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Target, Over Easy coming to Vineyard
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BY HUNTER FORE Tribune Staff Writer
BUSINESS ............ 8
Commercial brokerage sells $11M QC parcel
OPINION ............... 12 Bluhm says customer service is a lost art in today’s world
SPORTS ................. 16
Camden Jury leaving legacy on Casteel football program
COMMUNITY ............. 6 BUSINESS ................ 8 OPINION ................... 10 SPORTS .................... 16 GET OUT .................... 17 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 23
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arget, MOD Pizza, Ono Hawaiian BBQ and Nekter Juice Bar are among the tenants that will join Sprouts Farmers Market in the Vineyard Towne Center at Gantzel and Combs roads. The shopping center, which will be 23 acres at completion, saw the opening of Sprouts on
Aug. 18. This store was the start of phase 1 of the Vineyard Towne Center’s building plan, which took 18 months to finish. Sprouts at Vineyard Towne Center carries a wide selection of organic foods, seasonal produce, custom-cut meats, fresh baked goods, ready-to-eat meals and wellness products. Phase 1 of the open-air center was 90% preleased and encompasses a retail assortment, including Chunk Cookies, Cinnaholic, Dentists of
Queen Creek, European Wax Center, MOD Pizza, Mountain America Credit Union, Mr. Pickles, Nekter Juice Bar, Ono Hawaiian BBQ, Over Easy and Zara Nail Bar. Additional tenant announcements will follow in the coming months. The second phase’s main store will be a new Target, occupying 145,000 square feet of retail space, opening in April 2025. The Target will
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Film brings attention to teen suicide BY LAURA LATZKO Tribune Staff Writer
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ince she lost her son Tyler Hedstrom in July 2017, Sheila Hedstrom-Pelger has been committed to raising awareness on teen suicide prevention and education. Her son grew up in San Tan Valley and attended Combs High School. He was a skilled drummer who played in his school’s marching band and briefly toured with the band Anarbor. Recently, Hedstrom-Pelger donated money to the Rotary Club of Queen Creek to help bring a film screening of “My As-
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The Rotary Club of Queen Creek will host a screening of the film “My Ascension,” which looks at the journey of suicide survivor Emma Benoit. (Greg DiCharry/Contributor)
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