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NEWS ..............................20 Scottsdale Council plans veterans commission.
NEIGHBORS ............... 23 Chaparral High thespians tackle a big one.
Artist couple put on joint exhibit / P. 32
Sunday, February 24, 2019
South Scottsdale may get its �irst pot shop BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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n Arizona-based cannabis company has plans to open up Scottsdale’s first medical marijuana dispensary south of Camelback Road. Sunday Goods, which offers a range of marijuana and marijuana-related products at dispensaries throughout Arizona and Southern California, plans to open a dispensary at 4255 N. Winfield Scott Plaza in a building occupied by Club Tattoo near the Galleria Corporate Centre just east of Scottsdale Road. Sunday Goods also operates a greenhouse
in Wilcox, Arizona. Jason Rose, spokesperson for the project, said the company has filed a pre-application with the city for the conditional use permit it will need to operate the facility. He said the company plans to file its formal application soon. George Pasquel, a planning consultant at Withey Morris who is also working on the project, said that while their application to the city will be filed soon, it could be months before it comes before the City Council. The prospect of a dispensary in downtown Scottsdale has received a mixed response from local residents and business owners.
Gary Bohall, who owns property near the site, attended an open house hosted by the project team last Thursday and said he is reserving judgment. “This is plowing new ground and we don’t know which way it will go,” Bohall said. “It sounds like they are trying to be careful but the problem is once it’s there, if it doesn’t go the way you planned, it will affect all of us.” Marilynn Atkinson, head of the Old Town Merchants Association, opposes the dispensary. “I think it sets a bad precedent once they allow it to go in,” she said.
Electric scooter Artistry in motion injuries spiking in Scottsdale
see MARIJUANA page 4
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
BUSINESS ..................... 28 Paradise Valley couple may lose their racing school.
NEIGHBORS ........................ 23 BUSINESS .............................28 OPINION ..............................29 SPORTS ................................30 ARTS .................................... 32 FOOD & DRINK...................36 CLASSIFIEDS .......................38
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Scottsdale hospital has seen a spike in injuries related to the rentable scooters that have become increasingly popular downtown over the last year, with over 20 incidents resulting in trips to the trauma unit since October. Meanwhile, the City of Scottsdale is about halfway through an information-gathering campaign that could result in modifications to the ordinance that governs e-scooters here. “Oct. 9 was our first main trauma activation related to an e-scooter,” said Tina Sheppard,
see SCOOTERS page 8
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Desert Mountain High School senior Kari Harper puts some touches on part of the mural she and other Tri-M Music Honor Society painted in a school corridor. There's a deeper part to this project and you can read about it on page 23. (Kimberly Carrillo/Progress Staff Photographer)
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