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Volume • Number May ,
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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This Week
NEWS .......................... 8
BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media Staff
Pallet Shelters to address homeless
‘Tombstone’ reunion scheduled
Walker with Bourn Companies marketing team. “We’re breaking ground on the first building in August. We began demolition in February.” On the 51-acre site, Pima County OK’d up to 10-story buildings. The initial build-out plan calls for more than 350 residential units, 425,000 retail square footage, three outdoor environments, over 10 food and beverage concepts, 230 hotel rooms and a public market. The completed project will boast more than 1,000 residential units, 500,000 retail square
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Foothills Mall reimagined as urban village BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media Staff
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ourn Companies has revealed its “radical redevelopment” plan for Foothills Mall, which will evolve into a high-density urban village. Dubbed “Uptown,” the 2 million square foot, $500 million project will feature a modern mixed-use environment with high-end residences, entertainment, hotel, retail, office space and restaurants. “We’re very excited to be bringing this to the Northwest side and the region,” said Dillon
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abitha Miller grew up in a family of caregivers, as her grandmother and aunt owned an adult care home. She fell in love with it. “My grandmother would pick me up from elementary school and we’d go straight to the adult care home,” she said. “I was surrounded by the older folks. It was just normal to me. When I became of age, it roped me in.” Now a staffer at Right at Home in Tucson, Miller was named the organization’s 2023 West Region Caregiver of the Year. “I think she won this great award because of her loyalty to clients, her dedication to the continuity of care for each client and for making her clients and herself successful,” said Karen Kochhar, Right at Home Tucson owner. “She works in a facility where she tends to a lot of people for a short period of time. That connection to people is key. She’s very good at it. She uses her sense of humor to her advantage. She genuine-
Foothills Mall will be an urban village boasting more than 1,000 residential units and much more. ( Submitted)
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