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FEBRUARY 16, 2023
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Peoria Arts and Cultural Festival returns BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF
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eoria Unified School District students will take over Downtown Peoria and Osuna Park at 83rd and Grand avenues for the Peoria Arts and Cultural Festival. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 4, students will display visual art, and perform dance routines, theater acts, choir performances and band concerts. “This is a wonderful collaboration between the city and Peoria Unified School District,” said Marylou Stephens, Peoria arts, culture and library services director. “Attendees will get to see more than 3,500 visual art displays and over 80 performances from talented students in our SEE FESTIVAL PAGE 4
Displays of visual art from students are among the features of the Peoria Arts and Cultural Festival. (Peoria Unified School District/Submitted)
Suzanne Romaine is director of development at One Step Beyond SPORTS .........13 Camacho worked his way to the top, now leads
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BY JORDAN ROGERS
Peoria Times Managing Editor
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ne Step Beyond, a leading provider of comprehensive programming and services for adults who have intellectual disabilities in the Valley, has hired Suzanne Romaine to serve as its director of development. Arizona locations are in Glendale, Peoria, Scottsdale and Surprise, and a California location is in San Carlos. “It’s an organization that does work that I really care about, and it’s doing a really
good job with its mission,” Romaine said. Romaine is brand new to One Step Beyond but has nearly 20 years of experience in the nonprofit industry. “Suzanne’s expertise in fundraising combined with her track record of success will be a tremendous asset to our organization,” One Step Beyond CEO Madison Blanton said. “Her skills will be critical in developing One Step Beyond fundraising efforts as we look towards a future filled with new challenges and opportunities.” Romaine was actually working for San Francisco-based Development for Access
Institute for Psychological Services as the company’s director. She had no idea One Step Beyond existed prior to being reached out to through a consultant. When she did research to see what the nonprofit was about, she knew she had a really meaningful opportunity on her hands. “I was not actively looking for a position,” Romaine said. “Then, I looked at the company and looked at what they were doing and had a few conversations with peo-
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