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Volume 33 Issue 42 Goodyear, AZ

August 24, 2022

Business Briefcase

BY SCIANNA GARCIA

West Valley View Staff Writer

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he city of Buckeye recently celebrated a groundbreaking and grand reopening of two establishments that will add to the industrial operations facilities and contribute to the local Buckeye community.

Buckeye 77

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Location: Southeast corner of Apache Road and Southern Avenue, Buckeye The Southern Industrial Center, which officially broke ground July 14, will become the largest spec industrial building to be built in Buckeye.

The building will include the development of an expansive 1.2 millionsquare-foot facility that will accommodate e-commerce, warehouse and logistics tenants in need of a regional distribution center in Buckeye, one of the fastest-growing industrial markets in Arizona.

Eric Orsborn, mayor of Buckeye, said this new development will not only benefit residents of Buckeye but also create more opportunities for growth within the city.

“Projects like Buckeye 77 provide more job opportunities for our residents and drive more retail, services, health care, restaurants and other amenities our residents need and expect from a full-service city.

“It will add to our impressive port-

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folio of distribution and logistics companies relocating here and once up and running will give our residents more opportunities to live, work and play close to home,” Orsborn added.

Contour Real Estate, a leading privately held real estate and development company, and co-developer Miramar Industrial Partners acquired the approximately 77-acre site after it was sold by the Napolitano family.

Orsborn said the city of Buckeye can expect similar projects to arise as the population continues to grow.

“We are currently anticipating more than 11 million square feet of industrial space to be built in Buckeye over the next three to five years, and I think that’s a conservative number considering how much is in the pipeline right now.

Buckeye 77 is expected to be complete by summer 2023.

Screws and Sparkles Location: 343 Monroe Avenue, Buckeye Locally owned and operated Screws and Sparkles held its grand reopening of a larger location July 8 in the heart of Downtown Buckeye.

Owned by shop owner Sophia Martinez, Screws and Sparkles is a vintage, upcycled and handmade shop supporting local Buckeye vendors and artists.

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such as handmade soap, wall art, children’s apparel and upcycled one-of-akind pieces, perfect for a gift or a new decal in the home.

The new location also features Degino’s coffee bar, another business local to Buckeye.

Screws and Sparkles began when Martinez had a dream to open a shop where stay-at-home moms and local creatives could build their home-based business and pursue their dreams.

With her husband Arcenio’s support and encouragement, they opened the doors to a tiny shop on main street named Screws and Sparkles.

Since its opening, Screws and Sparkles has become much more than a shop. In addition to providing opportunities for home-based businesses, Sophia and Arcenio believe in the revitalization of Downtown Buckeye.

Screws and Sparkles often hosts popup events in the shop, which are announced through the company’s social media pages.

For more information, visit screwsandsparkles.com.

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Social media helped 2 businesses survive the pandemic

BY TROY HILL Cronkite News

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he COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for small businesses that previously relied solely on in-person interactions. But thanks to a different kind of viral experience, two Valley businesses aren’t just surviving, they’re thriving.

Their secret? TikTok, the social media app that hosts short-form videos ranging from 15 seconds to 10 minutes.

Blanca Ulloa and Allie Dziewulski founded their Goodyear event rental company in March 2020, just before the pandemic was declared. Jump Into Bliss focuses on bounce houses for high-end events for children and adults, including weddings and bachelorette parties.

With stay-in-place orders in effect, Ulloa and Dziewulski had little to do but engage with social media, and after a few months, they focused their marketing strategy on social media, including TikTok. “When we first started, our views were like one to 100 if we were lucky,” Ulloa said. “Then one day we woke up and we had a video hit a million views.”

That video — a 30-second time-lapse of a bounce house being set up — went viral four months after Ulloa and Dziewulski started on TikTok. At the start of the pandemic, they were getting almost no business, but after the video, inquiries came in daily. Now, they’re fully booked through October 2023.

Party business takes off After encouragement from friends and family, Jessica Camacho started Decor by Jess, a small party-decoration business, in 2019. Her husband and sisters are the only other employees of the Glendale business.

Camacho jumped onto social media and tried to market on Facebook, OfferUp and Instagram, where she had

moderate success. When the pandemic hit, Camacho turned to TikTok, which she credits for the business’ success.

“A few of my videos went viral, so I think that helped a lot. TikTok helped a lot,” Camacho said.

