Startup Unidos

Startup Unidos third episode featuring Fletcher McCusker of Rio Nuevo and Downtown Tucson, Arizona. Fletcher is widely known as downtown Tucson’s greatest fan. He is credited as one of the private sector leaders that has “skin in the game” and is determined to celebrate a vibrant, world class downtown Tucson. We are grateful for the opportunity to share this intimate interview with Fletcher previously the founder and CEO of Providence Service Corporation who relocated his then billion dollar company headquarters to downtown Tucson in May 2010, he renovated an entire block of abandoned buildings that now house the company headquarters, commercial lease space, residential apartments and a restaurant. Since then he has been engaged in all things downtown as a private sector catalyst for development, spending over $10,000,000. Have you noticed how many successful entrepreneurs are musicians? Paul Allen, cofounder of Microsoft. Steve Wozniak, cofounder of Apple. And yes, Fletcher McCusker! He’s in a cover ban