Sustaining Members

Arizona Central Credit Union

A not-for-profit financial cooperative that has been serving families across Arizona for more than 70 years. Arizona Central, which ranks among the largest credit unions in the state, currently serves more than 70,000 member/owners and has assets of more than $420 million. Visit the Arizona Central Credit Union website.

Arizona Highways

Arizona Highways magazine’s award-winning photography, travel journalism and its steadfast commitment to discovering the state’s treasures has brought the beauty and splendor of Arizona to visitors and natives alike for more than 80 years. Helping to drive tourism to and through the state, Arizona Highways has subscribers in all 50 states and more than 120 countries. It also has a publishing imprint, Arizona Highways Books, and physical and online retail stores. Visit the Arizona Highways website.

Bashas'

Over the past 75 years, the Bashas' family has grown up with Arizona. Visit the Bashas' website.

Bashas' is a proud supporter of these Arizona grown companies:

• Arizona Canning (Sun Vista Beans)
• Arizona Farm Bureau
• Arizona Gunslinger hot sauce
• Arizona wines/wineries
• Ash Creek Ranch
• Bar-S Foods
• Bashas' Private Label
• Beef (from Arizona most of the time)
• Bill Johnson's Barbecue Sauce
• Bonita Bean Company
• Café Valley (bakery goods)
• Cave Creek Coffee
• Cerreta Chocolates (bakery)
• China Mist
• Chompie's Bagels
• Cochise Farms (pistachios)
• Crockett's Honey
• Desert Shrimp
• Earthgrains (part of Sara Lee, has plant here in AZ)
• Fairytale Brownies
• Fiesta Canning Company (Macayo's salsa)
• Fiesta Bottling (PL water)
• Four Peaks
• Frito-Lay (plant in Casa Grande)
• Gatorade (plant in Casa Grande)
• Goldwater's Foods of Arizona
• Green Valley Pecan Co.
• Hickman's Eggs
• High Spirits Prickly Pear Vodka
• Holsum Bread
• Hopkins Hog Farm
• Julia Baker Chocolates (bakery)
• Kalil Bottling Company
• Lehi Valley nuts/trail mix
• McClendon's Select (produce)
• Mama Lola's tortillas
• Marilyn's Tortilla Chips
• The Meat Shop
• Mi Ranchito Chips
• Morton Salt (water conditioning salt is mined here in Glendale)
• Mrs. Klein's Pickles
• My Mom's Toffee Factory and Sweet Shoppe
• My Nana's Tortilla Chips
• Oak Creek Drinking Water
• Ox Ranch
• Pillsbury Wine Company
• Poore Brothers (publicly owned/traded)
• Queen Creek Olive Mill
• Relish This! Relishes
• Revolution Tea
• Royal Paper Company (toilet tissue)
• Schreiner's Fine Sausage
• Shamrock Farms
• Simply Bread
• Sphinx Date Ranch
• Starr Ridge Crackers
• SunArizona Farms (AJ's produce)

Bedmart

Arizona's largest family-owned and operated mattress dealer with locations all over AZ. Staffed with sleep professionals who are factory trained to help you choose a bed that is absolutely right for you, you can buy with confidence. Visit the Bedmart website.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is a local, independent and not-for-profit health insurance company headquartered in Phoenix. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is actively involved in the community and proudly supports hundreds of worthwhile charities and organizations through volunteering and contributions. Visit the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona website.

Bookmans

Entertainment Exchange: Within the four walls of a Bookmans is an ocean of knowledge, teeming with the vibrant culture of your community. We provide the shelves; but it's your stuff that goes on them. Every day, thousands of people come through our doors, never knowing what treasures they'll find. Visit Bookmans.com

Brian Flatgard Website Development

Offering web development and graphic design, specializing in small businesses and business startups. Proud to serve as webmaster to the Local First Arizona website.

