West Valley View Business - March 20, 2019

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Volume 30 Issue 18 Goodyear, AZ

March 20, 2019

Business Briefcase

BY CONNOR DZIAWURA

West Valley View Managing Editor

IN THE BIZ

Hello, readers! Are you ready to get Briefed? Let’s get this show on the road!

This week has quite the array of information. From heavy hitters such as a new industrial speculative project in Goodyear, to an Allstate insurance agency (with a twist), another insurance agent recognized for his experience in dealing with customers, and a Tolleson-based farmers market with plenty of vendors promoting locally produced and crafted goods, here’s the news!

First, LGE Design Build and Clarius Partners LLC recently broke ground on The Hub at Goodyear, a 790,980-square-foot spec building at 305 S. Bullard Avenue, near the southeast corner of Van Buren Street and Bullard Avenue. Its design accommodates 40-foot clear height ceilings, 190-foot truck courts, 144 dock-high and four grade-level doors, full moment frame bracing, 65-foot speed bays, a reinforced concrete slab, R-38 roof insulation, heavy power, energyefficient clear-story windows, and a gated loading area with 181 trailer and 420 auto parking spaces, with room for growth. It was built with the intent of meeting warehouse and e-commerce demand. JLL will serve as the project’s exclusive leasing broker. The 43-acre site on which The Hub resides is zoned

Rendering of The Hub at Goodyear, a 790,980-square-foot spec building near the southeast corner of Van Buren Street and Bullard Avenue. LGE Design Build and Clarius Partners LLC recently broke ground on the project. (Photo courtesy Evolve PR and Marketing)

I-1 (industrial), is Foreign Trade Zone capable, and is within an opportunity zone.

Then, you may remember the 35,000-square-foot Urban Air trampoline and adventure park I mentioned a couple weeks back. It now has an opening date: Saturday, April 6. It will be located at 15305 W. McDowell Road, Goodyear, at the southeast corner of McDowell Road and Estrella Parkway. For more information, visit urbanairtrampolinepark.com or call 602663-9340.

The following week, at 10 a.m. Friday, April 12, Allstate’s Carlos Rosales Agency will celebrate its grand opening. Through the Operation Kidsafe program, this insurance agency is (USPS 004-616) is published weekly

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also an amber alert child safety center.

Refreshments will be served, and free, private year-round amber alert ready safety forms and tips will be provided.

It is located at 1457 N. Eliseo Felix Jr. Way, Suite 101, Avondale. For more information on the Allstate agency, call 602-493-8593 or email carlosrosales@ allstate.com. This is a Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce-produced event, so for questions regarding the grand opening, call 623-932-2260 or email info@southwestvalleychamber.org.

On to something else, Kurt Bojarski, an American Family Insurance agency owner at 700 N. Estrella Parkway, Suite 200, Goodyear, was recently

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“An extraordinary customer experience is a top priority at American Family and our agency owners are a critical part of accomplishing that,” said Ann

Hamilton, American Family Insurance customer experience vice president.

“The select group of agency owners who have attained the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification have, according to their customers, consistently provided that outstanding service that is a differentiator for us among insurance providers.”

Finally, the Arts Academy at Estrella Mountain will hold a free AAEM Farmers Market from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13, in the empty lot

next to the school, 2504 S. 91st Avenue, Tolleson. Enter from Lower Buckeye Road. In addition to local vendors, there will be produce and food, arts and crafts, and music. The farmers market will be based around local, homemade, home-grown goods. Cash, debit/credit and EBT accepted.

That’s all the briefs for this week.

Thanks for reading!

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International entrepreneur, nutritionist plants roots in WV

BY OCTAVIO SERRANO

West Valley View Staff Writer

An international bilingual entrepreneur has developed roots in Arizona.

Now, she hopes to reach the West Valley community through nutrition.

Debbie Polisky is a nutritionist and an entrepreneur who joined Goodyear Library’s InnovationHub, a creative space where local entrepreneurs and business owners can work, expand and network their ideas.

