CG Alerts to Share RealTime City Info

Casa Grande residents have a new way to sign up for timesensitive City notifications about public safety, service disruptions and other important information.

CG Alerts is an alert center people can reach through www. casagrandeaz.gov and request messages be sent to them via home, mobile or business phones, email addresses or text messages.

They also can text CGAlerts to 38276 to request notifications by text or download the myAlerts app from Google Play or Apple App Store.

Users will be required to select a location, either by entering their address or choosing a spot within Casa Grande on a map. This system only will be used by the City of Casa Grande to share notifications from its departments. Personal information is confidential and will not be shared.

Users can specify what kind of information they would like to be sent to them, including:

• Emergency alerts — like missing persons or downed powerlines.

• Community news — such as meetings and events.

• Community services — Parks and Rec and library classes, events and programs.

LG continued from page 53 production of 2,170 cells in 2025, primarily for electric vehicle makers in North America.

Gov. Katie Hobbs said, “With this historic investment from LGES, Arizona has become the battery manufacturing capital of the country. These Arizonamade batteries will power green, sustainable technologies around the world, cementing Arizona’s reputation as an innovation hub for renewable energy.

“We’re grateful to LGES for their legacy investment and for committing to making thousands of good-paying jobs for Arizonans.”

• Traffic notifications — such as road closures, detours on city streets and the I-10 freeway,

• Public works news — sanitation route disruptions, road maintenance.

• CG Links — Casa Grande’s on-demand transit service.

All alerts are free, but standard text messaging rates may apply.

The company’s new manufacturing facilities will use a state-of-the-art smart factory system that carries out all decision-making on machine-produced data, which is intended to increase yield, improve manufacturing processes, and boost productivity to respond to increasing demand.

Recent months have brought a flurry of battery-related manufacturing announcements throughout Arizona, including Casa Grande. Leading battery recycler Ecobat announced in February it will open a facility at 1474 N. VIP Blvd. to repurpose lithium-ion batteries reaching end-of-life through diagnostics, sorting, shredding and material separation to produce a concentrated black mass containing the valuable materials in the batteries.

It’s expected to open in the third quarter of 2023 and eventually have 60 employees.

Meanwhile, a Cirba Solutions lithiumion recycling plant is under construction in Eloy and is expected to create 110 permanent jobs.