Visit BrianFlatgard.com

Carolyn Sechler, CPA PC

CPA Serving Non-Profits: Accounting, governance and tax support to nonprofits since 1985. Visit AZCPA.com

CASCO Financial

Catherine Scrivano, 20 years in the industry, is a dynamic financial planner who knows how to help her clients turn financial dreams into reality. Regularly published locally and nationally, she provides educational seminars for government, professional and community organizations. Visit the CASCO Financial website.

Community Tire & Auto Specialists

Howard J. Fleischmann of Knudsen's Community Tire has become a Local First Arizona Sustaining Member with a $1,000 donation. A member of the Board of Directors for Local First Arizona, he is a Charter Member and is an active supporter. Check his web site for great specials not only for tires, but for auto work as well. Visit the Community Tire & Auto website.

Courtesy Chevrolet

Courtesy Chevrolet is your local family owned and operated dealer in the valley since 1955.

We offer local customers employee pricing which is printed on every invoice and take pride in great customer service without wasting our customers' time. Visit the Courtesy Chevrolet website.

Credit Union West

Check out our nine convenient locations in Maricopa and Yavapai Counties for comprehensive financial products and friendly service. Visit the Credit Union West website.

Desert Botanical Garden

Nestled amid the red buttes of Papago Park, the Desert Botanical Garden hosts one of the world’s finest collections of desert plants. One of only 44 botanical gardens accredited by the American Association of Museums, this one-of-a-kind museum showcases 50 acres of beautiful outdoor exhibits. Home to 139 rare, threatened and endangered plant species from around the world, the Garden offers interesting and inspiring experiences to more than 300,000 visitors each year. Visit the Desert Botanical Garden website.

Desert Schools Federal Credit Union

We are a full-service financial partner, here for the defining moments in your life and to bring positive change in the community. Visit the Desert Schools Federal Credit website.

Duck & Decanter

Duck and Decanter, affectionately known as "the Duck", was the first to provide central Phoenix with unique epicurean services such as wine tastings, a wine bar, and an espresso bar. Over the years, the Duck has earned over fifty prestigious awards from local and national periodicals and associations such as Mobil Travel Guide and Zagats. Visit the Duck & Decanter website.

Hickman's Family Farms

Hickman's Family Farms has provided fresh eggs since 1944. From of a flock of less than 500 in Grandma Hickman's back yard to our current flock of laying hens in environmentally friendly, automated houses - we've gotten bigger and better over the years. Visit the Hickman's Family Farms website.

Homework Remodels

Homework Remodels is a full service design build remodeling company, specializing in the older homes of Metro Phoenix. Kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, and additions will be easy with our personalized design and construction services. Visit the Homework Remodels website.

Hotel Valley Ho

Hotel Valley Ho was cool back in 1956 when it first opened its doors. Before downtown Scottsdale was downtown. It's every bit as chic now, after an expansive but meticulously groomed 2005 renovation. Visit the Hotel Valley Ho website.

Impact Printing Services

We are small, but mighty! Locally owned and serving the valley for 35 years. We cater to designers, businesses large and small. Offset, digital, spot & process printing. We love special projects and do award-winning work! Copies and small personal jobs welcome. Our strengths are your GAINS. Visit Impactps.com.

Jobing.com

Jobing.com is a locally-focused provider of employment media, founded by an HR professional for HR professionals. Jobing.com is a unique online community that provides the forum, resources, and technology to connect employers, job seekers, and community organizations.Visit Jobing.com.

Phoenix Zoo

Voted one of the nation's top 5 zoos for kids!

Family Programs

Exciting programs for all ages are available to your family! Explore our early childhood programming, youth camps and clubs, outreach opportunities, and adult workshops. Our programs are hands-on, interactive, age-appropriate, and fun!

School/Youth Group Programs

Learning has never been so much fun! Come to the Phoenix Zoo or let the Zoo come to you! We offer a wide range of year-round program opportunities for your youth group including: field trips, camps, outreaches, scout badge work, and special needs workshops!

Special Events

Find out about all the exciting events at the Phoenix Zoo. From ZooBrew to ZooLights, there is always something to do, no matter what season!

