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NEWS................................. 6 Scottsdale celebrates a big birthday.
ARTS................................ 24 Special ArtWalk marks Scottsdale's birthday.
FOOD.................... ..........28 Chefs team up on new Italian eatery.
NEIGHBORS...........................................18 BUSINESS................................................22 ARTS......................................................... 24 FOOD........................................................ 28 CLASSIFIEDS........................................30
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Scottsdale Council invites some public presence BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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or the first time in 15 months, Scottsdale residents will be allowed back into the Kiva to attend City Council and other public meetings beginning June 22. But that attendance will be limited for the foreseeable future as the city continues to
Air-co misery toasts Scottsdale tenants' homes
implement safety protocols to combat the spread of COVID-19. Like many other cities, Scottsdale first closed Council meetings to the public in March 2020. Attendance in the Kiva will be limited to 34 people on a first-come-first-served basis and attendance at meetings held at other locations will also feature reduced capacity,
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according to the city. Additional attendees will have to sit in a nearby overflow room that will include a live broadcast of the meeting. Those in the overflow space who wish to make public comment will be allowed into the Kiva as space becomes available. The city
see PUBLIC COMMENT page 12
BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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ntering her third straight evening with no air conditioning, Scottsdale resident Susan Unmacht worried the June heat would send her to the hospital. “At this rate, I’m going to end up in the hospital and my cat at the vets,” said Unmacht, 71, who lives at the Cortesian Apartments near downtown Scottsdale with her daughter. Starting June 14, chiller issues at the complex shut down air conditioning for
see APARTMENTS page 10
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Daniel Espinoza, 14, slides down a ladder at the Public Safety Teen Academy. He was one of 24 teens who completed the academy’s rigorous introduction to public safety work. For the story, see page 18. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)
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