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Morrison Ranch could see 700 apartments BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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developer is proposing a multi-family project with as many as 700 units to shield homes from light-industrial uses planned on a large swath of land next to Morrison Ranch. That plan concerned a few Gilbert Planning Commission members during an April 5 study session on the proposal.
The developer is seeking a minor General Plan amendment and rezone of 39 acres that are part of the 302-acre site for The Ranch project at the northwest corner of Power and Warner roads. Council in December tabled action on a proposal to rezone most of the land to mainly light-industrial uses so the developer and residents can work on a compromise on an original plan that drew stiff opposition from homeowners.
“The developer has been working and talking with neighbors in the area and proposed a development that is intended to buffer the residents of Morrison Ranch from those less desirable industrial-type uses,” town Principal Planner Veronica Gonzalez said. The Planning Commission in October voted 4-3 to recommend that council approve the rezone of the 302 acres to mostly light industrial.
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Telethon features Gilbert girl with rare skin disease BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
SPORTS..................... 29 ALA Gilbert North baseball team pays tribute to late coach.
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or the past decade, Brystal Murray has lived with a rare genetic condition called epidermolysis bullosa or EB, which causes her skin to easily blister and tear from minimal friction such as rubbing. Babies born with this condition are referred to as “butterfly children” because their skin is as delicate as a butterfly’s wings. “When she was born she was missing skin on her left leg,” Gilbert mom Brayce Campagna recalled of her youngest child. “We didn’t know what it was and why.” Campagna got her answer 24 hours later after Brystal was transferred to Phoenix Children’s Hospital, where she was diagnosed. The baby stayed in the neonatal intensive care unit for four days. There is no
specific therapy or cure. “Basically it’s like a thread that winds through all the layers of the skin, holding it together,” Campagna said. “Brystal doesn’t have that. The skin is sitting there without anything holding it.” Brystal is a poster child for Phoenix Children’s Hospital as it gears up for its 11th annual ABC 15 Telethon this Wednesday. Throughout the day, patient and hospital stories will be aired. All donations will go to the Hope Fund, where the monies are invested in state-of-the-art equipment and technology, cutting-edge research and clinical tri- Brystal Murray, 10, of Gilbert, and her mother Brayce als, innovative clinical programs Campagna will appear Wednesday on the annual ABC 15 telethon for Phoenix’s Chidlren’s Hospital, where the girl and family centered services. was diagnosed with a rare condition that causes fragile, see SKIN page 8 blistering skin and has no cure. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)
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