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Chandler is requesting proposals from qualified entities for a vacant building at 51 E. Boston St., between Arizona Avenue and Washington Street.

Chandler-based Local Motors has signed a lease for 10,000 square feet at Chandler Tech Center, 7400 W. Detroit St., with 80 percent of the building dedicated to office space, the remainder for research and development.

Tempe is participating in the no-cost Financial Navigator Program to help residents manage money woes during the holiday season.

The grassroots group Keep Our Kids in School will conduct a rally at 6 p.m. on Dec. 16 in front of the Tempe Union High School District office in an attempt to persuade it to reopen campuses, which went to virtual-learning-only Nov. 30 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Volunteers from A Common Thread hand-crafted 300 caps for newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and continuing-care nursery at Dignity Health Chandler Regional Medical Center.

Tempe seeks input on marijuana regulations after Prop 207 passes.

The tech industry’s already large footprint in West Chandler is growing yet again with Comtech EF Data Corp. recently signing a 15-year lease for the entire 146,000 square feet at 305 N. 54th St.

Chandler Regional Medical Center frontline health-care workers will be among the first in the Valley to receive the long-awaited vaccine for COVID-19.