFACTURING ALL AROUND THE STATE.

>> THE STATE IS SHARING.

>> BATTERY MANUFACTURING, BATTERY AND A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON.

>> SANDRA WATSON, ARIZONA COMMERCE AUTHORITY, A BUSY PERSON AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>> UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE SUPREME COURT HEARS A NORTH CAROLINA JERRYMANMANDERING CASE THAT COULD IMPACT ELECTIONS IN ARIZONA.

>> THE U.S. SUPREME COURT COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS IN A JERRYMAN DERING CASE AND IT COULD IMPACT ARIZONATHANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> ORAL ARGUMENTS AND TALK TO US ABOUT THE CASE AND WHAT THE JUSTICES SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN.

>> THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT CASE, TED.

HERE IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

IN 209, THE SUPREME COURT SIDED RUSHO VERSUS COMMON CAUSE AND IN THAT CASE WHICH AROSE FROM MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA, OUR COURT, THE SUPREME COURT RULED THAT FEDERAL COURTS COULD NOT CONSIDER JERRYMANDERING CASES BECAUSE THOSE CASES PRESENTED POLITICAL QUESTIONS NOT SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW AND THE FEDERAL COURTS ARE OUT OF THE REVERSING POLITICAL JERRYMANDERING CASES AND IN RUSHO, CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS WAS CAREFUL TO POINT OUT STATE CONSTITUTIONS COULD STILL PROHIBIT JERRYMANDERING AND IF THERE WAS A REMEDY, IT WAS TO COME FROM THE STATES NOT FROM THE FEDERAL COURTS.

SO AFTER REDISTRICTING OR REAPPORTIONMENT, IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA ONCE AGAIN, THE REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THEY GAINED A FEW SEATS BECAUSE OF THE POPULATION IN A AND A LOT OF MINORITY DISTRICTS GREW AND THEY WERE DEMOCRATIC.

THE STATE WAS APPROXIMATELY HALF REPUBLICAN AND HALF DEMOCRAT.

AND WHAT DID THE STATE LEGISLATURE DO?

IT DREW MAPS THAT FAVORED THE REPUBLICANS DRAMATICALLY AND THAT OUT OF THEIR 14 SEATS, TEN WOULD GO TO THE REPUBLICANS AND FOUR WOULD GO TO THE DEMOCRATS AT BEST AND AT WORSE, 11 WOULD GO TO THE REPUBLICANS AND THREE WOULD GO TO THE DEMOCRATS.

THE LOSER WHO WERE THE DEMOCRATS SUED IN STATE COURT AND WON BEFORE THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT.

THAT WAS THE CASE THAT WENT TO THE SUPREME COURT THAT WAS HEARD BY OUR COURT ON WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.

>> WHEN THE JUSTICES ASKED THE QUESTIONS AND HEARD THE ARGUMENTS, WHAT WERE THEY INTERESTED IN AND WHICH WAY DID THEY LEAN ON THIS?

>> I THINK AND I HOPE THIS IS NOT WISHFUL THINKING, THEY WERE LEANING IN FAVOR OF ADOPTING THE OPINION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT BECAUSE IT WAS BASED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION WHICH HAS A TRADITION OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS AND THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT RULED THAT EVEN THOUGH THE SIDES WERE EQUALLY BALANCED, ONE SIDE MAL-APPORTIONED TO MAKE IT IMBALANCED AND THAT VIOLATED THE FREE ELECTION'S CLAUSE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION.

>> THAT WAS BY VERSION OF WHAT THE STATE SUPREME COURT IN NORTH CAROLINA RULED?

>> EXCLUSIVELY BASED ON STATE LAW, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE ELECTION CAUSE.

IT'S IN ARTICLE 1, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE THAT WE UNDERSTAND IS THIS CASE DID NOT GOVERN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.

IT ONLY GOVERNED FEDERAL CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS, BUT UNDER THE ELECTION'S CLAUSE, IT SAYS THE LEGISLATURE SHALL DETERMINE THE TIME, PLACE AND MANNER OF CONGRESSIONAL FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

SO SOME MEMBERS OF THE SUPREME COURT WERE SAYING, HEY, THE LEGISLATURE DETERMINED WHAT THE DISTRICTS WERE AND WE'RE STUCK WITH THOSE AND THE DECISION OF THE LEGISLATURE, A CREATURE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION CANNOT BE SECOND GUESSED EVEN BY THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT.

