Care Close to Home

Danielle Cicogna co-owns Diamond Dance Works with her husband, Nick. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

mond Dance Works closed for 60 days. Th e Cicognas found it stressful.

“We didn’t know what was going to happen,” he says. “Ultimately, we continued to focus on our business and what we do well. Once we were allowed to reopen, we did, but we took more risks, like the ballet conservatory.

“Th at’s what we’re built on. Nothing is going to deter us from servicing the community and expanding our dance realm into the community.”

Th e couple are also behind Anthem’s Starting Blocks Academy, which they recently purchased. Th ey’re expanding it from a twoclassroom preschool.

“Th e North Valley is really a family-oriented part of town,” he says. “It’s not like Tempe or Scottsdale, where you’re 21 and single and you say, ‘I want to go and live there.’

“With this part of town, you live here because it’s family oriented. It’s close to everything. Th ere are so many things for a family here. Knowing that it’s a family-oriented community, we wanted to make an impact with children.”

“I’ve lived here since 2001. She’s been here since 2002. I feel in tune with the needs of the community. I think we can off er something special.”

Diamond Dance Works

Sonoran Desert Village 34406 N. 27th Drive, Phoenix 623-582-9858, diamonddanceworks.com

Sonoran Crossing Medical Center is slated to open this September, east of the I-17 and south of Carefree Highway. (Photo courtesy HonorHealth)

Care Close to Home

HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center set to open By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski clude highly skilled surgeons performing a

Sonoran Crossing Medical Center, lovariety of surgeries using the latest technolcated east of the I-17 and south of Careogy. HonorHealth team members will guide free Highway, will accept new patients patients through the surgery process from in September. preadmission and testing to preparing pa

An exact date has not been revealed. tients about what to expect before, during

Th e three-story, 210,000-square-foot, 70-bed and aft er a surgical procedure. Th ey off er eduhospital will serve North Phoenix and Anthem cation classes for those who are interested. residents, and any others who need care. Th e operating rooms are slightly larger than

“Th e services and extraordinary care are average to help make them ultra-fl exible. Th is just the beginning of what the community allows the surgical team to accommodate a can come to expect from our sixth medical greater array of cases in a comfortable envicenter,” says Kim Post, executive vice presironment with state-of-the-art technology. dent, chief operations offi cer at HonorHealth. Whenever possible, surgeons will use mini

“What’s more are the architectural features mally invasive surgery to reduce the length and multiple healing environments that we of the patient’s hospital stay, shorten healing off er to our patients and guests for comfort. time and allow patients to get back to their Th is truly allows for an optimal experience lives more quickly. that far exceeds what you have traditionally Th e emergency department anchors the experienced from a medical facility.” facility. Sonoran Crossing Medical Center

Planned for patient comfort, Sonoran will be ready to treat patients 24 hours a day, Crossing off ers a healing environment inseven days a week, and staff ed with residencyside patient rooms and waiting room areas trained, board-certifi ed emergency physiwith the mountainous views. It also boasts an cians. Th e existing outpatient center will conoutdoor healing garden that allows visitors to tinue to off er outpatient medical imaging that gather their thoughts peacefully. includes CT scans, MRIs and breast health

With new families making up the majority services featuring 3D mammography. of the fastest-growing communities of North “We have been proud to serve this comPhoenix and Anthem, providing labor and demunity at this location since 2013, when we livery services was apparent. Sonoran Crossing opened the HonorHealth Sonoran Health will off er comprehensive obstetrical and gyneand Emergency Center,” Post says. “Th e comcological care. Th ese services include prenatal munity can continue to expect an elevated and postpartum, labor and delivery services, level of care with our emergency services, and a newborn nursery designed to meet the outpatient and ambulatory services. No matneeds of babies with more-complicated care ter what level of care you need, you can get it requirements. Th is unit can accommodate at HonorHealth.” babies 34 weeks of age and older. Info: HonorHealth.com/SonoranCrossing

Surgical services at Sonoran Crossing in