Scottsdale Airpark News - Nov. 2016

Airpark’s Queen of Speed runs down 304 mph record at Bonneville Flats

Mont Aster is a 3-story full-service executive office building on Scottsdale Road just a fraction of a mile south of the Kierland Commons business/shopping area. It has 9 suites, from approximately 500 to 3500 S.F. +/-, with a state-of-the-art monitored building security and heating/ cooling system, a central elevator, an exterior stairway, and a restroom facility on each floor. 42 covered and 18 uncovered assigned parking spaces surround the complex with an additional 10 spots for visitors and 3 handicapped spaces.

• Walking distance to taxiway hangars

• Cooling tower & computer control

• Digital thermostat

• Security door

• 3 Story Free standing office building

• 17,770 SF +/-, on 44,702 SF +/- lot

• Adjacent to Kierland Gardens & Scottsdale Quarter in major Scottsdale Airpark area

• Shopping, dining and other amenities within walking distance

• Total of 73 parking spaces

• 5 min drive from 101 freeway

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Sky Peak is a 2-story full-service executive office building on 7320 E Butherus Dr, one block east of Scottsdale Road, Accross the street from the Scottsdale Quarter and the Kierland Commons business/shopping area. It has 15 suites, from approximately 892 to 4300 S.F. +/-, with a state-of-the-art monitored building security and heating/cooling system, a central elevator, an exterior stairway, and a restroom facility on each floor. 35 covered and 88 uncovered parking spaces surround the complex plus 4 handicapped spaces.

• 3 Covered airplane parking spaces

• Cooling tower & computer control

• Digital thermostat

• Security door

• 2 Story Free standing office building

• 35,934 SF +/-, on 144,449 SF +/- lot

• Adjacent to Kierland Gardens & Scottsdale Quarter in major Scottsdale Airpark area

• Shopping, dining and other amenities within close walking distance

• Total of 128 parking spaces

• Newly built modern lobby

• Newly renovated pilots lounge, flight planning, conference rooms, quiet rooms, shower room

• Spacious ramp

• Go Rentals luxury cars on site

• Secure parking for passengers vehicles

• Easy access to US Customs (PPR)

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• Gourmet catering available

• Easy access to upscale dining and shopping

• Hangar Space Available

November 2016 contents

FEATURES

24 | They Give You Paws Dog-agility world title is on the line at WestWorld.

47 | Reaching New Heights Mid-rise among final components at Scottsdale Quarter.

WHAT THEY’RE DRIVING

28 | Driving Success

Exotic autos with 6-figure price tags fascinate Airpark elites.

33 | Shifting gears

Russo and Steele auto auction cruises down to Salt River Fields.

35 | Flapper Power Grand Prix of Scottsdale theme resembles a weekend with Gatsby.

40 | Leavin’ You in the Salt Dust Scottsdale woman is world’s fastest female on a motorcycle at 304 mph.

SPOTLIGHT

20 | 5 O'Clock in the Airpark RA Sushi rolls out newest Happy Hour in the Airpark neighborhood.

50 | Remember When Always a-mazing, Scottsdale accumulates awards, accolades, acclaim.

58 | Dining Destinations

Hash Kitchen slings good times, including Bloody Mary bar.

66 | Caught You Looking Good MASK-er Aide Ball at Fairmont unveils a good cause.

COLUMNS

62 | Airpark Headliner Events

Check out WestWorld Polo Party and Chamber Sterling Awards.

64 | Talking Tourism Convention & Visitor’s Bureau rebrands to better tell city’s story.

68 | Financial Fundamentals Is the current economy headed toward market collapse?

70 | Commercial Real Estate and You

The 3 types of commercial lease rates.

72 | Legal Perspectives

OSHA’s new post-accident reporting rule impacts drug testing.

73 | Coach’s Corner

In the race to success, who’s your pit crew?

74 | The Real Deal

Enjoy a fun evening while helping Boys and Girls Clubs.

4 | Editor’s Note

6 | Business News

58 | Dining Destinations

76 | Business Directory

Hot cars, fast motorcycles and Great Gatsby

Scottsdale Airpark is literally ringed by quality dealers ready to help you upgrade your wheels. Welcome to our annual issue on Driving and the Airpark.

Want to put it in overdrive? Those of you on high floors in leather-lined corner offices might consider shelling out $1.8 million for a Porsche 918 Spyder with Weissach package.

Roberta Peterson Editor In Chief

Too rich for your blood? Consider stepping down – however slightly – to a $468,500 limited-production 2014 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Black Series, complete with distinctive gull-wing doors. John Schlitt, president of Luxury Auto Collection in the Airpark, has one in his inventory. He’d be happy to place it on hold for you. (Take a peek; the article starts on page 28.)

Have you been wondering what it would take to put you in a 2016 Lamborghini Huracan Spyder? That one’s a steal at $365,000. Those with deep wallets and a taste for fine machinery always love a good collector-car auction. The Airpark is home to more than one. This year, fans of Russo and Steele will have to drive, or be chauffeured, to a slightly different location. On page 33, learn why Russo and Steele is relocating a few miles south to Salt River Fields, spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

If you’re more into nostalgia than the latest hot ride, plan to take in The Grand Prix of Scottsdale, including a weekend of Great Gatsby-themed events reminiscent of the Roaring ’20s There are activities designed for the entire family, a road race, plus a black-tie gala raising funds for charity.

Valerie Thompson of Scottsdale, once a mild-mannered banker, learned her need for speed didn’t have to be limited to four wheels. She gave motorcycle drag racing a try and learned she was pretty good at it. She then assembled a land-speed team, went to Bonneville, Utah, and joined the elite 200 mph club.

Now, she’s officially broke 300 mph, making her the fastest woman on a motorcycle. You’ll want to get acquainted with her, starting on page 40.

Then, shifting gears, we move from speed to agility, with a preview of the dog-agility world championships coming soon to WestWorld.

There’s always more going on in the Airpark. You’ll also learn about a mid-rise tower coming to Scottsdale Quarter, two new restaurants in the Airpark and one great Happy Hour, and you’ll see who we “Caught Looking Good” at the MASK-er Aide Ball black-tie fundraiser at the Fairmont on page 68.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

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CCS Presentation Systems celebrates silver anniversary

Scottsdale-based CCS Presentation Systems , a leader in the audio-visual systems integrator industry, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Since 1991, CCS Presentation Systems, led by CEO John Godbout, has expanded from a two-person operation to one of the largest A/V integrators in the U.S. with more than 300 employees, sales offices in 17 states and an annual revenue in excess of $115 million.

As an industry leader, CCS Presentation Systems, 17350 N. Hartford Dr., continually strives for innovation. This year, the company has announced new divisions for health care, home automation and electrical space. Additionally, CCS was recently ranked by Commercial Integrator among the top commercial audio-visual integrators in the country.

Jackalope: Local culture meets craft on Small Business Saturday

Jackalope Arts, a must-go shopping destination for all things handmade, returns to the Indie Artisan Market on Nov. 26-27 at WestWorld of Scottsdale, which includes

Small Business Saturday. Fair Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The market will feature more than 150 trendsetting makers and designers of local goods. It is free and includes DIY art-focused workshops, live music, local food and a full bar.

Optima Kierland, a high-rise luxury condominium and boutique rental community that opened in April, is now going vertical with construction of the project’s first 12-story condominium tower with about 220 residences.

More than 80 Optima Kierland residences have been sold, with prices ranging from the low $300,000s to $4.5 million.

In the tower, one- to five-bedroom homes are sized from approximately 720 square feet to 6,500 square feet start in the low $300,000s. There are more than 30 floor plans.

Optima Kierland is on 9.5 acres at Scottsdale Road and Kierland Boulevard. The project, developed by Optima, will see its first condo residents in December 2017, with completion of the tower planned for August 2018.

Construction also is under way on a

150-residence boutique leasing tower, which will begin pre-leasing and occupancy in early 2017. The two towers are part of the development’s first phase. There will be four residential towers when complete.

Optima Kierland will be distinctive for its geometric design, lush vertical gardens and floor-to-ceiling glass, allowing unencumbered desert and mountain views.

The property, in the heart of the Airpark, is surrounded by upscale shopping and dining destinations Kierland Commons and Scottsdale Quarter, and several neighboring golf clubs, including the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa.

Parties interested in leasing may sign up on Optima Kierland’s priority list at www.Optima-Kierland.com

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Loco Patrõn expanding to the Airpark area

Longtime Valley restaurant operator Loco Patrõn has leased the former Salty Senorita building, 14950 N. Northsight Blvd. in the Airpark, for a new Loco Patrõn Mexican Breweryto open in Janaury.

“We have been looking for the right location for the past three years to deliver our newest concept,” said Ryan Vertuca, who owns Loco Patrõn along with Josh Levine and Jeremy Jazwinski. “First on the list is to almost double the size of the current patio. The new patio will have a ‘backyard feel’ to it.”

Judi Butterworth, senior vice president of Orion Investment Real Estate, facilitated the lease. The new location is anticipated to

Johnson Insurance Services acquires Monterey Benefits

Johnson Insurance Services has acquired Monterey Benefits LLC., an employeebenefits firm headquartered in Scottsdale, according to Joanne Szymaszek, Johnson president

Along with employee-benefit services, the combined firm will have a dedicated service team that offers personal and commercial insurance, risk management and consulting services. Combined clients will have full access to banking and wealthmanagement solutions.

Kierland Village Center sold for $34.5 million

Kierland Village Center, a grocery and drug anchored neighborhood shopping center at the southeastern corner of 64th Street and Greenway Road in Scottsdale, sold for $34.5 million to Chicago-based LaSalle Investment Management, Cushman & Wakefield announced.

Cushman & Wakefield executive managing directors Michael Hackett and Ryan Schubert represented the seller, Kierland Village CMH LLC.

Developed in 2001, Kierland Village Center encompasses 118,226 square feet of retail space.

Quarles & Brady names local partners

North Scottsdale residents Sarah R. Anchors and Simone Colgan Dunlap have been named partners in the national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP.

Seven other members of the Arizona team also were admitted as partners in the Phoenix office.

The property is located within the Kierland Master Planned Community.

City’s largest development in 5 years coming to Pima Center

The Block at Pima Center, a 12-acre retail development, is coming to the northwestern corner of Loop 101 and Via de Ventura, developer MainSpring Capital announced.

MainSpring developed the nearby Pima Center, a 232-acre mixed-use project.

