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We're going to start today's show with a spotlight. A bright spotlight on the downtown places and faces launched last week. The 01 Spotlight is a feature on social media from the downtown Tucson Partnership. Really quick interviews of the faces behind the places making downtown great. Not just highlighting the businesses that are important to downtown, but the people who have put their entrepreneurial efforts into making those businesses great.

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