ARIZONA TOWN HALL

Participants actively engaged in panel discussions focused on available cross-border trade, investment and business attraction resources aimed at driving economic development in the Arizona and Sonora region. Topics explored included: business organizations, real property, banking and financing, tax regimes and incentives, intellectual property, import/export regulations, labor and employment, the importance of socially responsible development initiatives and much more.

Final Report

• Click here to read the Final Report from the 2019 Arizona & Mexico Town Hall in both English and Spanish.

Document Downloads

News and Media Coverage

• Arizona & Mexico Town Hall will explore cross-border trade and investment, AZ Big Media, August 26, 2019.
• Arizona-Mexico Town Hall focused on driving cross-border trade, Victoria Harker, Chamber Business News, September 26, 2019.
• 9/26/19 episode: The Creative City Show with guest host Bean Buehler-Garcia, Partrick Welch and Tara Jackson, 1030 KVOI AM The Voice, September 26, 2019. (Direct link to audio mp3)
• Cross-Border Trade Focus Of Arizona-Mexico Town Hall In Hermosillo, Kendal Blust, KJZZ 91.5, October 3, 2019.
• Se realiza Tercera Edición de Arizona Town Hall., José Alan Rubio Coronado, MegaNoticias, October 4, 2019.
• Invitan en Arizona & Mexico Town Hall 2019 a impulsar desarrollo binacional, Proyecto Puente, October 4, 2019.
• Se realiza Tercera Edición de Arizona Town Hall, Alan Rubio, Entre Todos TV, October 4, 2019.
• Realiza Arizona & México Town Hall la edición 2019 de acuerdos binacionales, Ehui Noticias, October 4, 2019.
• Realizan tercera edición del Arizona & México Town Hall 2019, Roberto Bahena, El Sol de Hermosillo, October 4, 2019.
• Realizan mesa de trabajo para impulsar desarrollo económico entre Arizona y Sonora, Roberto López, Expreso, October 4, 2019.
• Empresarios de Arizona y Sonora buscan crear una agenda electrónica de trabajo, Radio Sonora, October 4, 2019.
• VIDEO: ECONOMÍA: Inauguración de la mesa de trabajo: Arizona-México Town Hall., Revista Correo (Facebook page), October 4, 2019.
• Plantean estrategias de desarrollo Sonora y Arizona, El Chiltepin, October 5, 2019.
• Empresarios de Sonora y Arizona dialogan estrategias comerciales, Alejandra Alvarez Romero, Tribuna, October 5, 2019.
• Arizona-Mexico Town Hall in Hermosillo explores importance of cross-border resources, Patrick Welch, Chamber Business News, October 31, 2019.
• Arizona / Mexico Trade and “OK, Boomer" - The Think Tank 12/15/19, Tara Jackson and Patrick Welch, The Think Tank with Mike O’Neil, KTAR News 92.3 FM, December 15, 2019.

Activities & Meal Programs

Thursday, October 3

• Social networking dinner at Parque La Ruina

Friday, October 4

• Morning Program
• • Economic Impact of Relationship between Arizona and Mexico: Luis Morfin, Director, Metrix S.C.
  • Cross-Border Trade and Investment Panel: Sabina Aaronson, Vice President, National Bank of Arizona; Claudia Orduno Kirkpatrick, Finance Director, Mexico, Badger Meter, Inc.; Hector Placencia, Director and Co-Founder, BRH2 Plastics LLC; Gerardo Vázquez, President, INDEX Sonora
• Lunch Program
• • Special Remarks: Daniel Palm, Associate Vice President for Global Initiatives and Executive Director of the Center for International Education, Northern Arizona University
  • Highlighted Speaker: Elia Tello, Consul General of the United States of America, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
• Closing dinner at Quinta de Anza

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