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Article: By the time you get to Phoenix: Michael Kelly shows off his town.(City Profile)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Phoenix is in many ways still the wide open West for African Americans, says Michael Kelly, manager of Kelly Consulting Alliance L.J.C. "If you're cerebral at all, you can ascend to real heights here because of the accessibility to industry. political life, and the like." An Illinois native, Kelly served as senior policy adviser on economic development to former Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimsza for nine years. He's witnessed the metro area's explosive growth over the past decade--one that has attracted a growing number of black corporate executives and entrepreneurs.
Firms like Intel, General Dynamics, and Bank of America have major operations in the city known as ...