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NEWS ............................... 14 Residents vent to FAA over noisy flight paths.
NEIGHBORS ................22 Scottsdale Unified logs 10th A+ school.
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NEIGHBORS ........................ 22 BUSINESS .............................29
OPINION ..............................30
ARTS .................................... 32 FOOD & DRINK................... 35 CLASSIFIEDS .......................38
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Sunday, April 28, 2019
City’s apartment boom raises residents’ concerns BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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he hot apartment development market continues to sizzle in southern Scottsdale, much to the chagrin of locals who are clamoring for a more diverse mix of commercial, retail and other services in their neighborhoods. One of the newest developments is Cabana on Hayden, a proposed 89-unit complex on an old church site at 2240 E. Hayden Road. The site, previously owned by Arizona Christian Ministries, was sold to Scottsdalebased Deco Communities for $3.25 million last December.
The complex would replace the existing church building as well as a vacant lot that has been empty for decades. According to the developer’s city application, the complex will feature a mix of studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments and be geared towards “younger members of the workforce.” Although a rental rate is not included, the application states the apartments will “allow for obtainable rental rates”—a rarity in a market dominated by luxury apartments and high rents.
The complex will feature two buildings with enclosed courtyards that include a pool, barbecues, hammocks, seating areas and grass play areas. Neighbors Cindy and Myron Brower, who
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Helping hands
27 schools in Scottsdale risk measles outbreak BY JORDAN HOUSTON Progress Staff Writer
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t a time when state vaccination rates are declining and measles has reached epidemic proportions around the globe, 27 elementary schools in Scottsdale are at risk for an outbreak. Using data from the Arizona Department of Health Services, the Scottsdale Progress found that those 27 schools have less than 95 percent of their kindergartners vaccinated for the Measles Mumps Rubella. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says coverage rates below that level no longer protect
those who can’t be vaccinated – such as babies, people with certain medical conditions and pregnant women. The top five most at-risk schools include Pima Elementary, with a 61 percent coverage rate. It’s followed by Mission Montessori Academy, 64 percent; Scottsdale Country Day School, 67 percent; Laguna Elementary, 79 percent; and International School of Arizona, 82 percent. Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, who has been studying vaccination rates in Arizona since he was the head of the state health depart-
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Susan Gifford, of the Scottsdale Leadership Class 33, helps Luis Sanchez with some hand painting at Paiute Neighborhood Center, where she and her classmates completed a month-long renovation of a garden named after a beloved volunteer, Alli Ortgea, who passed away fi ve years ago. For details, see page 28. (Courtesy of Scottsdale Leadership)
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