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By Kathryn M. Miller
On May 13, Keystone Homes broke ground on its latest development, the Eastwood Community located on the southwest corner of Cave Creek Road and Pima Road in Carefree. Representatives from Keystone, along with Town of Carefree leadership and staff, were on hand as demolition began. “We started the demolition of the site this week and we will do the plant salvage over the next five or six weeks to save trees and cactus that we will be using later on the site,” says Jeff King, vice president and general manager of Keystone Homes. “We have the rest of this year getting the land development complete, then getting the utilities in, the infrastructure, the roads. We hope to start models this summer, around the July/August timeframe, and have them complete Demolition day at the new Eastwood Community site. by the end of this year or into January.” According to King, Eastwood will offer 39 homes, all single level, single family detached, with a variety of floor plans and range of sizes. “Homes will range in size from about 1,900 to 2,200 square feet,” says King. “The lots will be a little bit larger than our Almarte Community, so a little bit bigger back yards, but it’s still pretty much a no-hassle lifestyle for someone who’s coming out of a large home and doesn’t need all that space anymore.” For additional information, call 480.428.1001 or www.keystonehomesaz.com. | CST
By Kathryn M. Miller
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JUNE 2016
Keystone Breaks Ground On Eastwood Community
Celebrating The Craftsmanship Of Yesteryear
History Dinners at Cartwright’s 28
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The spirit of independence and individuality that built the West is alive and well in Cave Creek, and it lives and breathes within the walls of Watson’s Hat Shop. What started out as a childhood passion for the fedora (à la Indiana Jones) has become a 2,400-square-foot storefront that is keeping alive the craftsman traditions of yesteryear. “Eric actually started the passionate hat thing at the age of 12, when he loved Indiana Jones’ hat – the fedora,” says Dawn Reinbolt office manager at Watson’s Hat Shop and Mom to hat maker Eric Watson. “We lived in Ohio at that point in time and he says, ‘Mom, drive me around to all of the antique stores, because I’m looking for old fedoras – I can’t find what I want in the store.’ We drove around and found old fedoras and he found old hat molds. I didn’t have any clue what they were; he did all the research. He would spend hours in my kitchen taking the ribbons off the hats; he’d steam them over my tea kettle; he would iron them with my iron on the brim molds, and shape them over and over until it got it perfect – to what Indiana Jones’ hat looked like. So that’s how it all began.” See Road Less Traveled, page 30