Metropolitan Pima Alliance

Name

Metropolitan Pima Alliance

Legal name

Metropolitan Pima Alliance

Website

https://mpaaz.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association

NAICS

Business Associations (813910), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations (8139)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAJANAL

Real Estate Public-Private Partnership (PPP) & Infrastructure-Adjacent Real Estate Advisory

Business & Public Services/Real Estate Services (Brokerage, Property Management)/Real Estate Advisory & Consulting (Investment, Strategy)

SECONDARYBPAHAKAE

Regional & Land Use Planning

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Architecture, Design & Planning Services

SECONDARYBPAIABAM

State/Provincial Housing, Urban/Regional Planning & Community Development

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/State/Provincial & Regional Government Administration

Keywords

• Land use advocacy
• Membership association
• Real estate development
• Industry networking
• Government relations

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership fees at multiple tiers (Sole Proprietor $385, General $1,300, Municipal & Community Partner $775, Bronze $2,325, Silver $3,625, Gold $6,700). Memberships are company-wide with benefits extending to all employees at member companies.
2. Event Revenue: Revenue generated from event tickets, sponsorships, and breakfast programs. Events include Common Ground Awards Ceremony, golf tournaments, and monthly membership breakfasts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Metropolitan Pima Alliance is a non-profit 501c6 membership organization that provides advocacy, education, and networking services for land use and development industry professionals in Pima County, Arizona. Founded in 1997, the alliance brings together business, government, and non-profit stakeholders to influence regional land use and development policy through tiered memberships, events, and committee-driven advocacy.

Product overview

Metropolitan Pima Alliance is a non-profit 501c6 membership organization providing a platform for advocacy, networking, and education in the land use and development industry across Pima County, Arizona. The organization operates through tiered membership programs (Sole Proprietor through Gold Alliance levels) and organizes recurring events including monthly membership breakfasts, committee meetings, and signature annual events such as the Common Ground Awards Celebration and golf tournament. The Immersion Program offers professional development, while the Public Policy Committee and Common Ground Committee facilitate member engagement. All benefits extend to employees of member companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced sewer connection fees on new development by 60 to 100 percent
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and secondary.

• BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOMA joined with MPA and CCIM to found the Metal Theft Task Force, a statewide effort to combat metal theft. The task force united more than a dozen organizations and local governments with over 100 participants.
• CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCCIM co-founded the Metal Theft Task Force with MPA and BOMA. This collaborative effort achieved its goal of mitigating and preventing the negative economic and personal impact of metal theft statewide.
• Gold Alliance Members (Barker Contracting, HSL Properties, Sunbelt Holdings, Lloyd Construction, The Planning Center, Tucson Electric Power)coreOthersPremier membership tier with highest benefits including 10 breakfast vouchers, full-page event program ad, verbal recognition at Common Ground, newsletter spotlight to 2,600+ contacts, and golf tournament 4-some.
• Arizona ForwardsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerArizona Forward is a member organization leading sustainability initiatives in Arizona for over 50 years. Listed as a community partner in the membership directory.
• Arizona Multihousing AssociationsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerArizona Multihousing Association represents and advocates for Arizona's rental housing community. Listed as a community partner focused on housing policy.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• CoreNet Global Arizona Chapter: State chapter of CoreNet Global, focused on corporate real estate strategy and end-user perspectives. Overlaps with MPA's broader real estate and development networking purpose but specializes in the corporate occupier side.
• Tucson Metro Chamber: Regional chamber of commerce serving the Tucson metro with broader business advocacy, networking, and policy engagement. Competes with MPA for some member mindshare but offers less specialization in land use and development.

Others

• Pima Association of Governments (PAG): Federally designated metropolitan planning organization for the Pima County region. PAG's Executive Director serves as ex officio on MPA's board, and the organizations collaborate on regional transportation and economic development planning.

Regional players

• Homebuilders Association of Central Arizona: Regional homebuilders trade association in the Phoenix metro. Pursues the same mission of representing developer interests in policy and government engagement as MPA, but in a different Arizona metro.
• Southern Arizona Home Builders Association: Regional homebuilders association serving the Tucson and Southern Arizona market. Operates in the same geography as MPA with overlapping developer and builder members, but focuses specifically on residential housing rather than the broader land use ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Arizona Multihousing Association: Statewide trade association representing the rental housing industry in Arizona. Listed as an MPA community partner and pursues adjacent policy work on housing, overlapping with MPA's member base and advocacy agenda.
• Valley Partnership: Regional trade association in Phoenix that MPA was explicitly modeled after ("modeled after Phoenix's Valley Partnership"). Both organizations serve the development community and engage with regional municipalities on land use policy, making it the closest direct comparable.
• BOMA Greater Tucson: Building Owners and Managers Association in Tucson. Already a formal partner of MPA through the Metal Theft Task Force, and serves overlapping commercial real estate membership in the same Pima County geography.
• NAIOP Arizona: Arizona chapter of NAIOP, the commercial real estate development association. Competes for the same developers, architects, and contractors as MPA, with similar advocacy, education, and networking programming in the state.

Broad incumbents

• Urban Land Institute (ULI) Arizona: Statewide/district council of national ULI, a leading real estate and land use research and education organization. Provides overlapping programming and convening function for the same developer and planner members that MPA serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MPA-az-109680144988592
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/metropolitan-pima-alliance

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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