“We currently have 3,800 existing employees on-site at Pima Center, as well

as thousands of additional employees and residents in the nearby area,” said Curtis Brown, principal with MainSpring Capital Group. “Our visibility along Loop 101 and access to two different interchanges of the freeway make this a great location for retailers and restaurants.”

The property contains six pad sites for

stand-alone users. A large freeway pylon and monument sign will be erected along Loop 101 to provide additional visibility for The Block’s tenants.

Stan Sanchez, Larry Miller and John “JK” Jackson of Colliers International in Greater Phoenix are exclusive leasing/sales agents.

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Airpark-based Plexus Worldwide , a direct-selling health, wellness and weightmanagement company, launched “Chek it America,” a campaign against breast cancer.

Nearly 300 Plexus Worldwide employees took to the streets of Scottsdale in October dressed in matching pink “Chekit America” shirts, and walked 1 mile around the Pima Center to promote breast cancer awareness.

The goal is to make a statement nationwide in three categories: Chek it: encouraging everyone to do monthly breast self-exams. Share it: Use social media to spread the word about #ChekItAmerica.

Give it: Participate in a local walk, run, or donate to the cause.

During October, 25% of profits from all Plexus Breast Chek Kit sales went to the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer.

Charros award $10K grant to Arizona Helping Hands

The Scottsdale Charro Foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to Arizona Helping Hands in support of the agency’s work providing basic essential needs to boys and girls in foster care.

As the Charros’ website states that the foundation awards grants to organizations thato “share our passion to strengthen our communities and build a better future for our children”

According to Dan Shufelt, president and CEO of Arizona Helping Hands, the funds will be used to provide beds and cribs to give children in foster care a safe place to sleep. As the only provider of beds, cribs and items to nearly 19,000 kids in foster care, demand for services is heavy.

AHH is among three finalists for the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce Sterling Award recognizing Organizations “that make our community a great place to live, work and play.”

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Financial advisor named to Top 40 Under 40 list

Darin R. Shebesta, 32, of Jackson/Roskelley Wealth Advisors, Inc., an independent financial advisory firm based in Scottsdale, recently was named a 2016 Top 40 Under 40 Advisor by InvestmentNews.

Festival of Speed to benefit children’s hospital

Collectors of high-performance, exotic and vintage sports cars will display 100 vehicles to support Phoenix Children’s Hospital during Scuderia Southwest’s Festival of Speed, presented by Russo & Steele, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 12, to raise money for Phoenix Children’s Hospital.

The festival at McCormick Hotel, 7401 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale brings together the Valley’s most iconic collection of cars, including classic and recent Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Aston Martins, Porsches, and McLarens. For the first time, exotic motorcycles like Ducati and MV Augusta will participate. Also on display will be an authentic Gulf Mirage GT40 as raced at world-famous tracks like LeMans and Daytona.

“The Valley has arguably the greatest concentration of high-performance, exotic, and collector cars in the country and we’re excited about bringing that community together to support Phoenix Children’s Hospital,” said David Crofford, one of the show’s organizers.

The show is free to spectators, but there is a $60 fee to enter a vehicle. All fees go to Phoenix Childrens Hospital.

Bikers will make the annual pilgrimage from Phoenix Children’s Hospital to Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale in the Airpark on Saturday, Nov. 5, for the fifth Bob’s Biker Blast.

One-hundred percent of registration fees, concert tickets and T-shirt sales, as well as a portion of food and drink sales, benefit Phoenix Children’s Hospital,.

Hundreds of riders will take part in honor of a patient, and many of those patients will be in attendance in a heartwarming party that shows the softer side of bikers.

The ride ends at Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, where party goers will enjoy food, entertainment and performances by Kellie Pickler, Craig Morgan and Montgomery Gentry. Phoenix Children’s Hospital leaders, including chief financial officer Craig McKnight and assistant general council Evan Coppola, will join the ride.

Pre-registration is $20 per rider, $35 per pair and $15 per passenger. Day of registration it’s $25 per rider, $40 per pair and $15 per passenger. Registration fees include admission to Bob’s Biker Blast and concerts. Information: www.IRide4PCH.org

Flight school comes to Scottsdale Airport

American Flyers Flight School opened a training facility at Scottsdale Airport on Nov. 1, and has scheduled an open house on Saturday, Nov. 12, that includes free lunch from 12-2 p.m.

“Arizona’s favorable weather means more flying days, and provides us the opportunity to attract pilots during the winter who are preparing for their private pilot or commercial licenses and instrument rating,”

said Andrew Henley of American Flyers.

In addition to flight training, weekend classes will be conducted monthly for FAA Knowledge Test preparation as well as the Flight Instructor Renewal requirement. American Flyers has provided instruction for personal aviators and those pursuing an Aviation Career since 1939. It operates six additional FAA-approved schools throughout the country.

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Benefit program transports disabled veterans to medical care

The inaugural fundraising Ride N’ Raise: MORE Veteran Mobility-Service for your Service is 6-10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov.10, at Harley-Davidson of Scottsdale, 15656 N. Hayden Road in the Airpark.

Live music and dinner are $25 per person.

All proceeds go to MORE Foundation’s Veterans Transportation Assistance Program. V-TAP helps military veterans get to medical appointments with free transportation, including those who require special assistance.

The program aims to provide about 1,200 rides to veterans and family members in 2016. V-TAP was launched in July 2015 by the MORE Foundation, a non-profit, and Quality Transportation Services.

Purchase tickets online by Nov. 4 at ; go to www.more-foundation.org and click on theRide N’ Raise logo.

Veterans may receive help with transportation to any physician or physical-therapy office in the Valley through V-TAP. Those needing transportation should call 602-3711000 and ask about V-TAP.

Menswear brand Bonobos is opening it’s first Scottsdale shop at Scottsdale Quarter on Nov. 18.

Bonobos Guideshop Scottsdale is a 1,700-square-foot store serving as a highly personal extension of the brand’s comprehensive customer service for those who want to see and try on the clothing in-person before placing an order online.

J.McLaughlin coming to North Scottsdale

J.McLaughlin , the classic American clothing and accessories brand for women and men, is opening its newest location in Scottsdale.

The 1,715-square-foot store, at 15220 N. Scottsdale Road, will feature a full assortment of women’s and men’s product. It is the company’s first store in Arizona and its 111th overall.

“Kierland Commons is a unique, outdoor lifestyle center with a Main Street atmosphere that aligns perfectly with the JMcLaughlin brand,” said CEO Mary Ellen Coyne.

This “e-commerce store” showcases the expansive website offering in a range of sizes with Bonobos.com as a virtual stockroom. Pioneered by Bonobos in 2011, the innovative Guideshop model evolves the shopping experience by focusing on the customer and eliminating hassles associated with a traditional retail store.

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Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m., MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 p.m.-6 p.m., Sunday. Guideshop appointments can be scheduled by visiting www.bonobos.com/guideshop

The LPGA has announced a partnership with Bank of Hope, the largest Korean-American bank in the U.S., as the new title sponsor for the Scottsdale LPGA Founders Cup Tournament

The agreement is three years for the women’s professional golf tournament. The Bank of Hope Founders Cup Tournament will be March 14-19 at Wildfire Golf Club at JW Marriot Desert Ridge Resort & Spa

The tournament will feature a full field of LPGA players who will compete for a $1.5 million purse and will be broadcast in 151 nations.

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On a roll

By Roberta J. Peterson

Upgrade your roll next time you head to Happy Hour.

The Airpark’s newest after-work gathering location is RA Sushi on the northeast corner of Scottsdale and Thunderbird roads.

“What I love about RA is the unique atmosphere; it makes me wish I could be a customer and just be a part of experiencing it,” says Paul Underwood. Instead, he’s general manager at the new RA (pronounced “raw”) location, which he says is home to the largest bar and outdoor setting yet among their restaurants.

The new destination, in Scottsdale Towne Square, replaces the former Kierland Commons location.

“It was just off the beaten path a bit,” Underwood explains. “Here we are in the middle of things and yet a destination. It’s more than a dining experience – it’s a community hub, actually.

“People are coming to watch games, or stopping by on the way home after work. They come in groups or on dates. Even out on the patio, you’re near Scottsdale Road, but you don’t notice the traffic because there is so much going on. Yet, there are so many different spaces here, it can also be intimate,” he adds.

Indicating the sushi-making area inside, Underwood explains that “it’s a different spin on the traditional sushi bar.”

Instead of a row of chairs or stools facing the staging area, there are attached tables seating four each.

“You can be there and interact with the sushi chef, yet you are sitting more traditionally with family or friends at a table. You don’t have to be in a row,” he explains.

Outside there is a fire table surrounded with casual seating plus bar stools and tables of various sizes. The bar bridges indoors with the sizable outdoor spaces.

Occasionally, a bump in the plan to come to RA for Happy Hour is when there’s a non-sushi fan in the crowd, Underwood acknowledges. He notes that the Happy Hour menu is much more than sushi.

“We even have great wings. No one needs to feel left behind.”

But he also has advice for those venturing into sushi for the first time.

Start with the Tempura Roll, he suggests. “It’s fully cooked for the beginner, with crab mix, tempura shrimp cake, asparagus and avocado.”

Next, he says, move on to the Viva Las Vegas Roll, which happens to be the most popular item on RA’s Happy Hour menu. It introduces

Sushi

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Need a great teambuilding experience? Underwood recommends RA’s special private class, Sushi 101.

“Participants work together and learn to roll sushi and how to make our signature rolls. It also includes the history of sushi,” he adds.

Offered by request for groups, it is also occasionally available for individual sign up for public classes.

“We’ll take it on the road, too. It’s great for businesses in the area. We’ve also done it for clubs and groups – golf club houses seem to be popular venues,” Underwood says. “We send our sushi chef over for two-hour classes, or we can cater, as well.”

And if you need accelerated team building?

Underwood recommends their other class offering: Sake 101.

IN THE AIRPARK

a topping of raw tuna, but all else is cooked, Underwood explains, adding that it’s a good bridge to the more adventurous offerings.

RA’s specialty rolls put a new spin on typical sushi items, according to Underwood.

“Our Crazy Monkey takes the traditional Philadelphia Roll to a new level of creativity and flavor, adding mango for a note of sweet flavor; the green is avocado, and the bits on top are cashew and tempura,” he explains.

Lovers of California Rolls should try their Tutsimaki Roll, he suggests.

