It has been a long and winding road when it comes to the much ballyhooed Scottsdale Civic Center upgrade. It has been behind schedule with early reviews being less than generous, especially with regards to shade. However, it would seem that early unveilings were a false start of sorts, and the completed project is now finalized and ready for the … Read More
The First Big Shoe to Drop in Arizona’s Water Crisis: Farming
As regular readers know, water is a subject that we frequently write about; we don’t think we need to explain the importance of it to us. While the Rio Verde Foothills seems to be mostly behind us at this point, water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell are ever-present concerns in our … Read More
Vestar and Arizona State University Partner to Launch First-ever ‘Cool Pavement Project’ at a Commercial Shopping Center
As Industry Leaders in Sustainability, Vestar Continues to Push Boundaries with its Proprietary GreenStar Program Vestar, one of the leading privately held shopping center owners and managers in the western United States, has joined forces with Arizona State University’s (ASU) Southwest Integrated Field Laboratory (SW-IFL) to launch the first-ever ‘Cool Pavement Project’ at a commercial retail center. The partnership comes … Read More
Respected Broadway Actors Kennedy Kanagawa and Ellie Wang to Lead New Tiananmen Musical Debuting at The Phoenix Theatre Company Wednesday, October 4th, 2023
Kanagawa and Wang Join the all Asian American and Pacific Islander Cast to Tell the Story of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Protest with Contemporary Flourishes; The Announcement Follows the Decision of Zach Piser Quixote Productions and The Phoenix Theatre Company are proud to announce Broadway actors Kennedy Kanagawa* and Ellie Wang* will play the leading roles in Tiananmen: A New … Read More
New DACA Ruling Once Again Ignites Worries for Arizona Citizens
By Jessica Perez On Wednesday, September 13th a U.S. Federal Judge deemed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program illegal once again. Texas District Judge Andrew Hanen’s decision has not ended the DACA program but rather brought it back to the spotlight. Currently, the DACA Renewal process is still in full effect. Yet, initial DACA Applicants have been caught … Read More
Real Estate Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Michael Pollack Honored with Several Proclamations and a Lifetime Achievement Award: Pollack Real Estate Investments Owner Celebrates 50 Years of Revitalizing, Refurbishing and Redeveloping Shopping Centers, 33 of those years in Arizona
Pollack to Be Honored Later This Month At Large Private Celebration It’s not every day one celebrates five decades in business, much less 50 years of redeveloping some of the Valley’s biggest eyesores and turning them into landmark properties. This month Michael Pollack, the longtime real estate redeveloper and the Valley’s beloved philanthropist celebrates just that – 50 years of … Read More
Is Low Growth Here to Stay in Scottsdale?
It has been no secret that the current make-up of the Scottsdale City Council has been what could be called “growth hesitant”; that there is a concerted effort to focus on what are deemed to be unimpeachably high-quality projects to the detriment of overall growth. We have labeled them “the Council of No” before, where they sometimes seem to look … Read More
Arizona Coyotes to Face LA Kings in Historic NHL Global Series Down Under in Australia, in the First-Ever NHL Games to be Played in the Southern Hemisphere
This Thrilling Two-game Series Will Begin at 9 p.m. Local Time on Friday, September 22nd, and Saturday, September 23rd. The Arizona Coyotes are set to make history as the team heads to Melbourne, Australia, to take on the LA Kings in the first-ever NHL games to be played in the Southern Hemisphere. This event is part of the NHL’s ongoing … Read More
Alamar is Set to Host Two FREE City of Avondale Events This October and is Celebrating its Third Anniversary: A Triple Treat of Fun, Community, and Celebrations
Enjoy memorable events for the whole family while attending Barks & Treats and Creepin’ Candy Crawl! Award-winning master planned community developer Brookfield Residential is excited to present two FREE City of Avondale Parks & Recreation events at Alamar Park during October. These community events are dog and family-friendly, open to the public, and free to attend. First, the City of … Read More
Drought Update: Lake Mead Rise is Over for Now, Will We See a Reversal?
While we often are focused on the Rio Verde Foothills as the main water story locally, but in reality the drought supercycle that has impacted the Colorado River, and thus Lake Mead and Lake Powell (representing Arizona’s water supply) had been the preeminent local story in the run-up to the Rio Verde Foothills crisis. Now that the crisis in the … Read More