- Quiet Service: Greggy Martinez and the Spirit of Bagdad
Quiet Service: Greggy Martinez and the Spirit of Bagdad After the flag-raising ceremony on the mesa here in Bagdad, Arizona, I had the chance to sit and chat with Greggy Martinez about his life in Bagdad and how it led him to serve in the United States Marine Corps.We met for lunch at The Stacked Enchilada, and instead… Read more: Quiet Service: Greggy Martinez and the Spirit of Bagdad - A Blue-Collar Christmas: Between Shifts
The Backbone of America In big cities, blue-collar work tends to disappear.It gets swallowed by glass towers, rebranded as “infrastructure,” and thanked once a year in a speech someone else wrote. The hands that built the city rarely get invited into the spotlight. They’re just assumed.Invisible.Background noise to traffic and timelines. But in mining towns… Read more: A Blue-Collar Christmas: Between Shifts - Bagdad Strong
We wanted to live in a small town, somewhere with a higher quality of life. An opportunity brought my wife, Hope, to Bagdad, Arizona for an Environmental Engineering job. On the drive up, the exit was missed and the road carried on into Nothing, AZ. That’s a real place, and it was my first moment… Read more: Bagdad Strong - Bagdad Student Earns Service and Leadership Scholarship
*Photo of Ciarra Moore provided by Ciarra Moore Bagdad High School student Ciarra Moore was recently awarded a Grant McKee and Robert Caldwell Service & Leadership Scholarship through Catholic Charities’ North Star Youth Partnership. Moore participated in the organization’s PAL program for two years, helping with diaper drives, tutoring younger students, campus events, and presentations about the dangers of vaping. She… Read more: Bagdad Student Earns Service and Leadership Scholarship - Bagdad Student Earns Service and Leadership Scholarship
*Photo of Ciarra Moore provided by Ciarra Moore Bagdad High School student Ciarra Moore was recently awarded a Grant McKee and Robert Caldwell Service & Leadership Scholarship through Catholic Charities’ North Star Youth Partnership. Moore participated in the organization’s PAL program for two years, helping with diaper drives, tutoring younger students, campus events, and presentations… Read more: Bagdad Student Earns Service and Leadership Scholarship - Bagdad Strong
We wanted to live in a small town, somewhere with a higher quality of life. An opportunity brought my wife, Hope, to Bagdad, Arizona for an Environmental Engineering job. On the drive up, the exit was missed and the road carried on into Nothing, AZ. That’s a real place, and it was my first moment… Read more: Bagdad Strong