Want to step away from rolls and experience all the flavors together? Underwood’s No 1 recommendation is the Barachiashi Bowl. “It’s not on the Happy Hour menu, but it’s great for lunch,” he says.

The bowl features tuna, salmon, yellowtail, shrimp, avocado and cucumber on rice tossed in poke sauce, and it comes with miso soup. Alternatively, you can order it on greens instead to make it carb free.

RA’s sushi chefs get even more creative when customers forget where they are and order something from another sushi restaurant’s menu, adds Underwood.

“If we have the ingredients, we’ll make it for them, and at the best price possible. If they’re looking for something they had in another city, we just ask them to tell us what’s in it, and we’ll do our best to create it. But I’ll steer them next to one of our specialty rolls, and they usually decide they’re even better.”

For an insider tip, Underwood suggests trying Chili Ponzu sauce on a favorite dish or roll.

“It is good with anything, and I eat it in place of soy sauce.” Regular Ponzu sauce is another option, but he likes the chili version for the added spice. 

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They give you paws

By Mike Butler

There’s a little extra zip in their sprints and leaps these days as Shelby and Bentley scamper around their backyard obstacle course in North Scottsdale. The competitive Corgis seem to sense that something big is coming up.

Shelby, 7, and Bentley, 4, are among more than 900 dogs from 11 countries headed to WestWorld to compete in the 2016 Cynosport World Games, Nov. 9-13. The headline events are the 29th annual Grand Prix of Dog Agility and the $10,000 Dog Agility Steeplechase.

Dogs at this level can complete a 170yard obstacle course in less than 40 seconds, and their success depends on how well their human partners help them navigate.

“The dogs don’t need training as much

as I do,” says Tami Rasmussen, owner of Shelby and Bentley.

She and her dogs get their instruction at Leaps N Bounds in Peoria.

Rasmussen says she discovered agility about 10 years ago, after adopting Belle, a mixed-breed Hurricane Katrina rescue.

“She was very traumatized. I was looking for a way to give her more confidence, and we found agility.”

After adopting Shelby from Arizona Cactus Corgi Rescue, Rasmussen got serious about agility training, and the Pembroke was ready for competition before she was 2 years old. Winning was in her blood, and she reached the master’s level in a year.

At championship agility events, dogs are required to weave through a line of poles,

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The Scottsdale Airpark News has worked hard to cover every facet of the Scottsdale Airpark since the area consisted of nothing more than an old military base and a few assorted businesses in the surrounding area.

The first issue of Scottsdale Airpark News appeared in January 1981, and it’s been published consistently every month since.

As the Airpark has grown to be the most vital economic center in Scottsdale, and the second largest

employer in Arizona, the Scottsdale Airpark News has been here to cover it every step of the way.

Each of us here at the Scottsdale Airpark News value the trust placed in us. Today, as we have been since 1981, we are proud to serve as the business voice of the Scottsdale Airpark.

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Dog-agility championships reflect Scottsdale’s fun side

For recreation and relaxation, there’s no place better

By Mike Butler

Scottsdale’s abundant parks and steady stream of fun events, like November’s 2016 Cynosport World Games at WestWorld, are just some of the many hundreds of reasons that make the East Valley city a great place to live.

The popular online personal-finance site WalletHub made that official in 2016 by ranking Scottsdale No. 1 on its list of “Best Cities for an Active Lifestyle,” No. 3 on its “Best Cities for Recreation,” No. 5 on its “Best Cities for Staycations” and No. 10 on its “Most Fun Cities in America.”

WalletHub’s “Best” lists are fairly scientific and thorough, but their analysts also get a little quirky. Some of the minor metrics for “Best & Worst Cities for Recreation,” for instance, include the cost of bowling and the average price of a sixpack of Heineken and a 1.5-liter bottle of white table wine.

(When was the last time you heard your Scottsdale neighbor raving about the three-game deal he got at the bowling alley, or saw him lining up at Total Wine with a six-pack of Heineken or a jug of cheap wine?

Breaking 80 at Grayhawk, or snagging a 12-bottle case of a fine California Chardonnay for $200, yeah, that’s more like it.)

In other WalletHub idiosyncratic metrics, Scottsdale ties for first in most beer gardens per capita and most spas per capita. In terms of spas, the city keeps good company with other top destinations, such as Las Vegas, Honolulu, Orlando and Fort Lauderdale.

It’s all in good fun. Who else hosts the Dog Agility World Championships, an upcoming fun event at WestWorld?

Many of the major metrics WalletHub uses appear in multiple surveys, and they confirm what Scottsdale residents already know.

The city always scores high in most acres of parkland and number of public golf courses per capita. Although the city has some of the highest monthly fitnessclub fees in the United States (No. 82), it also ties five other major cities at No. 1 for the number of fitness centers per capita.

Interestingly, Scottsdale doesn’t fare so

well in the number of tennis courts, but it ranks better than neighbors Mesa (No. 95) and Gilbert (No. 97). Most of WalletHub’s examinations include 100 or 150 cities.

As you’d expect, weather receives heavy weighting in the finance site’s rankings. Only one northern city, Minneapolis, cracked the Top 10 of best staycation cities. The city also ranked sixth for active lifestyles. Maybe cross-country skiing and general shivering have something to do with that?

As WalletHub points out, there’s a serious economic side to its “Best” lists. Nice parks add value to homes. Active adults shave multiple millions of dollars per year off the cost of health care. And trails, parks, golf courses, museums and entertainment venues are the glue that binds communities.

It’s something to be thankful for as you, on Thanksgiving Day, gobble 4,500 calories and 229 grams of fat.

If you’re an average American. But Scottsdale residents are anything but average.

burst through tunnels and leap hurdles. For fairness, hurdles are set at six different levels according to a dog’s height. For Corgis and other dogs measuring 17.5 inches or less, the bar is set at 18 inches. The big dogs jump 26 inches.

The hardest obstacle for dogs to learn, says Rasmussen, is the see-saw. The climb up is the easy part; the trick is for the dog to stop at the right place and let its weight ease the teeter-totter to the ground.

“It still scares Bentley a little bit,” says Rasmussen, a banker with JP Morgan Chase.

Although dog-agility contests are a race against the clock, scoring is based on faults, similar to equestrian show jumping.

Rasmussen just started working agility with her latest rescue adoption, Boss, a very handsome 14-month-old Australian Cattle Dog. In addition to training for the obstacles, agility dogs must learn how to deal with the confusion and crowd noise at events, she says.

Not surprisingly, dogs in the herding group excel at agility. In the absence of a herd or flock, agility becomes a dog’s task.

You’ll always see Corgis, shepherds, sheepdogs, Border Collies and Belgian Malinoises on the leader boards. Poodles,

terriers, retrievers, Dobermans,

and Papillons also do well. Many mixed-breed dogs are successful, too, and are welcome to compete at United States Dog Agility Association events.

Spectators at the 2016 Cynosport World

Games are encouraged to bring their own well-behaved dogs on a leash to watch.

In addition to the competition, there will paws-on activities, such as lure coursing, herding-instinct testing and an Agility 101 course. 

Driving SUCCESS

Airpark business owners share North Scottsdale's taste for high-end automobiles

By Jimmy Magahern

The Scottsdale Airpark is home to a variety of high-end automotive businesses, from dealerships and customizers to machine shops and auction hubs. Not surprisingly, the executives who run these enterprises are invariably avid car enthusiasts themselves.

For this year’s driving issue, we asked owners of auto-centric Airpark businesses to talk about the vehicles they’re most passionate about and share a little inside knowledge on what makes the area so attractive to high-end auto aficionados.

John Schlitt

President, Luxury Auto Collection

7880 E. Beck Lane, Suite A, Scottsdale

Selling hand-selected, pre-owned luxury vehicles from high-end manufacturers like Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Bentley, BMW, Land Rover and Maserati has its perks for John Schlitt, who runs Luxury Auto Collection in an office park between the Greenway-Hayden Loop and the Scottsdale Airport runway.

“I’ve got 120 to 150 cars here to choose from on any given day,” Schlitt says. “I get to enjoy them before somebody else owns them.”

Given that sweet selection, what rides does Schlitt pick most often? “Usually I go for either Rolls-Royces or Ferraris,” he says. “Ferrari is second to none when it comes to performance and styling, and Rolls-Royce is the highest echelon for luxury — I really enjoy the Rolls-Royce Ghost and Wraith.”

Recently Luxury Auto Collection, which is housed in a hanger, added aircraft to its inventory, selling a couple of Citation 10s and a CJ3 for a combined $17 million.

“Now I have my pick between 120 cars and four jets,” Schlitt says, sounding somewhat guilty. “It’s like, ‘Where are you going today, and what are you taking?’”

Question: How did you get into selling high-end luxury vehicles?

Answer: I’ve been in the car business about 17 years. I moved to Scottsdale in 2005, and took on the position of general manager with Scottsdale Ferrari and Maserati for Penske Automotive Group. In 2009, I opened the Lotus dealership for Penske. And then in 2012 when we moved the Ferrari and Maserati store up north, I had the Ferrari and Maserati and Bentley and Rolls Royce dealerships for about three years. I resigned in January 2015 and opened this business. Coming from the super high-end exotic car business, it’s just really all I know.

Q: What kind of volume do you do?

A: We sell about 60 cars a month, and our average selling price is around $125,000. We probably sell about 20 cars a month to local folks. But nowadays in the used car market, everybody’s shopping online and they have cars from all around the country at their fingertips. So if you want a Black Ferrari and you find it sitting in Texas, well, it’s only $1,000 to ship the car here. And when you’re spending that kind of money, the shipping cost becomes a moot point. So that’s how we’ve been successful selling all over the country. When you’ve got the right product, pricing and presentation — the three P’s — you can really move some units right here out of the Airpark.

Q: Are there benefits to being located in the Airpark?

A: You know, in the high-end car business, Scottsdale is definitely a mecca, along with the Southern California and South Florida and Connecticut markets. It’s no surprise that the big conglomerates like Penske, Sonic Automotive and AutoNation are here. This is a very strong car market. There’s a lot of wealth here, and there’s a lot of wealth that gathers here in

the form of snowbirds, who maybe have businesses in other parts of the country but feel like they can come to Scottsdale and kind of show off. They feel safe in this environment owning and driving the higherend automobiles.

Q: What are your clients like?

A: With this kind of clientele, when your average selling price is in the hundreds of thousands, you’re always dealing with some pretty interesting individuals. Everybody has their own story about how they’ve made their money to be able to afford the high-end automobiles, and I really enjoy getting to know our customers.

