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Gun shops struggle to keep up with demand BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Managing Editor
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Around Peoria, the pandemic plus politics equals a severe shortage of guns. The term “flying off the shelves” is almost literal, at Hits and Miss’s, a gun shop near Peoria Station. Like other gun shop owners around the West Valley, Jon Halgren is having a hard time keeping firearms stocked at Hits and Miss’s. “Whatever I get in here sells. It’s just a question of when I can get supply,” he said. “I am talking empty shelves.” ROE Armory in Glendale is also having trouble getting products. “That past two months for me have been SEE GUNS PAGE 6
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Jon Halgren, owner of Hits and Miss’s gun shop, is frustrated by a shortage of supplies. (Peoria Times photo by Pablo Robles)
‘Resort-style’ apartments at Camino a Lago approved BY ALLISON ENGSTROM Peoria Times Staff Writer
Peoria could be seeing more development soon — though not all are excited about it. The Peoria Planning and Zoning Commission met Jan. 21, with much of the meeting devoted to a proposed apartment community within Camino a Lago Marketplace center. The commission unanimously approved the addition of the 280-unit apartment building on 14 acres of the 56-acre
Camino a Lago Marketplace. The shopping center, near West Lake Pleasant Parkway and West Deer Valley Road, is anchored by a Walmart Supercenter. MC Companies, the developer, plans to bring “upscale units in a live, work and play neighborhood,” according to the plan. MC Companies also agreed to contribute $140,000 to the Peoria Unified School District. Before the commission unanimously approved the plan, several neighbors spoke against the planned apartments.
“We want restaurants, we want retail, we want places to go and take our families, walkability. It seems ridiculous to me that there’s this space not being used for the potential it has,” Cynthia Ables said. Concerns about safety and protection were voiced to the commission as well. “My concern is not how tall the buildings are; my concern is the crime,” Dianne Rokle said. In addition to those who spoke in per-
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