Ironwood 92 is Back with Changes – What Happened?
We all could use a second chance or two in life. Often times when a development project is deemed insufficient within city councils, they don’t often get a good second chance. The cost of starting from scratch or making the changes necessary to please those in charge is too high and simply not worth it. We have written about Ironwood … Read More
DMB and Vestar Partner to Create Upscale Retails Town Center at Verrado
DMB Associates, the Master Developer of the Verrado master planned community, announced that it is partnering with Vestar, the largest privately-held shopping center owner, developer, and manager in the western United States, to create a dynamic retail center at the front door of Verrado, an 8,800-acre master-planned community in Buckeye, Arizona. The DMB/Vestar team is planning for a retail development … Read More
Highest Number of Attendees and Several Records Broken at Arizona’s 2022 Premier Kentucky Derby Party – The Bulleit Bourbon Derby DayClub: Presented by Sanderson Lincoln
Among the Festive Experiences were Live Horse Racing, 3 Food Trucks, 50/50 Raffle, Sponsor Activations and 8 TV’s On-Site Arizona’s most exclusive and only Kentucky Derby Event with LIVE thoroughbred horse racing and on-site betting wrapped up the 2022 event with the highest number of attendees on site and some new records when it came to food and beverage sales. … Read More
Cullum Homes is Building a New Industry With its Expanding Renovations Division
Cullum Homes’ Renovations Division has grown from half a million in sales in 2009 to $12 million projected for 2022 Cullum Homes has been building award winning homes since 1985 in the finest neighborhoods of Paradise Valley and Scottsdale. Led by Rod and Kim Cullum, alongside daughter Lindsay Cullum-Colwell and son-in-law, Paul Colwell, the Scottsdale-based builder is well known for … Read More
Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty Partners with Historic Phoenix Baptist Church and Donates 15 Person Passenger Van to Aid Critical Social Services and Programs
Wednesday, May 18th at 1:30pm First Institutional Baptist Church 1141 E Jefferson St, Phoenix, AZ 85034 On Wednesday, May 18th at 1:30p.m. Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty will hand over the keys to a 15 passenger Chevrolet Van to the social services arm of First Institutional Baptist Church to help aid in the operations of providing to the needy in the community. Accepting the donation … Read More
The Breakdown – Arizona’s Idiosyncratic Jewel: State Mine Inspector
Us at the Arizona Progress Gazette take seriously our duty to provide for you well thought out and reasonable takes (not hot takes, but perhaps medium/mild takes), and we do love to talk local politics. We love to mix the quantitative with the qualitative and add a few dashes of insider baseball to figure out what’s really going on. In … Read More
Guest Editorial: Barry Graham is Wrong for Scottsdale
By Larry Kush When Barry Graham was first appointed to the Scottsdale Planning Commission eyes rolled in the Scottsdale Planning Department as staff was aware that Mr. Graham had exactly zero experience in the planning and zoning practice and policies needed to make intelligent zoning decisions. He went on to prove their fears, by voting no on nearly every, much … Read More
Guest Editorial: Let’s Go Scottsdale
The election for Scottsdale City Council is underway, and, as a candidate, I am committed to keeping Scottsdale prosperous and one of the lowest-taxed cities in the valley. I want this for you and for my own family. While collecting signatures to place my name on the ballot, the message I heard from residents became clear. Voters love the amenities and quality of life … Read More
Further Turmoil at SUSD: Lawsuits are Filed Against the Greenburgs
Well we had about one week of kumbaya-esque good feelings about the Scottsdale Unified School District; as regular readers will note, just last week we wrote about Scott Menzel’s contract extension and how much he deserves it, having navigated SUSD through a significant amount of turmoil. Well grab your popcorn folks, because Menzel is going to earn that extension. This … Read More