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City, residents opposing county housing project BY KEN SAIN
Arizonan Managing Editor
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Poster dog's killing points to county pound problems.
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Chandler Girl Scout earns her group's highest award.
BUSINESS ................... 36 Downtown Chandler business hopes to win fans.
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October 16, 2022
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handler of�icials have been trying to �igure out ways to bring affordable housing to the city for months. Now, there is a proposal to do just that and they’re opposing it. They aren’t alone, either. Homeowners are organizing to stop The Landings on Ocotillo project, in which developer Dominium Management would
Dominium Management and Maricopa County are listed as co-developers of the controversial multifamily and senior complex proposed on county land in Chandler. (Special to the Arizonan)
Consultant offers mixed view of Chandler's diversity efforts
bring 518 affordably priced apartments to an area near Hamilton High School. The developers, having faced similar opposition in other Valley cities, are marching forward. They want to build the units on Ocotillo Road just east of the railroad tracks, not far from Arizona Avenue. They are proposing a 336-unit multifamily complex and a 182-unit senior
Aiming high
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BY KEN SAIN
Arizonan Managing Editor
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ear the end of a presentation on the results of Chandler’s long-awaited Diversity, Equality and Inclusion study, one City Council member said it appeared to contain mostly good news. “From what I’m seeing here, … we don’t have a major issue glaring, systemic racism,” Councilman Rene Lopez said. “There’s groups out there that don’t feel like they’re purposely being excluded.” Not so, said Regina Romeo, the consultant brought in to explain the results of the study that Council approved in October of last year. “I wouldn’t say that,” said Romeo, the Diversity Equality
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Leonardo Ollervides, 8, played ring toss with pumpkins at the Chandler Contigo Kickoff Festival last month. The festival, which ended yesterday, celebrated the city's Hipsanic community. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)
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