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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
Sunday, DECEMBER 25, 2022
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This Week
Milhaven proud of her service to Scottsdale NEWS ......................... 4
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
Where Scottsdale residents can ring in 2023.
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BUSINESS............. 21 Mattress Firm pulls out the stops to help foster kids.
lot has changed since Linda Milhaven joined the Scottsdale City Council 12 years ago.
“McDowell Road was empty car dealerships that we knew weren’t going to come back,” she recalled. “SkySong was just one building and mostly a dirt lot. There was still a lot of controversy about whether or not that was a good
investment. There were parts of downtown that were designated slum and blight. “Sales tax revenue in the downtown SEE
MILHAVEN PAGE 15
Mom, 4 sons have a home beyond the holidays BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
A ARTS ........................ 24 Get spacey at AZ Boardwalk's alien exhibit. NEIGHBORS ............................... 18 BUSINESS ....................................21 SPORTS........................................23 ARTS ............................................24
fter a 17-year relationship with the father of her four boys, Steffi Bounds gathered her kids and left North Carolina last year, fleeing domestic violence. She came to Arizona because she had family here but still had nowhere to stay. She and her boys, ages 14 to 1, bounced around from hotel to hotel trying to get by. Her family helped with food and some bills but she was largely on her own.
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Thanks to the Scottsdale chapter of Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, Steffi Bounds and her children – Jaylen (14), Jessie (13), Carter (2), and Stephon Bounds (7) – have a home. (David Minton/
Progress Staff Photographer)
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