Obviously the folks that are buying these kinds of cars, they’ve negotiated for probably half their lifetimes, so that’s just in their DNA. But I think a lot of people would be surprised to learn they’re not as demanding as you would tend to believe. However, they do expect a higher level of service.

In some ways, we’re kind of a concierge service. Obviously you’ve got to go above and beyond for these folks, whether that means delivering vehicles to their houses or having them on the tarmac when they land if they’re flying in from out of town. Just kind of tailoring their automobiles to their lifestyle.

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Q: Do you get many who are new to the luxury market, or are most already pretty knowledgeable of these cars?

A: Often they know more about the cars than we do. If they haven’t owned one before, their friends have, or they’ve been around them. Most of the time you just don’t go from one day driving a Toyota Camry to buying a Rolls-Royce. It’s usually not the progression. But it does happen. Lottery winners, inheritance, trust funds. You sometimes get the firsttime exotic car buyer. But usually it’s an upgrade, or someone with a lot of wealth adding a new toy.

Q: Is it still mostly men buying these cars, or are you seeing more women now, too?

A: A lot of these guys, their wives enjoy the same stuff they enjoy. But there are plenty of successful women in this area that have car collections that would make most men jealous.

Mike Tomaszewski

Co-owner (with wife Sherri), TA Performance Products 16167 N. 81st Street, Scottsdale

Mike Tomaszewski has built a hugely successful Airpark business out of manufacturing a very specific part for a very specific car: a high-performance intake manifold for the 350-cubic-inch Buick V-8 engine. He built it for his own first car, a 1968 Buick station wagon, that he inherited from his dad, George, that the younger Tomaszewski was determined to turn into a race car. The part was such an innovation over the original factory equipment that the California-based parts supplier that Tomaszewski was buying parts from, Kenny Bell, began ordering hundreds for his nationwide business.

“The first sale went to Kenny Bell,” Tomaszewski says. “He bought a hundred manifolds and I ended up with about $17,000. And from that, I slowly progressed to making other parts. That was back in 1982. And we’ve been in Scottsdale the whole time.”

Today TA Performance Products is still the only manufacturer of the after-market intake manifold available for that engine — which secretly worries the entrepreneur, now 58. “It’s actually brought on some stressful thoughts, because if I cannot sell this business or hand it down to the next generation, I’m also going to be the one to crush it,” he says. “I’ve created a business where anybody on this planet who’s into Buicks and needs a part has to come to us. But if we decide we’d like to

retire and I can’t find somebody to carry it on, we close the doors, and it all ends. Because nobody will ever pick this up.”

Question: How did you come to specialize in Buicks?

Answer: When I was in fourth grade, my father had traded in a 1964 Chevelle and picked us up from grade school in a 1968 Buick station wagon, with a three-speed on the column. He was pretty proud of that. Me, I found the ‘64 Chevelle more attractive. He also had a ‘56 Chevy, which I found much more attractive than a Buick station wagon.

As the years went on and we moved from Chicago to Phoenix, that was the only car we had as a family, and I was going to Chaparral High School and there were days that he allowed me to drive that car to school, so I started working on it. I put a four-barrel carburetor on it and started going to the racetrack in it. At one point we were out at Beeline Dragway and I didn’t come home right away, and my dad realized that he needed a new family car to get to work in. So he went out and bought another car and when I graduated high school, I was really interested in getting a Camaro. But my gift was that Buick station wagon.

Q: What vehicles are currently in your garage at home?

A: As far as old hotrods, I’ve got an ’87 Buick Grand National, which I bought

new. I’ve got an ’87 Buick Turbo Regal, a ’70 Buick Gran Sport, a ’70 Buick GS, a ’68 Buick Riviera. I currently own a ’68 Mustang, and a ’68 Skylark. We have a 2007 Corvette, I have a 1955 Buick Special, all original. And then there’s a couple of cars that belong to my kids — a 1972 Buick GS, and a 1970 Buick Skylark. I also have a few cars in the process of restoration: a ’71 Olds Cutlass convertible SX, a 1972 Buick stage 1 car, and another ’70 Buick GSX. And that’s not even including all the daily driver cars: There’s a couple of Excursions in there, and a ’71 Ford F-350 crew cab Dually, which serves as my tow vehicle. That’s probably the vehicle I actually drive the most.

Q: You could give Jay Leno a run for the money.

A: I think right now in that garage there’s 16 cars, plus jet skis and my enclosed 40-foot trailer. And I have another 1970 Buick GS that was my father’s car. I need to restore that. And of course I still have my ’68 Buick station wagon, which is still my race car.

Q: What would you say is your dream vehicle at the moment?

A: I don’t really have an ideal vehicle. Now (wife and business co-owner) Sherri, on the other hand, might pick a Mercedes, or there’s a Porsche four-door that she likes. I guess if I was going to buy something today that I find interesting, it

would be a new Dodge Challenger. The lines on that car catch my eye, it brings you back to the ’70s, and that’s what I base my business on — the old muscle cars.

Q: What does a typical day look like in your business?

A: Because we’re a mail-order company, we sell products around the world—we ship to Japan, Germany, Denmark, New Zealand, Kuwait — so we have to service these calls as they come in.

Q: What brought you to North Scottsdale? Why did you select the Airpark for your base?

A: I was living in North Scottsdale, and I was running this business out of my garage. As it grew, we started looking for a building around here and met a realtor named Gaylord Greenfield who suggested we build our own instead. I figured having a building by Scottsdale Airport would always be valuable real estate, and at age 26 or 27, I was already looking at my retirement. Sherri was concerned — as a business, we had only made about $40,000 so far — but I told her the building was like a goldfish bowl. If we got a little one, it would only grow so big. But if we took that goldfish and put him in a 10-gallon tank, he’d have more room to grow. This was a bigger fishbowl.

Q: How does Barrett-Jackson and the rest of January’s auto-auction week in Scottsdale impact your business?

A: I purchased one car from there, my son’s ’70 Skylark. It was the first car on the block the year that Barrett-Jackson got flooded out. But how it impacts is we get a customer base that comes into town for these auctions and the traffic pattern increases immensely. So we make new customers and friends during that time — as we also do during the TPC golf tournament. When my three kids were young, they’d come out here and sell parking spots for the golf tournament, and it was good training for working with customers, arranging a sale and managing money. My oldest is now a mechanical engineer for General Dynamics, my middle one is going to grad school to become a sports therapist and my youngest is going to school to become an optometrist. So everything we’ve done here has also redirected goals for our children.

After 16 years in the Airpark,

Revving Up for Success

Russo and Steele shifts gears with move to Salt River Fields

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Russo and Steele Collector Automobile Auctions prides itself on hosting personable events that meld rock concerts, sporting events and “really, really cool” cocktail parties.

But after 16 years in North Scottsdale, Airpark-based Russo and Steele will now rev excitement for collectible cars at the 140-acre Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in January.

“It’s a little more of an enhanced experience for our vendors, consigners and guests alike,” says Darin Roberge, Russo and Steele’s director of marketing and media.

“With Salt River Fields, grass and substantial infrastructure are available to us, which will be nice. Plus, it’s a great location off the 101 and Indian Bend. It offered a lot of bang for us. It put us in a position of continuing to be a premier event for car collectors.”

admission for all five days for the bidder and a guest. For more information, visit russoandsteele.com.

This year, Russo and Steele officials expect more than 50,000 car lovers to attend.

“With Salt River Fields being one of the premier sports and entertainment complexes in the Southwest, we’re expecting record crowds again,” Roberge says.

He understands the appeal of the stadium, the spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, and an Arizona Fall League destination.

The auction, scheduled for Jan. 18-22, features its in-the-round format with more than 800 cars crossing the block. Russo and Steele competes for tourism dollars with a variety of attractions, including the Waste Management Phoenix Open (starts Jan. 30) and Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction (Jan. 14-22).

“We’re very different for a lot of reasons,” Roberge says about Russo and Steele. “We have an open car and camaraderie kind of philosophy to the way we run our events. It’s open for everybody to come down and enjoy the show.

“We also have our propriety auction format—auction in the round with a 360 stadium-style seating setup, which funnels all the energy to the center of the stage. They’re encouraged to get out of their sets and look at the cars up close and personal. They can kick the tires if they really want to -- we prefer that they don’t do that. It’s more of a show than some of our competitors.”

Bidder registration is $200 and includes

“I’ve been doing a lot of meetings out there,” Roberge says. “You get out of your car and the air feels better there. It’s exciting when you’re there for games. You can hear the crack of the bat.

“But even on a Tuesday, it’s very serene and nice. The fields are very well manicured, which is going to work great for us. It’ll provide a premium concours-style environment for our guests to enjoy.”

Roberge adds that he’s heard only positive feedback about the move, which has been called “long term,” although the details have yet to be released.

Russo and Steele

Various times, Wednesday, Jan. 18, to Sunday, Jan. 22.

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 7555 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale 602-252-2697 or russoandsteele.com

Joe Caraway and Kevin Curtis Co-owners,

Rov-N-Techs

15455 N. 83rd Way,

Scottsdale

As master technicians running a shop exclusively dedicated to servicing and customizing Land Rovers, a luxury line of four-wheel-drive vehicles owned by the British brand Jaguar, you might expect co-owners Joe Caraway and Kevin Curtis to each have their own fleets of Land Rovers in their respective garages. But you’d be wrong.

“Actually, we’re both Volkswagen guys,” says Curtis, who says he and Caraway met while they both worked at Land Rover North Scottsdale.

Their mastery of the tricky four-wheeldrive luxury car led to the friends leaving the dealership in 2006 to start their own shop, first in a small building near the Costco off of Hayden Road, and now in larger digs about a block away.

Question: What made you decide to open your business in the Airpark?

Curtis: Most people who own Land Rovers live in this part of the Valley. I commute every day from east Mesa, and you don’t see these cars out there. So we had to put the business where the customers are. Obviously we have to compete with the dealership. We don’t compete with other independent shops because, typically, they won’t work on these cars. They don’t want to mess with them, because they’re so quirky and so unique. They’re not Chevys or Fords, they’re their own beast. So we figured there was a hole in the market. And it’s worked out pretty good for us. It’s just the

two of us. We had another technician, but he only stuck around for about a year. So we try to keep the work flow manageable.

Q: What vehicles are currently in your garage?

