January 31, 2023
Contact: Andrea Katsenes, (602) 694-1275
Cox Communications kicks off the new year with a donation to the Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center to benefit the Black Canyon City Community Pantry
Cox donates $5,000 plus food to support families in need in the Black Canyon City community
BLACK CANYON CITY – This week, representatives from Cox Communications met with community members at Cañon Elementary School to present plans for Cox expansion of services into the Black Canyon City community, while also bringing additional support to families in need in the area.
Prior to the community presentation, which laid out the construction timeline and procedure expansion of Cox services to Black Canyon City, Cox employees presented the Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center-Black Canyon City Community Pantry with a check for $5,000 in addition to some food donations.
Photo courtesy of Cox. Pictured along with the Cox team is (Front L-R) Leigh Zydonik and Lauren Cobb from the Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center-Black Canyon Community Pantry and the Honorable James Gregory, Chairman of the Yavapai Board of Supervisors.
“I want to thank Cox Communications for all their hard work on this important broadband project and the opportunities this new high speed internet service will bring to Black Canyon City. Their donation to the local food bank is just one more way this partnership is benefiting the local residents, and I appreciate this thoughtful contribution,” said James Gregory, Chairman of the Yavapai Board of Supervisors.
“Our employees are not only excited to bring Cox services to the residents of Black Canyon City, but we also want to help support the community overall and are proud to partner with Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center-Black Canyon City Community Pantry in their important work,” said Susan Anable, Cox Market Vice President. “Cox is thrilled that we are creating new opportunities for connection in Black Canyon City through internet and telecom services, in addition to supporting the community.”
Photo courtesy of Cox. Yavapai County officials-the Honorable James Gregory, Chairman of the Yavapai Board of Supervisors and the Honorable Tim Carter, Yavapai County Superintendent of Schools-addressing Black Canyon City residents.
The Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center, which operates the Black Canyon City Community Pantry, supports more than 900 local families with food and support. One in five people within the Pantry’s service area are food insecure and may not know where their next meal will come from – or the one after that. Many have limited access to fresh foods such as fruits, vegetables and dairy and without reliable transportation, healthy options are often limited or simply unavailable.
Cox projects service availability in Black Canyon City by mid-2024 with construction beginning in the near future. The approved agreement with Cox includes an investment of $3.8 million from Yavapai County’s ARPA funds along with an investment of more than $10.5 million from Cox Communications. This agreement will allow for the expansion of more than 100 miles of fiber to Black Canyon City and Congress by Cox to serve these underserved areas of Yavapai County.
Cox has begun engineering, construction design and necessary permitting for its fiber-based network and will be working with state and federal land management agencies, as well as county and local agencies to obtain necessary approvals. Black Canyon City residents will soon see work commencing in their community and can visit https://www.cox.com/getfiber to express interest in Cox services. For more information on the construction process in Black Canyon City, please visit: https://ycesa.com/yavapai-county-broadband-initiative/ and go to “documents”.
Cox’s long-standing commitment to narrowing the digital divide began 20 years ago with Connect2Compete for families with K-12 children. Today, Cox is proudly administering the Federal Government’s ACP program to deliver financial relief to customers and recently launched a new low-cost solution ideal for veterans, senior citizens, and Americans with disabilities, called ConnectAssist. C2C and ConnectAssist customers can receive free internet when the ACP benefit is applied. To learn more about Cox's dedication to digital equity and affordable internet tiers, Black Canyon City resident can visit cox.com/digitalequity.
About Cox Communications
Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through broadband applications and services. As the largest private telecom company in America, we proudly serve seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. In metro Phoenix, we serve approximately 2.5 million product subscribers, and in Southern Arizona, approximately 400,000 product subscribers, with residential and business digital television, 1G high-speed Internet, security systems and digital telephone service over our own nationwide IP network. In Arizona, Cox generates nearly $5.5 billion in total economic impact annually. We’re dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and we celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. The 3,100 Arizona employees of Cox are proud to have volunteered more than 51,000 hours each year in the local communities where we live and work and have topped numerous J.D. Power and Associates’ studies of customer satisfaction and “Ranking Arizona-Best of Arizona Business” lists. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox.
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