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Opposition revs up over Gilbert go-kart park BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ris Godinez says from her Cottonwoods Crossing home she can hear the yelling, screaming and cheering emanating from the ball fields at the 92-acre Crossroads Park. Now that an entertainment venue boasting amenities such as a go-kart racing track is coming to a 4-acre site in the park at Knox and Greenfield roads, Godinez said she can only imagine what the noise level will be.
“I’m not opposed if they put it indoors,” said Godinez, who works from home. “What I am opposed to is it being outdoors. We can hear clearly the games out there. There’s noise out there almost every night.” The Gilbert Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on Santan Adventure Park’s design on April 7. The commissioners were generally supportive of the project at their February study session. Tess Dover, who lives in the nearby Greenfield Lakes community, also was concerned. “I’m a stone’s throw away from where it’s
being located,” Dover said. “I’m concerned about the noise, the excess traffic and our homes are going to depreciate in value.” Dover said she moved to her house to retire six years ago and has no plans to leave. She said when Castle Golf first pitched its project years ago, it was just a miniature golf course and a splash pad. The company now wants to add a track for 22 go-karts, she said. “I would have to see how noisy it is,” she said. “It may not be that big of a deal with ev-
Intel’s $20B project will Giving example benefit Gilbert too
BY PAUL MARYNIAK GSN Executive Editor
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n a move that will have major implications for virtually every facet of Gilbert’s and the Valley’s economy, Intel last week unveiled plans to invest $20 billion for the construction of two new fabrication facilities at its Ocotillo campus over the next three years. “As I hope you’ve gathered, Intel is back,” Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said at a press conference March 23 announcing the tech giant’s plans. “This is the old Intel. It’s now the new Intel as we look to the future.” That future includes 3,000 permanent high-tech, highwage jobs; over 3,000 construction jobs; and approximately
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Lisa Pronko was one of the lucky customers at the Fry’s Supermarket on Williams Field Road last Thursday as one of the customers whose grocery bill was covered by FirstBank, which covered the cost of $8,000 worth of customers’ bills at the Gilbert and two other Fry’s location. Humphrey Shin was one of the First Bank employees who represented his employer in the effort, designed to encourage families to “give it forward” and help someone else, even if it involves just giving $5 to a charity “We hope this act of kindness will inspire Arizonans to once again show their support for a nonprofit they care about, no matter how big or small the donation,” a First Bank executive said. (Pablo Robles/GSN STaff Photographer)
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