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Downtown project gets green light from Council BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEIGHBORS.............. 18 Luncheon fetes 48 intriguing Arizona.
ARTS................................ 27 Scottsdale Fashion Square to strut its stuff.
FOOD.................. ..........30 New ramen restaurant unveils stunning decor.
NEIGHBORS...........................................18 BUSINESS............................................... 23 ARTS............................................ 27 FOOD........................................... 30 CLASSIFIEDS...............................32
Sunday, May 8, 2022
T
he Scottsdale City Council cleared the way Tuesday night for a controversial mixed use development downtown called the Artisan despite outcry from area business owners. Council approved the rezone of the 1.92acre site near the intersection of E. First Av-
Legislature, county keep Rio Verde waiting
enue and Marshall Way by a 5-2 vote in order to allow the project, which will include 5,000 square feet of commercial space as well as 83 apartments in a four-story and five-story building. Local merchants wanted a stipulation in the construction mitigation plan stating on street parking would remain open and available to the public except in the case of an emergency during the three-year construc-
Better late than...
tion period. “To me an emergency is a crane falling down, there’s sewer leakage, not an on-going, three year (construction period),” area merchant Bob Pejman said. Councilwoman Kathy Littlefield moved to add the language, and define an “emergency” as described in city code.
see ARTISAN page 12
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
I
t’s back to a waiting game for Rio Verde Foothills residents trying to form a water district to service their homes and livestock. Supporters of a non-contagious domestic water improvement district, or DWID, northeast of Scottsdale lost their legal bid to force the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ hand to vote on the issue so now it’s back to waiting until the board is ready to act.
see DWID page 8
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The pandemic-delayed grand reopening celebration for the renovated Navajo Elementary School was held April 28 with Principal Matthew Patzlaff performing the ceremonial ribbon cutting as Mayor David Ortega, Scottsdale Unified Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel and Governing Board President Julie Cieniawski joined with the celebration. The school was shut down after a devastating fire in 2018 and then COVID-19 protocols forced officials to delay the formal ribbon cutting. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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