The videos she has posted are usually fast-paced highlight reels or time-lapses of decorations. She also takes advantage of popular trends and audio on the platform.

According to one of Camacho’s TikToks, Decor by Jess now is having to turn Blanca Ulloa, left, and Allie Dziewulski say clients away.

Camacho said other busi- Jump Into Bliss’ pink bounce house is espepopular for bachelorette parties. nesses, such as the food cially (Troy Hill/Cronkite News) truck Naughty Tacos, which started posting around the same time, West Valley, found Jump Into Bliss experienced similar success on the on TikTok. Looking to rent a bounce house for her son’s 10th birthday, she platform.

“I do think their accounts have researched its other social media acgrown, and it’s helped their business,” counts to determine whether the busishe said. “I’ve seen that happen a lot.” ness was legitimate.

“I think that legitimate businesses Social media use booms have more than just a TikTok,” SidSocial media use has become more owski said. “I think digging a little common across all demographics, said deeper just to see Instagram and FaceLiesel Sharabi, an assistant professor at book-wise, or anything else like that, is ASU’s Hugh Downs School of Human definitely better off than just some ranCommunication who primarily studies dom TikTok video.” the social uses of technology.

Sidowski said she has worked with “That’s especially true during the several other businesses she found on pandemic because people were spend- TikTok, but not all her experiences ing a lot of time at home,” Sharabi were positive. That’s why she researchsaid. es companies on other platforms.

With this increase in social media She has rented bounce houses from use, especially during the pandemic, Jump Into Bliss for four events: a bachSharabi said it afforded many business- elorette party, a friend’s birthday party, es some “really unique marketing op- and two parties for her children. portunities.”

“It’s been awesome just watching According to Business of Apps, Tik- them expand so much,” Sidowski said.

Tok had 1.2 billion users in the final “It seems like they are really just taking quarter of 2021 and is expected to hit the party planning by storm.”

1.8 billion by the end of 2022.

For more stories from Cronkite Kelsey Sidowski, who lives in the News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.

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PUBLIC NOTICE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: TONY’S TRANSMISSIONS LLC II The address of the registered office is: 710 N 91st Ave, TOLLESON, AZ 85353. The name of the Statutory Agent is: Anthony Fermo Page.

III Management of the Limited Li-ability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MEMBER: Anthony Fermo Page, 710 N 91st Ave, TOLLESON, AZ, 85353 Published: West Valley View, Aug. 10, 17, 24, 2022 / 48391

PUBLIC NOTIC ST JOHN’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL Call of Election - Notice is hereby given to all qualified electors of the above district that an election, to fill one vacancy on the Board of Directors created by the expiration of a (3) year term that will be held on the 8th day of November 2022.

In order to vote in this election, a qualified elector must own real property located within the district’s taxable boundaries at least 90 days prior to the election.

Persons desiring to become a candidate for the position may obtain nomination petitions and nomination papers from: Karena Brown 623-210-2734- 10253 W. Southern Ave. Tolleson, AZ 85353.

For a person’s name to appear on the ballot, nomination petitions and nomination papers must be received at the above address.

Voters may, at time of election, write in a candidate’s name of their choosing who has not submitted a timely nomination petition but who has submitted a nomination paper to the district office listed above be-fore August 21st 2022. Dated the 25th day of July 2022.

PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Closing of Waiting List for ALL Bedrooms FSL VIANNEY VILLAS APARTMENTS NOTICE OF CLOSING OF THE PROJECT-BASED SECTION 8 WAITING LIST FOR ALL BEDROOMS PUBLIC NOTICE Effective August 26, 2022, Vianney Villas Apartments, 750 S 4th Street, Avondale, AZ 85323, will CLOSE its Section 8 Waiting List for all Bedroom Sizes. No applications will be accepted for the one-bedroom units. Public Notice will be provided when Vianney Villas re-opens the Waiting List for the specific bedroom sizes.

HUD regulations do not require a public hearing when opening and closing the Waiting List.

Questions may be directed via email to ccampbell@fsl.org.

The Waiting List is closed when the anticipated time for units exceeds 12 months. The current wait is over 36 months.

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and the Docket Number shown above.

Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing Information The Commission will hold a hearing on these consolidated matters beginning October 14, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at the Commission’s of-fices at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.

