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Town takes big step in Watchful eyes Water Tower Plaza re-do BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
NEWS ........................... 4 Gilbert businesses topic at Sinema roundtable.
BUSINESS................. 23 Couple launches Valentine’s Day program for seniors.
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he current preferred alternative design for the redo of Water Tower Plaza in downtown Gilbert includes a raised picnic plaza, planters around a large event lawn and a water wall feature. For the preferred design, the project architect incorporated input from the public and town boards into the so-
Higley basketball team heads north to Alaska. NEWS ............................................ 4 COMMUNITY............................. 19 BUSINESS .................................. 23 SPORTS ......................................24 GETOUT .....................................26 CLASSIFIEDS ............................28
called Concept A, one of two proposed renderings offered up for feedback last year. The town set aside a total budget of $5.9 million for the project, which includes $426,712 for design services. “I really like this rendering,” Councilwoman Bobbi Buchli said at the Jan. 24 study session. “I can see the future of Gilbert and their families loving this.”
see TOWER page 3
Gilbert man’s artistry eases grief over brother’s death BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
SPORTS..................... 24
Sunday, January 29, 2023
P
reston Zeller dabbled in brushes and paint when he was younger but it wasn’t his calling at the time and he went into a career of marketing for tech companies and start-ups. “I started delving into analytical cubism in high school and I did a couple of pieces in that fashion,” the Gilbert resident recalled. “I never took it very far.”
But that changed in 2019 when his older and only brother, Colin, 35, died of a drug overdose. “I did go to group therapy session once and I thought I would like it but I didn’t, so I stopped,” Zeller said. “But the one thing that I got out of that one session, the guy who was leading that group said, ‘you have to cry and let it out.’” And that is what Zeller initially did. “I started using the closet and go and unload my emotions,” he said.
see ZELLER page 10
Santana Sims and Riegann Bryant follow Gilbert Visual Art League volunteer Heather Livingston as she demonstrates an abstract paint pour at House of Refuge in Mesa during a special interaction the artists had at the nonprofit, which provides transitional housing for unsheltered families. For the story, see page 21. (Deepika Haldankar/Contributor)
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