>> WHAT ABOUT THE IDEA OF A STATE LEGISLATURE MAKING RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING FEDERAL ELECTIONS?

YOU SAID NOT THE PRESIDENT, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CONGRESS AND JERRYMANDERING AND DIVIDING UP DISTRICTS, CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS, THAT'S HUGE.

IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

THE CASE SAYING THE FEDS HAVE NO CASE IN THIS?

>> THE SUPREME COURT WAS SAYING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DID HAVE A BIG PLACE IN IT.

THE PLACE WAS SO BIG IT WOULD OVERRULE THE NORTH CAROLINA SUPREME COURT.

WHAT THE SUPREME COURT APPEARED TO BE SUGGESTING WAS THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURES COULD OPERATE WITHOUT ANY CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION IMPOSED AS A MATTER OF STATE LAW.

AND REMEMBER, THE LEGISLATURE IS A CREATURE OF STATE LAW AND THE LEGISLATURE ONLY HAS POWERS GRANTED BY THE PEOPLE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.

>> SO HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT ARIZONA.

HOW WOULD A RULING IMPACT US?

>> WELL, A RULING WOULD DEEPLY IMPACT ARIZONA.

SUPPOSE THE DEMOCRATS TAKE OVER BOTH HOUSES, WHICH THEY'RE CLOSE TO DOING AND SUPPOSE THE REPUBLICAN WINS THE VOTE COUNT FOR SENATORS FOR A SENATOR, OUR NEXT SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN AND A REPUBLICAN WINS.

THIS RULING WOULD ALLOW OR A RULING IN FAVOR OF THE NORTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS WOULD ALLOW ARIZONA DEMOCRATS TO OVERRULE THE ELECTION AND ACTUALLY ALLOW THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO SEND A DEMOCRATIC SENATOR TO WASHINGTON EVEN THOUGH THE DEMOCRATIC SENATOR LOST THE ELECTION HELD BY THE PEOPLE.

IT MAKES THE LEGISLATURE SUPREME AND ABOVE THE PEOPLE AND ALSO ABOVE THE STATE CONSTITUTION.

>> OBVIOUSLY, I CAN SEE WHERE IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE AND YOU WOULD HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITH STATE RACES.

WITH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS AND U.S. SENATE RACES, THAT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF POWER FOR STATE LEGISLATURES, IS IT NOT?

>> IT IS A LOT OF POWER AND UNPRECEDENTED POWER AND IT REALLY IS CRAZY BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS OF NORTH CAROLINA ADMITTED THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD VETO WHAT THE LEGISLATURE DID.

WELL, THE GOVERNOR IS NOT A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE.

HOW CAN THE LEGISLATURE BE UNTETHERED TO ANY STANDARD IF IT'S SUBJECT TO GUBERNATORIAL VETO?

WHY CAN'T IT BE SUBJECT TO A COURT VETO WHEN WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS DOING VIOLATES THE STATE CONSTITUTION, WHICH IS THE PRODUCT OF THE PEOPLE'S WILL?

AS WE KNOW IN ARIZONA WE HAVE REFERENDUM.

WE CHANGE OUR CONSTITUTION ALL OF THE TIME.

TO ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO IGNORE THE CONSTITUTION KIND OF ALLOWS THAT TO IGNORE THE RULE OF THE PEOPLE.

IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT FEDERAL COURTS CANNOT BECOME INVOLVED IF REDISTRICTING CASES.

>> THIS IS FASCINATING AND I WILL KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND CLARIFYING AND STILL IS A CONFUSING SITUATION.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

>> IMPACT AZ2025 IS A NEW PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP BLACK ENTREPRENEURS IN THE STATE GET THE RESOURCES TO PROMOTE STABILITY AND GROWTH AND TO CLOSE THE RATIONAL WEALTH GAP OF ARIZONA BUSINESS OWNERS.

