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Plane owners fume over grounded Scottsdale leases BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
NEIGHBORS............... 17 Council candidates to appear in live debate.
BUSINESS..................20 Pasta-Hawaiian restaurant owner endures trials.
ARTS................................25 Summer camps offer creative fun at Taliesin West.
NEIGHBORS........................................... 17 BUSINESS...............................................20 SPORTS........................................24 ARTS............................................ 25 FOOD............................................28 CLASSIFIEDS...............................28
Sunday, May 22, 2022
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r. Chris Winterholler loves flying his Cirrus SR20 airplane. “I’d rather do this than anything else,” Winterholler said while checking the gauges on the plane as he prepares for takeoff. “I just think it’s a blast every time I go somewhere.” It’s not just about fun though. The Scottsdale dentist owns a practice here and another in Payson. “I’m the only dental office in Payson that can do advance dental procedures,” he said. So twice a week he flies to Payson to care for patients – a trip that takes him roughly 20 minutes as opposed to the approximately hour and a half in driving time. “If you think of the time I’ve saved since I owned this plane in terms of being able to do business and have a life, it’s substantial,” Win-
ago, but that’s about to change. He got an eviction notice Dec. 1 saying he would have to be out of the shaded tie-down where he stored his plane by April 1. Since then, he’s been tying down his plane in the airport’s transient parking while he waits for a parking spot at another local airport to open up. Scottsdale dentist Dr. Chris Winterholler lovers flying his airplane, He’s not alone. but now he has to find a new place to park it after he and 78 othAt least 78 plane er plane owners were evicted from Scottsdale Airport tie-downs. owners who park their (J. Graber/Progress Staff) aircraft at what was terholler said. known as the Greenway Shades area of the He’s been flying in and out of the Scottsdale Airport since he bought the plane 17 years see AVIATION page 12
Sustainability forum sparks big ideas from public BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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reating a public/private partnership to improve the city’s urban forest, building more affordable housing and making downtown more walkable were among some of the top ideas pitched last week during a public
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hearing on what to include in Scottsdale’s sustainability plan. “I was really impressed by the range of ideas people brought to the table and the excitement with which they took some time on a Monday night to think and share their ideas … and to be really open to thinking about things beyond what we’re kind of currently doing,” said Scottsdale
Sustainability Director Lisa McNeilly. “What pleased me was how sophisticated people’s understandings really were about the interconnections between trees and heat and water and density and transportation, all of that,” she said. “They understand how complicated this
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