Hold an Event

The Zoo is a great place to hold your next event! We do it all, from weddings to corporate events to birthdays and family picnics!

Visit the Phoenix Zoo website.

Premier Barter

Our mission is straightforward – to help businesses utilize the powerful tool of bartering to give them an edge over their competition, to decrease cash expenses, and to increase profits. Simply put, we're bringing new business to your business. AZCR members receive a $200 discount on the membership fee, plus a portion of the membership fee is donated back to AZCR. Visit the Premier Barter website.

Prisma Graphic

Every day, the people at Prisma Graphic work for you. That includes the cutters. The estimators. The pressmen. In fact, our whole printing company works hard, day after day, to make sure that things are done right and that you're pleased with every single aspect of your job. Visit the Prisma Graphic website.

R.O.I. Properties

R.O.I. Properties is a full service real estate brokerage and consulting firm focused on the turnaround and disposition of distressed real estate assets in arizona. R.O.I. Provides a full range of receivership, property management, workout and turn-key reo services, including valuation, property management, sales and marketing and transaction management. Visit the R.O.I. Properties website.

SCF Arizona

SCF Arizona is the state's leading provider of workers' compensation insurance. Founded in 1925, SCF has more than 56,000 policyholders and covers 70 percent of all businesses working in Arizona.

As a leading advocate of workplace safety, SCF is proactive in keeping Arizona’s workers' compensation rates among the lowest in the nation. SCF covers only businesses operating in Arizona and has offices in Flagstaff, Lake Havasu City, Phoenix, Prescott, Show Low, Tucson and Yuma. Visit the SFC Arizona website.

Sonoran Bank

A group of dedicated successful local business people and Latino community leaders, share a common vision and desire to help other businesses succeed in their business ventures. Visit the Sonoran Bank website.

Sunrise Bank of Arizona

We invite you to experience the benefits of a local community bank which has the technology and product offerings of the large regional banks, but the friendliness and exemplary customer service of a home-town institution. Visit the Sunrise Bank of Arizona website.

Think! Graphics & Printing Solutions

Digital/offset printing, website design, graphic design, screen print. We've been one of the leading commercial printers in the Phoenix valley since 2000. Visit the Think! Graphics & Printing Solutions website.

Tony Felice Public Relations & Marketing

Together, we help you reinvent your company’s image, strengthen your brand, stand out from the competition and impact your bottom line. Smart creative, well-crafted news stories and effective relationship building—they’re all essential ways in which our team helps you fly. Visit the Tony Felice Public Relations & Marketing website.

Tucson Originals

The restaurant business is our passion. We're truly a part of your community. We're quick to donate our time, our facilities, our food and our staff to help local fundraising projects. We work to keep our local economy strong and reinvest for the future. Visit the Tucson Originals website.

Tucson Green Times

Tucson Green Times is a print publication, distributed monthly in the Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area. We're all about educating, empowering and inspiring our readers to lower their carbon footprint and make a difference in the Tucson community and around the planet. Visit the Tucson Green Times website.

The Williams Real Estate Company- The Castle Group

Residential and commercial real estate sales and leasing. Visit the website of The Williams Real Estate Company - The Castle Group.

Wist Office Products

Wist is dedicated to supporting a sustainable environment, when shopping with Wist you can select from over 3,000 certified recycled or compostable items ranging from general office supplies, janitorial and cleaning products, and breakroom supplies.  Ask us about our toner recycling program – where we’ll pick up your used toners free of charge to ensure they are disposed of in an environmentally safe manner. Visit the Wist website.

Business Furniture Concepts (A division of Wist Office Products)

BFC, is a full service furniture provider, we offer new and refurbished furniture lines ranging in various price ranges.  When choosing Business Furniture Concepts you can expect the highest level of service from design services, professional installation, and a consultative approach to furnishing your facility.  Business Furniture Concepts is proud to announce Evolve, a full line of sustainable furniture made from recycled materials and 80% compostable when disposed of.  To learn more about our innovative, stylish furniture lines visit www.businessfurnitureconcepts.com