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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
VPC delays vote on 417-unit apartment complex
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This Week
BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
Developer to replace Sheraton with apartments .............................. See page 18
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evelopers hoping to fast-track approval of a 417-unit apartment complex near I-10 were forced to return next
BUSINSS ........................26 New veterinarian clinic in Ahwatukee offers less hassle.
month to the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Committee for consideration of their rezoning proposal amid concerns about its impact on traffic and Phoenix Police. During the panel’s monthly virtual meeting Dec. 19, VPC members Darin Fisher, Jerry Youhanaie and Chad Blostone persuaded their colleagues to delay until Jan. 23 for-
mal consideration of the rezoning request by Everest Holdings and PB Bell for a 13.95acre site between E. Thistle Landing Drive and Ray Road. The zone change would allow them to replace the two-building Commerce Park office see
VPC page 4
2022 was a rollercoaster year for Ahwatukee AFN NEWS STAFF
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s Ahwatukee prepares to put 2022 in the rearview mirror, here in no particular order are some of the people,
events and organizations that made it a rollercoaster year for the community. COVID-19 Hopes that the pandemic was winding down in late 2021 were shattered by the
time 2022 began as both Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts started the third quarter after winter break with a mask mandate see
YEAR END page 14
GETOUT ....................... 33 Chandler restaurant offers the taste of Lebanon. COMMUNITY .............................. 21 BUSINESS ..................................... 26 OPINION .................................... 28 SPORTS ........................................ 29 GETOUT ........................................ 33 CLASSIFIEDS .............................. 38
BESTOF
2021
ADONIS WATTS
KAY WEST
SHANTI OZA
KEMA CHARLES
COLE TUCKER
Ahwatukee natives and residents who had an impact in 2022 included: Adonis Watt received the Shaw Courage Award from the National Football Foundation for playing on Brophy College Prep’s football team despite his blindness. Kay West, with her husband John, continued to work on behalf of poor villagers in the African country of Eswatini, formerly Swaziland. 12-year-old Altadena Middle School student Chloe Close held her ninth drive to collect food and supplies for animals in shelters. Girl School Shanti Oza won Scouting’s Gold Award for developing a food allergy awareness website and corresponding campaign. Kema Charles, founder and executive director of the new Arizona nonprofit Lights, Camera, Discover, opened an Ahwatukee studio for for youngster aspiring to the stage and screen. Infielder Cole Tucker was picked off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks for their Reno Aces in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. (AFN file photos)
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