Caraway: My favorite car right now is this Model T (he points to a framed photo of an immaculate red Tin Lizzie on his desk), because it has personal significance to me. My grandfather had it in the ’60s and restored it to the condition you see here, but then he sold it and it was kept in a garage for about 30 years. I hired a private detective here in Scottsdale and it took him about 10 days to find it. I had the VIN, and he tracked it down. Originally it wasn’t for sale, but we talked and I struck a deal with the owners. I don’t drive it too much, but it’s drivable. I didn’t need to restore it much.

I’ve also got a 1958 Volkswagen double-cab pickup truck that’s kind of rare. It’s all restored. And I’ve got a Volkswagen Thing (Type 181, manufactured from 1968 to 1983), all original paint and engine.

Curtis: Mainly, we’re Volkswagen guys. That’s how Joe and I started hanging out together. There’s one up here in the shop, that’s a 1953 Volkswagen pickup truck that Joe’s restoring. My favorite car is a Volkswagen 21-window micro bus. As soon as the weather cools down, I’ll take the family out and go cruising in it. There is a Volkswagen Thing that I’m restoring for my youngest son. I did a 1960 Beetle for my oldest son. It took me five years to restore it. I started when he was about 10, and when he turned 16 I asked him if he

wanted the car, but he wasn’t into cars, he’s a computer guy. So he said, ‘No, I’d rather sell it and put the money toward college.’

Q: Do either of you have a dream car you’d still like to own?

Curtis: That Volkswagen bus is my dream car. I’ve always wanted one of those. I actually started my career in England, working at a Land Rover dealership in 1995. I did three years apprenticeship there, but I always wanted a Beetle, so I bought one in England and restored it, then I moved here in 1997.

Caraway: I’m a fan of the early Volkswagen buses, too. They can just get so expensive they get out of our league. My dad had a VW shop when I was a kid, had that for about 30 years. So I grew up around them.

Q: What attracts you both to the VW bus?

Curtis: Just the simplicity of it. It’s so much fun to drive. They’re not fast, they don’t drive well, but they’re so much fun. Life slows down when you drive it.

This is my daily driver right here (pointing to a recent model Volkswagen in the garage). You get in that and cruise the 101 at crazy speeds. But you can’t drive fast in the bus. You have to slow everything down and take the time. It’s just nice, it’s a different experience.

Q: What were your first cars?

Caraway: My first car was a 1976 Mercury Cougar, a big boat.

Curtis: Mine was a 1976 Ford Escort, which I eventually crashed into the back of a London bus. But that just gave me an excuse to buy my first Beetle! 

Grand Prix of Scottsdale evokes a bit of Monaco and the Roaring ’20s

By Alison Stanton

Forty open-wheel race cars zipping along the streets of Old Town Scottsdale. A two-day “Great Gatsby”-inspired lawn party, featuring guests in period clothing from the Roaring ’20s. A mustache and beard contest with prizes for the best facial hair. These are just a few of the many highlights of the second annual Grand Prix of Scottsdale, November 4-6.

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Napoleon Smith III, among the principals of the Grand Prix, says last year’s event was so successful and fun that he and the others who produced it will offer an even bigger and better version this year.

“The race is free to the public, and more streets are closed for this than any other event in Scottsdale,” Smith says.

Southwest Human Development, an event partner this year, hosts several Gatsby-theme charity events during the weekend; including a Friday night kickoff black-tie Gatsby Under the Stars Gala and two-day Gatsby Lawn Party, on Saturday and Sunday.

Jake Adams, chief development officer at Southwest Human Development, says he and the organization, the state’s largest non-profit dedicated to early-childhood development, got to know Smith last year, when the non-profit was the beneficiary of a silent auction.

“Last year, there was a party before the race, but it was not a full affair and spread like it will be this time, and we didn’t have a gala or lawn party last year,” Adams says.

“We had stayed in touch with Napoleon, and in the early spring of this year we spoke with him and said there is so much that needs to be done with this year’s Grand Prix. We wanted to take on the organization and planning of the parties.”

The timing for Southwest Human Development to help the Grand Prix also

was perfect. Although non-profits often are involved with hosting traditional galas, Adams says there is not another opportunity like this during the fall.

“This event is so different and so unique, it was a no-brainer that we would be part of it,” Adams says.

As for the Roaring ’20s theme, Adams says he, Smith and the others involved in planning the weekend wanted to bring people back to a time when everyone was

having a wonderful time, the economy was great and life was fantastic.

History of Grand Prix of Scottsdale

Looking back a couple of years, Smith says his desire to be a race-car driver—even if only for a day—inspired him to bring Monaco-style racing to Scottsdale.

Smith, who was one of the executive producers of the 2014 movie “Teenage

Grand Prix of Scottsdale Event

highlights

Gatsby Under the Stars Gala: 7-11 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4. Those who attend are encouraged to wear period, black-tie optional attire. Enjoy 1920s-era music from the band Big Lucky. Dance the Charleston, Black Bottom and Shimmy, and sip classic cocktails. Scottsdale Waterfront, 7124 E. Stetson Dr., Scottsdale. Tickets start at $100.

Gatsby Lawn Party: 1-6 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, and Sunday, Nov. 6. Dance to the live 1920stheme music at the Soleri Bridge along the Scottsdale Waterfront. Classic 1920s-theme cocktails will be served, along with samples from 40-plus wine, craft beer and restaurant tasting booths. The 2016 Mr. ’Stache Competition is 2:30 p.m. Saturday. Tickets start at $40.

Grand Prix of Scottsdale: 11 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 6. Scottsdale Waterfront, 7124 E. Stetson Dr., Scottsdale. Free to attend.

For more information on the Grand Prix of Scottsdale or to purchase tickets, visit http:// grandprixscottsdale.com. For more information on Southwest Human Development, visit www.swhd.org.

Mutant Ninja Turtles,” says after he finished working on the film he started looking for something fun to do in Scottsdale.

“I was talking with some of my friends, and we were saying how cool it would be if we could race cars through Old Town Scottsdale as thousands of people cheered us on,” Smith says.

Since Smith says he and his buddies realized they were probably not ever going to have careers as actual race-car drivers, they took matters into their own hands.

Smith helped found Vintage Kart Company in Mesa, a business that builds cigar-shaped cars that look like vintage racers from the olden racing days of Monaco. The cars can go as fast as 40 mph and are about 8 feet long.

After speaking with Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane and explaining their hopes to host the first-ever Grand Prix of Scottsdale, Smith says he and his friends got the green flag.

“When we went to visit with the mayor, we brought along one of the cars. Once he sat in the car he was sold on it,” Smith says.

Smith says he and his friends were so busy at last year’s Grand Prix that they never actually got the chance to race the cars.

This year will be different, Smith says, adding that he and his buddies will get at least an hour to race along the closed-off streets, fulfilling their boyhood

dreams of being race-car drivers.

In all, Smith says more than 200 drivers will take turns at the wheels of the 40 cars, with about six drivers making up each team.

“Driving these 1920s-style race cars will allow average people the chance to do something that has always been on their bucket list,” Smith says.

Plenty to do, see, and enjoy

Adams says he has been delighted by the outpouring of local restaurant owners who wanted to be part of the Grand Prix of Scottsdale.

For example, he says the Gala will include tasty selections from Tarbell’s, Marcellino’s and Casablanca Lounge, and Nothing Bundt Cake, DK Dogs, Vanilla Swirl and POBoyz Lobster Rolls will be on hand at the Lawn Party on Saturday.

Sunday’s Lawn Party will feature Pizzeria Bianco, DK Dogs, Nothing Bundt Cake and many others, Adams says.

Adams and others from Southwest Human Development have had a great time planning and organizing many of the events that are part of the Grand Prix.

“We are having an absolute blast,” he says. “We have made new connections, and it’s just been incredible.”

For the thousands of people who are expected to attend, Adams says they will do much more than enjoy a Roaring ’20s experience and cheer on their favorite racers.

They will also contribute in a tangible way to the work that Southwest Human Development does every day.

“We help parents with young kids to age 5. We have 40 programs and 900 people on staff, and we help 135,000 kids and families every year,” Adams says, adding that among the many things the non-profit does is distribute thousands of books to neighborhoods where kids don’t usually have access to reading material.

“We teach parents the importance of reading to their kids every single day, and we also have a helpline that is free to anyone in the state that offers help to any family with kids from birth to 5.”

Adams says he is grateful to Smith and Southwest Human Development for their planning.

“We are humbled by the opportunity and excited to put on a really good party and enjoy the whole 1920s Grand Prix experience. But at the end of the day, we could not do this without the great work that everyone is doing,” Adams says. 

SPEED NEED FOR

Scottsdale's Valerie Thompson is now the world's fastest female motorcycle racer at 304 mph

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Valerie Thompson was a frequent motorcycle street racer until one of her friends suggested she take it to the racetrack.

“A few months later, we did just that,” says the 49-year-old Scottsdale resident, who calls Scottsdale Road her beginner’s track.

It’s not recommended – in fact it’s not even legal, unless you’re in the Grand Prix of Scottsdale – but there’s been no looking back.

When it comes to “what they’re driving,” what she drives now isn’t seen on the streets of Scottsdale among the Ferraris and Maseratis.

Known as “America’s Queen of Speed,” Thompson had been drag racing motorcycles on quarter-mile tracks throughout the United States in the All Harley Drag Racing Association and NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Series since she switched careers from banking in 2006.

“When I started, I didn’t know how to race,” she says. “I just saw it on TV or went to a few NHRA events. I never thought I would be racing. I picked it up pretty well, though.”

Now, she’s a seven-time motorcycle land-speed record holder.

And on Sept. 1, Thompson piloted her flame-red "7" Racing Team streamliner to a blistering 304 mph run at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Bonneville, Utah, becoming

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She had set her sixth land-speed record in 2014 with a run of 208.71 mph and became one of few female members in the ECTA 200 MPH Club. Thompson is also part of the Red Hat of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club, of which there are 24 females out of 730 members at Bonneville.

“I was very intimidated and very nervous,” she says of her entry into racing. “I asked a lot of questions. People came up

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Now that her season has wrapped, Thompson is seeking sponsors for next year, which runs from March to November. She is the first female to appear on the cover of “Iron Roads” magazine and was named Person of the Week on Dragbike.com.

Thompson has inspired filmmakers, authors and songwriters, too, having appeared in documentaries, Discovery Channel programs and a GoDaddy Super Bowl commercial. Her racing gear is on display at the Hopkins BMW Motorcycle Museum in Highland, Maryland.

