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How Closing Phoenix Businesses Compromise The City's Authenticity

In recent weeks, Mary Coyle’s ice cream shop and Baker’s Nursery decided to go out of business. Are those developments part of Phoenix losing its authenticity?

We talked with former Arizona Republic columnist Jon Talton and with Shannon Scutari, co-founder and director of the Sustainable Communities Collaborative and president of Scutari and Company.

Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.