Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is a civil-military public airport 3 miles southeast of downtown Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona.

Arizona State University is a national space-grant institution and public metropolitan research university located on several campuses spread across the Phoenix, Arizona, Metropolitan Area.

Downtown Tempe offers the original walkable urban downtown district and is the most openly dialogue-driven community in the Valley. It represents a destination for the independently spirited, a hub for entertainment, and an attractive market for entrepreneurial business.