jane poynter
Updated Oct 21, 2019, 6:36 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
State appeals court judges ruled that a suit over Pima County's support for high-altitude balloon firm World View is "moot," because the company's facility was completed years ago.... Read more»
Posted Mar 13, 2019, 7:38 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Chasing and keeping businesses that are ready to bounce from city to city looking for the best deal has cost us all and given us not a whole bunch.... Read more»
Posted Feb 28, 2019, 10:27 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson's high-altitude balloon company publicly named a new CEO on Thursday, a move months in the making as World View "retools" toward boosting scientific and communications gear — even as the firm's workforce has fallen short of lofty goals and even its contract with Pima County.... Read more»
Posted Feb 21, 2019, 12:39 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Although Pima County invested $15 million in a facility for a high-altitude balloon company, the number of workers there isn't taking off as officials forecast — or even as World View's lease requires. But a new CEO is making changes.... Read more»
Updated Dec 14, 2017, 3:30 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
An appeals court ruled that Pima County had the ability under economic development laws to bypass rules for collective bidding. The county was sued over a lease provided to high-altitude balloon company World View.... Read more»
Updated Jan 19, 2016, 2:47 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Pima County supervisors agreed Tuesday to front $14.5 million to build a factory and launch facility on the South Side. World View will pay rent for 20 years on the facility on Aerospace Parkway near Tucson International Airport. The company plans to offer space tourism and launch instruments via balloons ascending into the stratosphere.... Read more»
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