A public comment meeting will be held at the beginning of the first day of hearing, and comment may be provided in person or telephonically. To provide telephonic public comments, call 1-866-705-2554, and enter participant no. 241497#.

Written public comments may be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket Nos. SW-01428A-22-0160, et al. to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, or by submitting comments on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) using “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Make a Public Comment in a Docket” If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-222-7000.

If you do not intervene in this proceeding, you will receive no further notice of the proceedings in this docket unless you sign up to Fol-low the Docket. However, all documents filed in this docket are available online (usually within 24 hours after docketing) at the Commission’s website (www. azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Information on how to Follow a Docket is available on the Commission’s website by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Follow a Docket or Document Type” About Intervention The law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested persons may intervene.

An interested person may be granted intervention if the outcome of the case will directly and substantially impact the person, and the person’s intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case. Intervention, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing and to cross examine other parties’ witnesses. Intervention is not required for you to appear at the hearing and provide public comment, to file written comments in the record of the case, or to receive emailed notice of each filing made in the case by following the docket.

Information about what intervention means, including an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of an intervenor, is available on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and then clicking on “Intervene in a Case.” The in-formation includes

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON THE APPLICATION OF LIBERTY UTILITIES (LITCHFIELD PARK WATER & SEWER) CORP. FOR AN EXTENSION OF ITS EXISTING CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY. (DOCKET NOS. SW01428A-22-0160 AND SW01428A-22-0184) Summary On June 22, 2022, Liberty Utilities (Litchfield Park Water & Sewer) Corp. (“Liberty Utilities” or “Company”) filed an application with the Arizona Corporation Commission (“Commission”) for an extension of its existing wastewater Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (“CC&N”) to serve the Victory Base RE LLC and Freedom Communities LLC developments.

The proposed extension area consists of an approximately 49-acre plot near the cross streets of Super Sabre Street and Litchfield Road in Litchfield Park, Arizona.

On July 5, 2022, Liberty Utilities filed an application with the Commission for an extension of its existing wastewater CC&N to serve the Pradera Estates development.

The proposed extension area consists of an approximately 20-acre plot south of Glendale Avenue between 125th Avenue and 127th Avenue in Maricopa County, Arizona.

On August 11, 2022, a Procedural Order was issued consolidating the two applications.

THE COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE PROPOSALS OF LIBERTY UTILITIES, STAFF, OR ANY INTERVENORS. THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO BE GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO LIBERTY UTILITIES’S APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THIS MATTER. How You Can View or Obtain a Copy of the Application Copies of the Applications are available from LIBERTY UTILITIES on the Internet via Liberty Utilities’ website, www.libertyutilties.com; at the Commission’s Docket Control Center at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, and the Com-mission’s office at 400 West Congress Street, Suite 218, Tucson, Arizona, during regular business hours; and on the Commission website (www.azcc. gov) using the e-Docket function

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a Sample Intervention Request and a Fillable Intervention Request Form.

To request intervention, you must file a written request to intervene, either (a) by filing a hard copy request (meeting filing requirements) with Docket Control (Docket Control, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007), or (b) by eFiling the request. Your request must be filed or eFiled no later than September 23, 2022. Instructions and restrictions for eFiling are available on the Commission’s website at ht-tp:// azcc.gov/hearing/efilefor-utilitiesinstruction. You also must serve a copy of the request to intervene on each party of record, on the same day that you file the request to intervene with the Commission.

Your request to intervene must contain the information below: 1. 1.Your name, address, and telephone number; 2. The docket number for the case in which you are requesting to intervene; 3. A short statement explaining: a.Your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a property owner in an area to be affected by the case, etc.) b. How you will be directly and substantially affected by the outcome of the case.,and c. Why your intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case; 4. A statement certifying that you have sent a copy of your request to intervene to the regulated company or its attorney and to all other parties of record in the case; and 5. If you are not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and you are not representing yourself as an individual, sufficient information and any appropriate documentation to demonstrate compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 38, 39, and 42, as applicable.

This only applies if you are NOT representing yourself and you are not a Licensed attorney.

The granting of motions to intervene shall be governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or be-fore September 23, 2022.

ADA/Equal Access Information The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, Carolyn Buck, E-mail ADACoordinator@ azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-2247. Requests should be made as early as possible and no later than 48 hours in advance of the event to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

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