Traditional upbringing

Thompson had a “traditional upbringing” in Washington state, with her mom and father, who worked in construction. She chose to be a banker, like her aunt, working in the field for 13 years before losing her job.

“I got laid off and that’s when I really, truly had to consider, ‘What does Valerie want to do going forward? What does she really want to do with her life?’” Thompson says rhetorically.

“I could have easily returned to banking. I did a lot of things in my 13 years. It was one of my favorite jobs ever—until I started doing this.”

Arizona was familiar territory for her. Even though she lived in Washington, she would head to Scottsdale for Arizona Bike Week annually.

She rented a house with friends after shipping her bikes

here. She threw in the towel in December 2004 and moved to Arizona permanently.

She took baby steps into racing professionally.

“I started officially in 2006,” Thompson says. “It’s been on and off due to sponsorship. This is my full-time job. When I didn’t have a sponsor, it was tough as far as not being out there and racing. I’d watch it on TV and then I’d pick up a sponsor and go race. I did ask myself if I was doing this for the right reasons.”

She’s quick to justify that she is.

“The biggest reason why I’m so successful is I put my heart and soul into all of this,” Thompson says. ‘I don’t give up.

"I have a great team behind me. It helps me look good. They help push my buttons and my limits.”

That includes her land speed-racing team, which she created in 2012.

Her family is relatively supportive.

“Over time, they’ve become more accepting,” she says. “My dad doesn’t really like to hear me talk about 300 mph.

"I told him, ‘Well, you better get used to 300. I’m going to try to get to 400 next year.’”

She gives the same advice to fledgling racers that she once received.

“Be calm and carry on,” she says. “You need to breathe and relax.

"Those are the two pieces of advice that went a long way for me. I’m under so much stress launching a motorcycle that the smallest piece of advice goes far.

“I’m putting my life on the line going 300 mph,” she says. “But I can’t get rid of the adrenaline. It’s like a drug.”

Information: valeriethompsonracing.com. 

Reaching heights new

Mid-rise among final stages coming to Scottsdale Quarter

By Shelley Gillespie

Don’t start packing to move into the last luxury tower of Scottsdale Quarter just yet.

Although preliminary work is under way on a dirt lot on the eastern edge of Scottsdale Quarter for the eight-story tower, Block L, neither the developer nor the city could provide a potential completion date.

And project officials have not shared many specifics of their plans.

Paperwork originally was filed by WP Glimcher, which is now under the corporate umbrella of Washington Prime.

“Unfortunately and per our corporate office, we are not able to release any information at this point,” according to Alison Goodman, Washington Prime marketing director.

In a zoning entitlement document being considered by Scottsdale, the development is detailed as having six stories of luxury-residential units above retail stores and office space on the first two levels.

There are to be two levels of parking below grade, and two levels above grade. Landscaping and architectural masking will hide the above-ground portion to integrate it with the whole building’s look.

Project plans call for 300 luxury apartments, including 52 studios, 114 one bedrooms, 128 two bedrooms and six threebedroom units.

Block L originally included a hotel, but that is no longer included in the plans, according to Scottsdale senior planner Bryan Cluff.

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With the hotel removed, the residential space now totals 512,277 square feet, an increase of 102,455.

In keeping with Scottsdale’s requirements for height and appearance, Block L will be no higher than 90 feet with setback required above the 60-foot level on the public street side.

Complying with the Green Building Program for energy efficiency, project developers will include plans required at the permitting stage.

Block L, the final building in the Scottsdale Quarter, the Airpark area’s largest shopping and dining development, is bounded by Greenway-Hayden Loop on the north, East Butherus Drive on the south, North 73rd Street on the east, and North 73rd Place on the west.

Popular retailers and restaurants among 80 businesses in the Scottsdale Quarter include American Girl, Urban Outfitters, Restoration Hardware, True Food Kitchen and Zinburger.

Lennar is the residential developer of record.

Nelsen Partners, Inc. is the architect for the project. In its portfolio are many Arizona projects, including mixed-use projects like Kierland Commons just across the street from Scottsdale Quarter and Biltmore Fashion Park. 

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and the Civic Center Mall. Among his other projects were the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (1975) and the Scottsdale Conference Resort (now the Scottsdale Resort at McCormick Ranch – 1976).

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Scottsdale always A-mazing

City accumulates awards, accolades, acclaim

By Joan Fudala

The month of Thanksgiving seems an appropriate time to count our blessings, and Scottsdale’s cup continues to runneth over. Residents and visitors alike appreciate the perpetual sunny skies, beautiful Sonoran Desert landscape, cleanliness, safety, parks and open space, resort lifestyle and countless other amenities that Scottsdale offers. Throughout Scottsdale’s brief but rich history, the community has been recognized with many prestigious awards and accolades that attest to the city’s cachet.

Consider just a few highlights:

• During World War II, the small, unincorporated town of Scottsdale was recognized as having the highest per capita purchase of war bonds in the U.S.

• Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt recognized Scottsdale as an up-and-coming arts and crafts center. After visiting the then-new Arizona Craftsmen center at Brown Avenue and Main Street in March 1946, she glowingly described its art and artisans in her nationally-syndicated “May Day” newspaper column.

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Valley Forward bestowed its Crescodia Award for Environmental Excellence for the Soleri Bridge on the Arizona Canal, designed by the late, Scottsdale-based artist/ architect Paolo Soleri.

• In 1962, the City Council passed one of the nation’s strictest sign ordinances in order to preserve Scottsdale’s scenic beauty. In 1966, Valley Beautiful Citizens Council, Inc. honored Scottsdale for its ‘reasonable control of signs and billboards.’

• The Central Arizona Chapter, American Institute of Architects gave first- place honors in 1968 to architect Bennie Gonzales for design of Scottsdale’s City Hall. In 1969 the Western Mountain Region, AIA honored Gonzales for design of Scottsdale’s Civic Center Mall.

• The National Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Scottsdale as a Tree City USA since 1983.

• The U.S. Conference of Mayors bestowed its highest zhonor, “Most Livable City” on Scottsdale in 1993, particularly citing plans to turn the Arizona Canal bank into a multi-use destination, on-going downtown redevelopment and the successful 1989 bond program.

• In 1997, U.S. Vice President Al Gore awarded the City of Scottsdale the “Hammer Award” for its innovative workplace safety program.

• In 2000 the American Society of Landscape Architects presented its Medallion Award to Scottsdale for the Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt Flood Control Project,

calling it “one of the finest people places in the country.”

• The Robb Report named Scottsdale as America’s “Best Place to Live for Golf” in 2002.

• Sports Illustrated and the National Recreation and Park Association selected one community in each state as its “Sportstown;” honoring Scottsdale as Arizona’s best sports location in 2004.

• Since its creation in 1994, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve and its chief support organization the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, have received many local, regional and national awards for environmental advocacy, design and stewardship, bestowed by Valley Forward/Arizona Forward, AIA, Arizona Disability Advocacy Coalition, U.S. Green Building Council, Cultural Landscape Foundation, Sunset Magazine and others.

• The Soleri Bridge over the Arizona Canal

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Since its creation in 1994, the McDowell Sonoran Preserve and its stewardship organization the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy have received many regional and national awards.

received Valley Forward’s Crescordia Award for Environmental Excellence in 2011.

• Livibility.com named Scottsdale “Most Romantic City” in the U.S. in 2013; Yahoo! Travel listed Scottsdale among the top 10 cities for dating in 2012.

• In 2013, the real estate blog Movoto.com listed Scottsdale as the 44th most “saintly” city. The blog also listed Scottsdale among the safest cities in the U.S. in 2014.

• Google ranked Scottsdale as Arizona’s “eCity” in 2013.

• MyLife.com ranked Scottsdale as the best city to raise children in 2014.

• Scottsdale was named among the “Best Run Cities in America” in 2014 and 2013 by 24/7 Wall St.

Readers named Scottsdale Stadium a top sports spot in a recent New Times survey. The stadium hosts the San Francisco Giants for spring training, the Scottsdale Scorpions (shown here) during MLB’s Arizona Fall League and numerous other events..

Since opening in January 2015, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West has garnered many awards, includingTrue West’s Top Western Art Museum in the U.S. and Arizona Forward’s 2016 Crescordia Award for Environmental Excellence. Joan Fudala photo

• In 2014 Chaparral High School was ranked 22nd in the nation by Newsweek magazine; in 2015 the magazine recognized Desert Mountain and Arcadia High Schools as top high schools in the U.S. Bestschools.org named Cherokee Elementary School the 13th best elementary school in the nation.

• The American Automobile Association has consistently honored Scottsdale area resorts and restaurants with its prestigious five diamonds. Current 5-diamond properties include the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon North, The Canyon Suites at The Phoenician and The Phoenician.

• “Cure Corridor” anchors Mayo Clinic and HonorHealth are consistently rated as top health care systems in local, regional and national rankings.

• During the past year, Scottsdale has been named:

F Among the top 50 best places to live by Time magazine

F Number One community for an active lifestyle by WalletHub.

WalletHub named Scottsdale 10th on its list of U.S. cities that excel in taking care of its neighbors and as a caring community. For example, residents, businesses, churches and civic organizations donate thousands of non-perishable food items annually to Vista Del Camino’s food bank. Joan Fudala photo

F Number Ten U.S. city for taking care of neighbors by WalletHub.

F Fourth best mid-sized city for millennials (those born after 1982) to both live and vacation, according to travel research website Gogobot.

F Third best for recreation and parks among the 100 largest U.S. cities according to WalletHub.

F Scottsdale’s Museum of the West has earned numerous honors during its inaugural year, including True West Magazine’s “Top Western Art Museum in the Country” and Arizona Forward’s 2016 Crescordia Award for environmental excellence.

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F Number 10 among America’s most fun cities, as ranked by WalletHub.

F Among the top 10 cities (outside Silicon Valley and New York) to found a startup company as ranked by DataFox Digest

F The New Times “Best of Arizona” listed Scottsdale Stadium and the TPC Golf Course as tops in sports facilities in its annual readers’ survey.

F Number Two place in the U.S. to retire, as ranked by WalletHub.

• Scottsdale is home to the world’s largest collector-car auction, the BarrettJackson Auto Auction; the largest golf tournament on the PGA tour, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; Scottsdale Stadium has hosted the San Francisco Giants spring training since 1982, with the Giants winning the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014.

