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Controversial apartment project returns with changes BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEWS................................. 4 Council candidates to appear in live debate.
NEIGHBORS............. 18 Scottsdale teen racing his way to glory.
ARTS................................25 Special artists' work on display.
NEIGHBORS...........................................18 BUSINESS............................................... 23 ARTS............................................ 25 FOOD............................................28 CLASSIFIEDS...............................29
Sunday, May 15, 2022
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he controversial 92 Ironwood apartment project is back on the city’s planning books with a new name and 17 other changes. The Scottsdale Planning Commission voted 6-0 Wednesday to allow the application for the project, now called Mercado Court-
2 SUSD teachers under fire for class behavior
yards, to come back for further consideration as a new application. The commission has the authority to deny a request to consider an application for a project more than once in a year. However, with the changes made since it was approved by the panel in September 2021, the commission determined it was different and therefore eligible to reapply before the one-year moratorium.
The project went before City Council but the developer requested a continuance. That was granted but a second continuance requested at council’s Feb. 22 meeting was denied. The developer requested the application be pulled, which meant it had to start over at the beginning of the process. “It’s not the same project and it’s a differ-
Bidding history adieu
see IRONWOOD page 12
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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wo Scottsdale Unified School District employees are under fire for unrelated allegations of suspected behavior in the classroom that individual groups claim break state and federal law. One employee at Copper Ridge Elementary School is accused of teaching kindergartners the details of gender identity while, in an unrelated case, a Chaparral High School teacher is accused of teaching the Bible and impressing his faith upon
see COMPLAINTS page 8
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Bryan Bundy and Sunny Nakacawa stand in front of the 101-year-old bunkhouse at the beloved McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park. The bunkhouse, which served ranch hands when the park was part of a working farm, will soon be coming down. For the story, see page 14. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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