IT'S A COLLABORATIVEST COLLABORATIVEST AND MASTER MIND ACADEMY.

WE WELCOME THE FOUNDER OF MILLIONAIRE MASTER MIND ACADEMY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.

>> GIVE ME A DEFINITION OF IMPACT AZ2025.

>> IMPACT AZ2025 IS AN ACCELERATED PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE DATA THAT WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE STATE OF BLACK ARIZONA IN THE GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL COUNCIL.

IMPACT AZ2025 IS A READINESS PROGRAM TO HELP ENTREPRENEURS TAKE THEIR PROGRAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> FROM START-UP TO SCALEUP.

>> WE WANT TO SEE SEW MAYBE FIVE AND/OR TEN EMPLOYEES.

>> THIS IS LIKE AN INCUBATOR PROGRAM.

LET'S SAY A BUSINESS OWNER SAYING I WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS AND I DESERVE THIS.

HOW DO THEY TO THIS?

>> THEY GO TO IMPACT AZ 2025 TO SEE IF THEY QUALIFY.

AFRICAN-AMERICAN, THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE THROUGH THE STATE OF ARIZONA AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF THE STATE AND THEY NEED TO AT LEAST HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AND THE GOAL IS TO REALLY, REALLY HELP BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THE START-UP PHASE, A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST A YEAR TO HELP THEM TAKE THEIR BUSINESS TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

>> WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN THOSE BUSINESSS?

>> A LACK OF ACCESS TO CAPITAL?

>> MOST AFRICAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS OWNERS DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPITAL READINESS TO EVEN GO INSIDE OF A BANK OR FINANCIAL INSTITUTION OR EVEN AN INVESTOR TO SAY, HEY, I NEED -- THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO CREATE AN INVESTMENT DEBT AND THIS IS WHAT IMPACT AZ WILL HELP THEM, TO BE READY AND HELP THEM TO BE READY TO GO INSIDE OF THE BANK TO GET LOANS AND HELP THEM TO BE READY TO DO BUSINESS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE OR GET CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES OR TO UNDERSTAND THE THINGS THEY DON'T KNOW.

>> I UNDERSTAND WOMEN ESPECIALLY AFFECTED HERE, CORRECT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WOMEN ARE AFFECTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THIS WOMEN AND MEN ENTREPRENEURS.

>> WHEN YOU GET INTO THE PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NINE MONTHS WILL VENTURE CAPITALISTS AND WILL BANKS AND WILL THOSE WITH THE CAPITAL, ARE THEY PAYING ATTENTION?

>> THEY ARE PAYING ATTENTION.

WE HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING IMPACT 2025 AND THE KEY AREAS ARE MAKING SURE THERE'S FINANCIAL ADVISE SPERSE ADVISERS AND MAKING SURE THERE ARE SUPPLIERS DIVERSITY AS PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM AND WHILE IT'S A NINE-MONTH PROGRAM, THERE'S INSTRUCTORS AND MENTORS THAT WILL HELP THE ENTREPRENEURS TO TAKE THEIR BUSINESS FROM POINT A TO POINT B AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEASURE THEM THROUGH COLLECTING DATA AND ALSO REALLY SEEING THESE BUSINESSES GROW.

>> THIS IS ON A REPORT BY BLACK ASS.

WITHOUT CRUNCHING TOO MANY NUMBERS, AN OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT?

>> AN OVERVIEW OF THE REPORT, THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REPORT AND THIS IS WITH THE ECONOMIC COUNCIL AND THEY COLLECT DATA FROM SMALL ENTREPRENEURS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS HERE IN THE VALLEY.

>> IT'S IMPACT AZ 2025 AND IF SOMEONE IS WATCHING AND INTERESTED AND QUALIFYING, WHERE DO THEY GO?

>> IMPACTAZ2025.COM.

>> CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ACADEMY AND WE'VE TALKED TOW IN TO YOU IN THE PAST AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING WELL.

>> THEY ARE.

IEXPANDED IN 2025 AND I'M EXCITED TO BRING THE SAME PROGRAMS WE'VE HELPED OTHER WOMEN RIGHT HERE TO THE VALLEY.

>> CONTINUED SUCCESS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!