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Vol. 78 No. 44
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BUSINESS .... 17 Tiffany’s Candy Co. moves from dream to reality
Downtown Project held at Holly Street Studio BY ADEN SCHULZE-MILLER
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Glendale Star Staff Writer
olly Street Studio, the lead design team for the Downtown Reinvestment Project, recently held a community engagement meeting to gather public feedback in its efforts to revitalize Downtown Glendale. Held at the Glendale City Council Chambers, community members were able to ask questions and voice their opinions at the Oct. 26 meeting about the new project. Getting its start at 6 p.m., the meeting ran until about 7:30 p.m. Diane Jacobs, a principal architect for Holly Street Studio, led the discussion
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Glendale Star Managing Editor
Ironwood football player earns national recognition
OPINION.......................... 10 BUSINESS.......................17 SPORTS ...........................18 CALENDAR .....................22 FEATURES.......................24 RELIGION ........................26 YOUTH.............................28 CLASSIFIEDS ..................30
and polling of attendees regarding what ways they want to see the Downtown civic space, including city hall and Murphy Park, revitalized by the project. The Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project, which is currently in the early planning stages, will go through different phases including the design and construction process. It is expected to be completed by spring 2025. “Glendale is a big city; it’s 65 square miles wide or big, and Downtown is just a small piece of it,” Jacobs said. “But Downtown Glendale, like any downtown, is really the heart of your community.” Jacobs said she sees the project as some-
thing that will not just serve different visitors to the Downtown area, but will also serve the entire city of Glendale, which she said is “very, very important, if not the most important kind of urban environment or community in the West Valley.” The Downtown Campus Reinvestment Project will be the culminating efforts of Holly Street Studio Architects, Lightvox Studio, Colwell Shelor Landscape Architecture and Okland Construction. The project takes inspiration from the input of Glendale residents as well as the successful qualities of other city halls and civic spaces. SEE PROJECT PAGE 6
Glendale resident a finalist in A/C unit giveaway BY JORDAN ROGERS
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November 3, 2022
orrest Anderson Plumbing and Air Conditioning, a family-owned business in the Phoenix area since 1961, recently shed its seventh Annual Military Hero A/C Giveaway down to four finalists. Among the four finalists is Glendale resident Cheryl Reuss and, after a vote done by the public, she will find out on Friday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, if she has won. “I’m very excited,” Reuss said. “I feel like all the finalists are very deserving. I hope I win, but I am honored. I feel like it’s such a great opportunity.” Reuss served in the United States Marine Corps from 1989 to 1993. She said the military has been a bit of a family affair, as two of her uncles on her father’s side
of the family served in the “It would definitely be Marines. a welcome addition to my “My dad would always home and definitely reduce talk about what a great openergy costs,” she said. “It portunity the Marine Corps would make a huge differwould be, and that if you’re ence in my home and my going to do it, you’re going pocketbook.” to do it right. To be honest, I After her service, Chernever considered any of the yl began her civilian career other services just because in human resources and we had Marines in the fameventually found her way ily. My dad and my uncles to teaching elementary and were an inspiration.” junior high school for 10 Cheryl Reuss Reuss said she has been years. But with a master’s searching for a new A/C degree in business and a unit, as hers is 17 years old, but it has been passion for photography, Reuss is actively hard to fit a one into her budget. It would working to scale her photography business make a huge difference for her if she were into a full-time career. to win. SEE FINALIST PAGE 8
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