• If these accolades are not enough to dazzle the most cynical resident, how about the fact that we don’t need snow

shovels, snow tires or snow plows; we don’t have parking meters; we don’t have downtown canyons of skyscrapers; we don’t have to constantly rake leaves every autumn and no one suffers from “SADD” – that seasonally induced, continuous gray-day syndrome.

• And how about those glorious sunsets, the smell of creosote after a monsoon rain, the meteor showers and star-lit sky on a clear night, friendly citizens, a plethora of civic organizations that

welcome newcomers, a commitment to environmental and historic preservation while embracing change, great libraries and public facilities, citizen involvement and innovation, a health and fitness-oriented lifestyle, family-friendly activities, life-long learning opportunities, great shopping and public art throughout the city…and the list goes on and on. Here’s a toast to Scottsdale…historically the best place on earth to live, work, play, shop, raise a family, learn, retire and visit.

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Slingin’ more than hash

Unique menu, healthy dose of fun on tap at Hash Kitchen in Airpark

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Since Joey Maggiore was 11 years old, his father stressed that fantastic service and good food are the cornerstones of successful restaurants.

Maggiore and his wife, Cristina, have taken that to heart with The Hash Kitchen, Creative Breakfast and Bar in The Shops at Gainey Village. An additional location is opening at 14832 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., as part of the 1-year-old Airparkbased Maggiore Culinary Concepts.

"We took a corporate space at 82nd and Frank Lloyd Wright, so I drive in that area every day," Maggiore says. "There are so many people there. That spot became available and I said I would love to take it.”

The 4,800-square-foot space will seat 160 guests with a lounge, an indoor-andoutdoor bar area with an open-air dining option and their trademark Build-YourOwn Bloody Mary bar.

“That’s one of our signatures right there,” he says. “We have 50 toppings. On the weekend, we have meatballs, fried mozzarella, fried raviolis and mini corn dogs. People get crazy with Bloody Marys. We move 500 to 600 on Saturdays and Sundays. We have a DJ, who is fun but he’s not

overwhelmingly loud. It’s an upbeat vibe.”

All age groups, he says, love the DJs.

“We get some ladies in walkers who just love it,” he says. “If there’s a crazy wait, at least you can come in, listen to music, have a Bloody Mary or mimosa.

“We train our staff to treat this like a house party. Every table must be a member of your family. We strive to do that. Everybody must show off their personality. You must be yourself, your own personality. If I tell them how to be, then we’re all robots.”

In his blood

Maggiore has been in the kitchen since he was 11, when he cut bread during the holiday season. At 18, he attended culinary school, but left halfway through it to work full time for his father, Tomaso Maggiore. Tomaso established Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant in the Camelback Corridor in 1977.

“I then had the opportunity to go to California and open a restaurant,” Maggiore says. “My first restaurant was on Coronado Island. It was a small bistro on Orange Avenue. I was there for seven years, before I sold it to the owners of Miracle Mile Deli.

That was my first jump in my own business.

“We’ve had our ups and down, but it’s become such a passion in my heart that I have to keep going. I was surrounded by the restaurant business. It was forced onto me, then I loved it.”

The family’s restaurant lineup also boasts award-winning dining destinations in Scottsdale and San Diego, including Tommy V’s Urban Kitchen and Bar, Vivo! Ristorante and Hogs N’ Hops BBQ.

The Hash Kitchen’s original location, which took over the space from the family’s Cuttlefish Ocean Kitchen, has proven to be successful, thanks to the couple and Tomaso Maggiore.

“With my father in the restaurant business, Italian restaurants have been our whole lives,” Maggiore says. “My backbone is in the kitchen. To see someone smile when they eat, that makes it all worthwhile for us. We’re fun, upbeat, different than the traditional breakfast house. Everyone can cook eggs. We wanted to do it our style.”

The Hash Kitchen was the first brunchcentric restaurant of Maggiore Culinary

Concepts. A restaurant career has been “rewarding and tough” for Maggiore.

“I thought, ‘I hate this. You’re crazy.’ Then I was moved up to dishwasher and I’d say ‘Yay!’ It’s tough work, but the passion came to me. With the restaurant business, you must have this passion. I get up every morning excited to create menus, excited to work, and that’s a good thing.”

As executive chef, Maggiore created the menu at The Hash Kitchen, which offers nontraditional hashes, eggs benedict, frittatas, scramblers, pancakes and waffles. For lunch, The Hash Kitchen serves the likes of crab rolls ($16), Cubano sandwiches ($14) and blackened salmon salads ($15).

“We do all of our own menu development in all of our restaurants,” he says. “My favorite part is cooking. Everything’s been done in the restaurant business, but when you can put your own spin on it and change classic dishes to what you do, that’s the real art.”

Maggiore has a favorite dish, but was apprehensive about another.

“Cristina’s tamale cakes,” he says without hesitation about the dish that comes with a poached egg. “I love the sweet corn cakes. I used to go to Mexican places and eat it all the time.

“I’m not a French toast fan at all, but the coconut

French toast, when I tried it, I said, ‘Wait, I really like this.’ It was one of the dishes that really stuck with me when we were creating the menu. The carnitas hash was another one. It’s a fun play on hash. But our lemon and ricotta pancakes, that’s our signature.”

His goal with all of his restaurants is to create something unique.

“You don’t want to be the horses in the races,” he says, fashioning his hands in the shape of blinders. “I want customers to walk away, see and feel different things.”

Going forward, The Hash Kitchen is slated to expand again early next year, at 44th Street and Indian School in Arcadia, and another Tomasso’s at Pinnacle Peak and Scottsdale roads.

The Hash Kitchen on Frank Lloyd Wright is designed with the Bloody Mary bar attached to the regular bar, to expedite customer service.

“It’s so hard to staff one spot,” he says. “It’s harder for the servers to go back and forth. We’re going to more of an upbeat vibe, with chalk art, which is tasteful. The lighting is a little different. There are a lot of booths.

“Everyone loves booths. We have twice as many booths. We have a nice patio outside. The awning will not be ready for 100 days, but we have umbrellas ready. It’s a fun, fun space.” 

Upcoming headliner events around the Airpark

Annual polo party rides into WestWorld Horses and horsepower return bigger, badder and better than ever Nov. 5 for the 6th annual Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championship at WestWorld.

Last year, the Scottsdale Polo Championships drew more than 12,000 fans, the biggest crowd in the country for a two-day polo event, enjoying the four-match showdown.

Known as at “The World’s Greatest Polo Party,” the Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships: Horses & Horsepower lives up to its moniker with its many lifestyle events, among them:

• Sneak peak of the 2017 Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show during “Stomping of the Divots” at halftime.

• The “World’s Longest Catwalk,” presented by “Phoenix Fashion Week.”

• Sneak preview of the 2017 Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction, along with 200 other exotic collector cars on display.

• Afternoon Tea presented by the Phoenician.

• The World’s Most Beautiful Art & Luxury Auction.

• The Canine Couture: A dog fashion show like no other.

• The World’s Most Beautiful Women of American Polo Sunset Match.

• Furry attendees courtesy of the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center.

VIP treatment and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot for all table pu • rchases in the Molina, Barrett-Jackson, and ArtPolo Auction Pavilion tents.

• Hole in One Contest brought to you by Troon Golf.

• The Cultural Concert is making its debut, featuring the Arizona Opera, the Scottsdale Philharmonic, Grammy performer Maestro Hughes, and AZ’s hottest hip hop artist.

Of course, the heart of it all is the polo. La Jolla Polo Team faces Polo Azteca at 10:30 a.m., followed by Palm Springs Polo Team vs. Scottsdale All-Stars at 12:30 p.m.; Aspen Valley Polo Club vs. Palm Beach Polo Team at 2:30 p. m., and the Sunset Polo Match featuring the Most Beautiful Women in Polo, Six Returning Favorites of The Polo Party at 4:30 p.m.

Information, including tent, ticket and table options: www.ThePoloParty.com.

Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce 31st Annual Sterling Awards

The 31st annual Sterling Awards, the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce’s marquee event, is 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 at the Embassy Suites Scottsdale, 5001 N. Scottsdale Road.

The Sterling Awards embody the spirit of the organization by celebrating the people and companies that make the community a great place to live, work and play.

The prestigious Sterling Award is one of the most coveted business awards in the Valley, with a rigorous application, judging and selection process.

Four teams of six judges each conduct an initial review of all applications and narrow the field to three finalists in each category.

Once the finalists are identified, the judging teams visit those companies to conduct a personal interview and get a behind-the-scenes look at the operations.

Once that step is complete, each judge independently casts a set of points for the finalists based on their embodiment of the award criteria. The points are tallied and the results remain secret until the day of the event.

Only members of the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce are eligible to apply for the Sterling Award.

Admission is $95 for member individual, $115 for non-member individual, $800 for a half corporate table and $1,500 for a corporate table of 10. No refunds will be issued within 48 hours of the event. 

Information: Anna Mineer, 480-355-2708.

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HTalking Tourism

By Rachel Sacco, President & CEO, Experience Scottsdale

ere in Scottsdale, we live in a desert. It’s dry, dangerous and hot – sometimes even scorching.

But it’s also lush, stunning and completely unique.

There’s no denying our Sonoran Desert environment. So why not embrace it?

That right there is the foundation of Experience Scottsdale’s new advertising campaign, Absolutely Scottsdale. And you read that right – Experience Scottsdale is the new company name for the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Our name may have changed, but our mission has not. We’re still dedicated to promoting and marketing Scottsdale as a world-class destination to

potential visitors around the world.

But to successfully lure in those tourists, we’re redefining how we promote our destination. With a new name comes a new brand and that aforementioned new ad campaign.

In 2015, Experience Scottsdale embarked on a rebranding initiative to better appeal to current and future travelers. Over the course of 18 months, we took a hard look at visitor perceptions of Scottsdale. Our extensive research showed us that Scottsdale’s ideal visitor desires to escape the stress of everyday life. They want a combination of adventure and relaxation.

We hope to tell Scottsdale’s authentic story to travelers with our new brand, Ef-

fortless Revitalization. With Effortless Revitalization, we highlight the moments and emotions awaiting Scottsdale visitors of all ages. Scottsdale’s desert setting and stirring beauty offer travelers an indulgent getaway that promises relaxation, excitement and discovery. It leaves them feeling effortlessly revitalized.