The Avondale resident originally moved from Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she lived for 30 years. Having an American mother and an Argentinian father, Polisky said she is fully bilingual.

“I grew up bilingual and studied my nutrition career at the University of Buenos Aires, and worked with my father independently at a center that we opened for nutrition, chronic disease and cardiac patients. So I did a whole variety of activities there before moving to Phoenix,” Polisky said.

Before moving to Arizona, Polisky said she dabbled in various professions, like journalism and freelance writing, radio, and being a clinical dietician.

Through her eclectic past, she learned skills she uses in several businesses.

What developed her passion for nutrition was her parents, Polisky said.

“My mom was passionate about cooking and would try all kinds of recipes from cookbooks,” she said. “My father was passionate about not only health, but the importance of stress

management.”

After arriving to Arizona, Polisky said she furthered her education by getting an online Master’s degree in nutrition as well as a Master’s in business and marketing.

Having now spent 18 years in Arizona, Polisky said she self published two bilingual books that focus on the mind and body, two fields she has explored in her career.

Polisky also owns a bilingual health communications services company named Words & Health.

“It is about reaching our community through media and workshops,” Polisky said.

With her company, Polisky said she wants to impact the people of the community through multicultural health and wellness messages.

In addition, Polisky said she owns a second business, Nutrition Tango, a bilingual nutrition counseling service where she focuses on one-on-one coaching and counseling with clients looking for nutrition programs.

“I fell in love with food, nutrition, health and the whole mind-body connection, which is everything I do now,” Polisky said. “I have connected all the dots.”

Polisky has set certain goals for the upcoming years.

“What I want to accomplish in the next several years with both businesses is to be able to spread the importance of lifestyle changes through mind and body health activity,” she said.

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In order to expand her business, Polisky said she uses the tools the InnovationHub provides.

The InnovationHub @ GoodyearAZ is a partnership between the city of Goodyear, Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Arizona State University, and the Maricopa County Library District.

In addition to standard library materials, it offers free resources like monthly Business Builders meet-ups, one-onone business mentoring, and the ASU Startup School.

Polisky said InnovationHub helped her expand her business with marketing skills and connections.

“I’ve gotten free one-on-one consultations on how to improve my marketing skills, how to network and how to stay connected,” Polisky said.

In addition, InnovationHub provides a safe space where local entrepreneurs can develop their business.

“I went to networking meetings and used their private meeting space to see my own private patients and clients,” Polisky said.

Having been involved with InnovationHub for two years, Polisky said she has noticed an increase in her confidence, and she is grateful for the program.

“I take a very creative approach, and both businesses are related,” she said.

“Anybody can reach out to me if they believe in anything that has to do with the mind-body connection.

“I do all kinds of fun things to help them and I feel like they can count on me.”

MARCH 20, 2019

GENERAL Public Notice INVITATION TO BID Bids: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 10:00AM Project: East District North Boundary Channel DMB White Tank, LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum A- General Engineering license, to submit sealed bids for the construction of the East District North Boundary Channel which consists of, but is not limited to, all work associated with the grading, concrete, shotcrete and rip rap in accordance with the plans and specifications (the “Work”). The Successful Contractor shall be responsible for all coordination associated with the Work. Copies of the plans, specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project will be available on Thursday, March 21. Contact Deana Burris dburris@dmbinc.com to make arrangements to receive the bid documents. Please reference “East District North Boundary Channel” in your Email subject line. A MAN-DATORY pre-bid meeting will be held in the DMB Associates Offices located at 4236 N Verrado Way, Suite 200, Buckeye, AZ on Wednesday, April 3 at 10:00 am. It is recommended that interested parties RSVP prior to the meeting. Sealed bids will be received at the City of Buckeye, City Clerk’s Office, loc-ated at 530 E Monroe, Buckeye, AZ 85326, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 10:00AM Arizona Time.

