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Wednesday, October 26, 2022
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BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
NEWS ............................... 18 Major East Valley athletic complex defaults on bonds.
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eparate and unrelated rezoning requests submitted to the Phoenix Planning Department recently would bring three massive light-industrial buildings and a sixbuilding, 417-unit apartment complex on the eastern edge of Ahwatukee. Bordered by S. 50th Street, I-10, Chandler Boulevard and Ray Road, the projects are just beginning with the city approval process and
Bigger and better Lights Kick-Off COMMUNITY.............. 24 Party is coming
neither has yet been scheduled for a public hearing before the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Committee. At least one nearby resident fears the two projects pose the possibility of a significant impact on traffic – especially at Ray Road and S. 50th Street, where the apartment complex would be located. “It’s already a nightmare on that part of Ray Road,” the resident said, noting the traffic delays that often extend east into the first two major Chandler intersections as well as the
congestion that often develops along the entire Ray Road retail strip between 48th Street and I-10. Online neighborhood meetings – the first step in the city approval process – have already been scheduled for both projects. Converge Logistics Center, which wants to rezone 28.6 acres at 15175 S. 50th St. between Ray Road and Chandler Boulevard, was to hold its neighborhood meeting yesterday, Oct. 25.
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see REZONE page 13
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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SPORTS .......................... 36 Thunder golf team in state crown bid.
COMMUNITY...................... 24 BUSINESS .......................... 30 OPINION ..............................33 SPORTS ............................... 36 GETOUT............................... 41 CLASSIFIEDS ...................... 45
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ne of the staples of Ahwatukee’s social calendar that appeared all but dead is coming back next month after a twoyear hiatus with a different date and vendor focus – but still loaded with the elements that made it a festive occasion for more than two decades. For the 25th time, the Ahwatukee Festival of Lights Kick-Off Party will be held 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Nov. 19 at Desert Foothills Park, 1010 E Marketplace Way. Some major tweaks have been made to the party – which provides some of the funds for the holiday lights that will be switched in the next week or so on the Chandler Boulevard
see LIGHTS page 7
THERE’S MORE TO BE SCARED OF THAN YOUR HEAT PUMP BREAKING DOWN.
People won’t be the only creatures with costumes this Halloween weekend in Ahwatukee. Dogs will be able to vie for best costume among other categories at the Ahwatukee Events Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, for the 15th annual Ahwatukee Dog Show. For full details, see page 24. (Tabitha Doyle/Special to AFN) SINCE 1982 ROC #C39-312643
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