West Valley View Business - 09.16.2020

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Volume 31 Issue 43 Goodyear, AZ

September 16, 2020

Business Briefcase

BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Managing Editor

IN THE BIZ

You don’t need a Harvard degree to know the West Valley housing market is soaring.

Buckeye and Goodyear have had plenty of publicity for rapid-fire gated communities pumping up their spots on the fastest-growing cities in the country.

But watch out—here comes Avondale, on the outside lane.

Harvard Investments is closing the first phase of a massive, 350-acre master-planned community in Avondale.

Verde Trails will be at the southwest corner of 107th Avenue and Broadway Road in Avondale, near Sunset Farms and Lions Gate communities.

The 537 home sites were purchased

by Ashton Woods, Meritage Homes and Pulte Homes.

“Harvard’s interest in Avondale goes back many years, as it’s a great in-fill city that has remaining development opportunities and infrastructure,” said Harvard Investments Vice President Tim Brislin.

He said that, after groundbreaking on the first phase coming soon, “The strong market is accelerating the timing for our future phases. We estimate the build-out of homes in the next three to five years.”

Harvard Investments is a Scottsdale-based real estate investment and development firm.

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ty, with emphasis on open space.

“The heart of Verde is a tremendous assortment of parks interconnected with off-street trails,” Brislin said.

Avondale Mayor Kenn Weise likes that, noting Verde Trails’ “4.7 acre neighborhood park and vast trail system add to the quality of life experience. ... Avondale is excited to see the build-out Harvard Investments is getting ready to launch Verde Trails, the first phase of a 350-acre community in Avondale. (Image courtesy Harvard of Verde Trails as a quality Investments) residential community that residents can come home to.”

• Also on the jobs front: Viable Staff• Buying a car isn’t what it used to be. ing Solutions of Avondale is joining In fact, places like Carvana will sell staffing agencies from across the nayou a car—online. tion in celebrating National Staffing It’s a very COVID-friendly opera- Employee Week through Sept. 20. tion: According to American Staffing As“Browse used cars online and have sociation, which organizes staffing your next vehicle delivered to your week, 67,200 temporary and contract door with as soon as next day delivery.” employees work in the staffing and reThe online auto retailer is hiring cruiting industry every week.

100 for its Tolleson inspection center “National Staffing Employee Week “to fill multiple positions spanning salutes the temporary and contract ementry-level inventory associates, auto- ployees who contribute to the econmotive technicians, and auto body and omy of Arizona and that of the entire paint technicians for its newest vehicle nation,” said Greg Johnson, CEO of inspection center in Tolleson.”

Viable Staffing Solutions.

Carvana’s vehicle inspection center He said Viable is celebrating Nationis at 600 S. 94th Avenue, near the JBS al Staffing Employee Week by providmeat-packing facility. ing associates with a referral bonus for After a recent job fair, the company new job seekers, giving away gift cards still lists multiple job openings. For and delivering gifts to associates. more information, visit carvana.com/ For job listings or more information, careers. visit vssjobs.com or call 602-283-3770.

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Betty Shults, Frank Williams and Gerald Schwartz have works on display at West Valley Arts. (Images courtesy West Valley Arts)

Goodyear artists featured at West Valley Arts

BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF

Live art lives.

While many galleries provided online exhibits during the pandemic, “to re-engage with the community face-toface in a safe, creative environment,” West Valley Arts is presenting Expressions of the West Valley.

The “live” exhibit features local artists Betty Shults, Frank Williams and Gerald Schwartz through Friday, Oct. 9, at the Arts HQ Gallery, 16126 N. Civic Center Plaza, Surprise.

Shults, who lives in Sun City, works with acrylic and oil on canvas.

Williams, of Goodyear, uses iron and cactus for Southwest sculp-

ture and masks. Schwartz, also of Goodyear, creates landscapes with oils on canvas.

Gallery occupancy will be limited to 30 people, and reservations are required for the free exhibit. All visitors must wear masks or face coverings, and social distancing will be enforced.

Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. For reservations, visit westvalleyarts.org.

An exhibit reception is planned from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18. Space is limited, and registration is required.

“We are thrilled to be reopening at a time when the healing and calming

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power of the arts have never been more important as West Valley Arts continues its long-standing tradition of providing the community with access to and a resource for arts expression,” WVA President and CEO Sandra Bassett said.

“Our legacy is reflected in the depth and breadth of West Valley artists with whom we collaborate and to members of the community who are the real beneficiaries of these arts and cultural experiences.”

West Valley Arts also recently hosted a West Valley Arts Online Exhibition.

All submissions to the exhibit, including award winners, can be viewed at westvalleyarts.org.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

State officials concerned of potential spike in suicides

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

State officials are trying to stave off what they fear could be a spike in suicides, possibly linked to the COVID-19 outbreak and the depression that can go along with that among victims and family members.

Health Director Cara Christ acknowledged last week she has no hard figures on suicides since the outbreak. That’s because she said it takes six months for her agency to get death certificates.

But Gov. Doug Ducey said the indications are there.

“According to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Americans reporting symptoms of depression registered a threefold jump compared to before the pandemic,” he said. And Ducey said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that more than 1 out of every 10 adults reported thoughts of suicide in the past 30 days, more than double from two years earlier.

He said these are more than numbers, representing family, friends, coworkers and acquaintances.

“Many of them are struggling during this time of increased isolation and

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heightened stress,” the governor said.

“And we must be there for them.”

And Ducey said some groups are more vulnerable, including seniors, veterans and young people.

Christ said Arizona already had a problem before the pandemic. She said a survey of teens produced some “alarming insights” about the issue.

For example, she said that 40% of those in grades 9 through 12 said they felt so sad and helpless almost every day for at least two weeks in a row that they stopped doing some usual activities. That, Christ said, is higher than national estimates.

But it doesn’t stop there.

She said nearly 21% of high schoolers indicated they had contemplated suicide, 16% had made a plan, 10% actually attempted to kill themselves and 4% said that attempt resulted in an injury that required medical attention.

And even before kids get to high school, it’s an issue: Suicide is the leading cause of death in Arizona of children ages 10 through 14.

“As a mother, this information is worrisome,” Christ said.

Several speakers said suicide is not just an issue for teens.

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Wanda Wright, director of the state Department of Veterans’ Services, rattled off her own statistics.

She said veterans account nationally and in Arizona for 18% of total suicides, twice their share of the U.S. population. And Wright said the risk of suicide for veterans in Arizona is three time higher than non-veterans—and four times higher for older veterans.

State schools chief Kathy Hoffman and Jami Snyder, director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, detailed some of the programs being offered to provide mental health counseling, many of them through schools.

Ducey also boasted about the state putting $20 million in the budget last year for additional guidance counselors. But schools also can use that cash for social workers and school resource officers, the latter category made up of police officers stationed at schools.

The governor did not dispute that, even with that, the state has among the highest ratio of students per available guidance counselor. He said, though, the dedicated dollars are a major investment in a state that several years ago had a $1 billion deficit.

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