Bids submitted after specified closing time will not be accepted.

Bids will be pub-licly opened and read aloud immediately after the specified closing time. Unless all bids are rejected, the Contract will be awarded within twenty one (21) days. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder that submits a com-plete and accurate bid. A complete and accurate bid will in-clude all information requested in the bid documents. Every bid made by a Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be ac-companied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, listing DMB White Tank, LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquidated damages in the event the Contractor refuses or fails to enter

into the Contract with DMB White Tank, LLC upon award. Cashiers checks will not be ac-cepted.

The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded the Contract, and to the successful Con-tractor, upon execution of the Contract, and receipt of Pay-ment and Performance bonds for the Work.

The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal.

A Payment and Performance bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the original Contract value for the duration of the Contract. All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of In-surance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance require-ments for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liability insurance and shall hold and save harmless DMB White Tank, LLC, the City of Buckeye and the Verrado District 1 Community Facilities District from any employer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid docu-ments.

Any bids submitted without the bid bond, certificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid docu-ments will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected. DMB White Tank, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason DMB White Tank, LLC determines necessary and appropriate. Award of the suc-cessful bid shall be subject to approval by DMB White Tank, LLC or its representatives.

Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or contact Deana Burris at dburris@ dmbinc.com – reference East District North Boundary Channel.

No engineer’s estimate will be distributed.

The Work col-lectively consists of drilling a pilot hole to the specified depth using reverse circulation rotary drilling method and collecting samples of the Marley Park Well No. 3, geo-physical logging, depth-specific (zonal) groundwater sampling, and falling head test stand-by, borehole ream-ing, casing and screen installation, annular material in-stallation, cement grout installation, well development and completion, well testing complete and ready for use in ac-cordance with the Technical Specifications.

Existing well abandonment in accordance with the Contract Docu-ments and other associated work in accordance with the specifications. Copies of the specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project may be obtained Wednesday, March 13th by contacting Deana Burris via email dburris@dmbinc.com. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 10:00am at the DMB Development office located in Verrado at 4236 N Verrado Way, Suite A200, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Sealed bids will be received until 10:00 AM Arizona Standard Time on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the DMB Associates, Inc. offices located at 7600 E Double-tree Ranch Road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, AZ 85258. Bids submitted after 10:00 AM will not be accepted. Bids will be privately opened and evaluated. Unless all bids are re-jected, the Contract will be awarded within fourteen (14) calendar days. The Contract will be awarded to the low-est qualified bidder that submits a complete and accurate bid. Bids made by Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be accompanied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of the total bid submitted, listing Marley Park Phase II LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquid-ated damages in the event the Contractor refuses or fails to enter into the Contract with Marley Park Phase II LLC upon award. No cashier’s checks will be accepted as bid surety.

The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded Contract and to the success-ful Contractor upon execution of the Contract and receipt of Payment and Performance bonds for the Work.

The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal.

Public Notice INVITATION TO BID Bids Due: Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10:00 AM Project: Drilling and Installation of Marley Park Well #3 Marley Park Phase II LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum AGeneral Engineering license, to submit sealed bids for the work as listed below in Sur-prise, AZ for the Marley Park® community.

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A Payment and Perform-ance bond will be required in the amount of the awarded Contract total for the duration of the Contract. All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of Insurance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance requirements for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liabil-ity insurance and shall hold and save harmless Marley Park Phase II LLC, and the City of Surprise from any em-ployer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid documents.

Any bids submitted without the bid bond, cer-tificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid documents will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected. Marley Park Phase II LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason Marley Park Phase II LLC determines necessary and appropriate.

Award of the successful bid shall be subject to approval by Marley Park Phase II LLC or its representatives. Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or con-tact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc. com – reference Technical Specifications - “Drilling and Installation of Mar-ley Park Well #3”. No engineers estimated will be given. Publish: West Valley View, Mar. 13, 20, 2019 / 19273

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