That’s our story, and we plan to tell it through all of our marketing and messaging. We’re starting that marketing with our Absolutely Scottsdale campaign. Through print and digital advertisements and a television commercial, we will give audiences a sense of place. They’ll be placed right in the pool, on the dance floor, and in the desert. We’re tapping into our desert setting for the ad campaign as we strive to change perceptions of the Sonoran Desert by showcasing it as a hot and untamed environment –literally and figuratively.

At this point, you may be asking yourself, “But what about all the other things that make Scottsdale so special? Our art and culture, our Western history, our golf and spa?”

Through consumer focus groups and surveys, we learned that we need to provide inspiration in the traveler decision journey without showing every facet of the destination. Audiences are advertising-savvy and sensitive to being shown too much. There’s backlash to the “something for everyone” approach.

However, there is a place in our initiatives to tell the full, complete story of Scottsdale. We’re thrilled to continue promoting Scottsdale’s diverse, rich amenities on our website, through social media, and through public relations efforts.

But in our advertising, we are narrowing our focus and communicating a clear point of view. Our research revealed that the Sonoran Desert is what differentiates us from our competitors. We can accomplish our goal to motivate travelers by showing beautiful and inspiring images of the desert.

Join us in embracing Scottsdale’s desert environment. It’s adventurous. It’s relaxing. And it’s absolutely Scottsdale.

If you’d like to learn more about our new brand and ad campaign, as well as the research behind each, visit www.ExperienceScottsdale. com/Brand. 

Rachel Sacco is president/ CEO of Experience Scottsdale, which is responsible for marketing the Scottsdale area as a premier travel and meetings destination to national and international leisure visitors, travel agents, tour operators and meeting planners.

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AIs economy slouching toward market collapse?

By Thomas K. Brueckner, CLTC

s we approach the fourth quarter of 2016, I can’t remember the last time the stock market has faced more ominous obstacles in the closing weeks of a largely Fed-engineered bull market.

Not even in 2000 or 2007 did we have so much data standing in opposition to a market that just didn’t seem to want to face reality.

You may recall that this year three major brokerage firms called for a significant selloff of “cataclysmic” proportions, exhorting their clients to “sell everything, except high quality bonds.”

In my 27 years managing money, I’ve never seen even one similar warning issued by such firms.

Here is just a partial list of the economic and geopolitical obstacles currently facing this nearly 8- year-old bull market:

• According to FactSet S&P 500 earnings are falling at the fastest rate since The Great Recession, and the third quarter marked the first time the index has seen six consecutive quarters of year-over-year declines since 2009.

• U.S. commercial bankruptcies are soaring, up 38% from a year ago, the 11th month in a row of increases.

• Factory orders have plunged for the 22nd

month in a row, the longest streak in U.S. history, and one which has always, without exception, coincided with a recession.

• In the last 60 years, the U.S. economy has never suffered such a long contraction in core durable goods orders (also 22

months) without officially being in recession.

• Since 2014, the U.S. has added 540,000 waiters and bartenders, while losing 37,000 manufacturing workers.

• The Euro Bank Crisis of 2016 continues, with share prices of many of Europe’s biggest banks down 20-60%, and shares of Monte dei Paschi Di Siena, a bank whose roots date to 1472, down a whopping 90% now. Think about that: Of all of the economic events—wars, famine, conquests—of the last 544 years, none has had as devastating an impact on this bank as the current banking climate in Europe.

• The GDP of 15 of the G-20 countries is showing average growth of only 0.47%, hovering just above recessionary levels. Even Germany, the largest and strongest economy of the Eurozone, has a GDP of only 0.4%.

• Existing home sales stumbled in August and September as inventory dwindled further. In key regions of the country, some homes have been on the market more than 200 days, usually a sign of a market anticipating further price reduc-

tions amid a slowing economy, and often a precursor to recession.

• Wall Street’s IPO (initial public offering) business is now the worst in 20 years, according to the Wall Street Journal, primarily due to low interest rates and cheaply available capital. As of last week, only 68 companies have gone public this year compared to 138 in 2015, a drop of 62% from the same period the year prior.

• Billionaire investors are delivering dire warnings of a pending sell-off with many saying that the risks are so much more on the down side, adding, “We’ve never been in a world like this.” These include Ray Dalio, Paul Singer, Carl Icahn, Sam Zell, George Soros, Stanley Druckenmiller, Jefferey Gundlach and Robert Citrone.

At the Fed’s most recent Open Market Committee meeting last month, nine out of 12 Fed presidents lobbied to raise rates immediately, yet these were overruled by Janet Yellen, making it all the more probable that a second 0.25% rate hike will finally be announced at the December meeting. If that hike is rued with the same intensity on Wall

Street as last December’s rate hike of the same amount, we’re looking at a potentially massive sell-off taking us officially into bear-market territory.

When one considers that we now are well past the midpoint of the eighth year of a bull market largely of the Fed’s creation, when the average duration of a bull market is 3.7 years, it’s not hard to surmise what is coming. Add in the unknowns of the election this month coupled with the continued erosion of the economic data listed above, and any prudent investor/observer would be wise to be cautious, take profits, and prepare for the coming storm.

We’ve seen this dozens of times before, and the story always has the same ending, however some might delude themselves into believing that this time is different.

Thomas K. Brueckner, CLTC, is President/CEO of Strategic Asset Conservation in Scottsdale, a conservative wealth management firm with clients in 18 states and 6 countries. He is a 2011 Advisor of the Year national finalist, a radio talkshow host and an Arizona Premier Financial Advisor. Reach him at www.go2knight.com.

By Stephen A. Cross, CCIM

The types of commercial lease rates 3

Commercial lease rates are quoted as full service, or triple net, or industrial or modified gross.

They vary according to how much of the building’s operating and/or occupancy expenses are included in the base rental rate. Operating expenses typically consist of property taxes, casualty insurance and common-area maintenance costs. Occupancy expenses include utility and janitorial expenses, but not telecommunications costs.

Full service, also known as “gross”: In a fullservice lease, typical of Class A and B multi-tenant office and medical properties, the building’s operating and occupancy expenses are included in the base rental rate.

Of note is that this type of lease generally references a base year, generally the first year of the lease term, which establishes the amount of operating/occupancy expenses included in the base rental rate. In subsequent years, tenants pay, as additional rent, a pro-rata share of any increases

in the operating/occupancy expenses. Insight: I suggest setting an annual cap on the amount that controllable operating/ occupancy expenses can increase, and specify that property management is a controllable expense.

Triple net: Most industrial and retail properties, as well as office and medical buildings that are separately metered, are commonly leased on a triple-net basis, I which the tenant is charged a base rental rate plus a pro-rata share of the operating expenses of the building plus all of its occupancy costs. The term NNN derives its name from the three things that are not included as part of the base rent (i.e., property taxes, casualty insurance and common area maintenance. Insight: The acronym CAM is sometimes used interchangeably with NNN, but these terms are not the same. Therefore, when discussing the total costs of occupancy, tenants are cautioned to confirm the components and amounts of each of the NNN expenses, as

I suggest setting an annual cap on the amount that controllable operating/occupancy expenses can increase, and specify that property management is a controllable expense.

well as estimates of typical electrical, water, gas and janitorial costs.

Industrial, or modified, gross: In an industrial, or modified, gross lease, the tenant pays a base rate plus some of the operating expenses, as well as its cost of utilities and janitorial services. When evaluating an industrial/modified gross lease, make certain you clearly understand which operating expenses are included in the base rental rate, which are not and the estimated amounts of each. Insight: Some landlords now add a surcharge for water, sewer and trash to industrial/modified gross leases, which can easily increase the total rental costs by 5 to 15%.

Regardless of the name that the landlord or listing agent/broker uses to describe the lease rate, the challenge that tenants have is to independently confirm which operating and/or occupancy expenses will be assessed in addition to the base rent, and then compare and contrast the out-the-door, all-inclusive prices of competing properties. 

Stephen A. Cross, CCIM, owns CROSS Commercial Realty Advisors and advocates exclusively for tenants and buyers. He can be contacted at 480-998-7998 or steve@crossrealty.com.

OSHA’s new post-accident reporting rule impacts drug testing

By Charitie Hartsig Senior Attorney, Nussbaum Gillis & Dinner, P.C.

Requirements change for recording workplace injuries and illnesses; new right to report free from retaliation; curtailment of drug testing

With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Under OSHA law, employers are responsible for providing a safe and healthful workplace for their workers. OSHA covers most private-sector employers and workers in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and other U.S. jurisdictions, either directly through federal OSHA or through an OSHAapproved state plan. Arizona is covered under an OSHA-approved state plan.

Every year, millions of workers suffer serious job-related injuries and illnesses. Among other mandates, OSHA requires that covered employers keep accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses. For decades, OSHA has required employers to keep track of the workers’ injuries and illnesses by recording them in an OSHA log.

Under a final rule, codified at C.F.R. § 1904 (the “Final Rule”), OSHA will now require that some information on workplace injuries and illnesses (already required to be collected) be submitted for posting on OSHA’s website. The information will be made available in a searchable database that the agency states will be the “largest publicly available data set on work injuries and illnesses, enabling researchers to better study injury causation, identify new workplace safety hazards before they become widespread and evaluate the effectiveness of injury

and illness prevention activities.”

According to OSHA, all personal information will be removed before reports are made public.

The Final Rule requirements apply to: (1) employers with 250 or more employees that are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records, and, (2) employers with 20-249 employees that are classified in certain industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses.

The Final Rule will cover about 476,000 businesses and will cost approximately $15 million per year.

The reporting requirements of the Final Rule become effective Jan. 1. Requirements will be phased in over two years, with the first set of data due to OSHA by July 1, 2017.

The Final Rule also emphasizes workers’ rights to report injuries without fear of retaliation, and states that employers must have an appropriate reporting procedure that does not deter workers from reporting. Specifically, the Final Rule will require the following antiretaliation actions: (1) employers must inform workers about their right to report work-related injuries and illnesses without the threat of retaliation; (2) employers must implement reasonable procedures for reporting injuries and illnesses that do not discourage workers from speaking up; and (3) employers must incorporate existing anti-retaliation rules into their practices.

Many employers conduct postaccident drug and alcohol testing policies to promote workplace safety, as part of accident investigation efforts, and in the hope of reducing workplace accidents and workers’ compensation claims. However, OSHA now takes the position that “blanket

post-injury drug testing policies deter proper reporting” because employees fear being required to take a drug test.

Employers should be aware that the Final Rule does not wholesale ban drug testing of employees who are involved in an accident. However, the Final Rule does prohibit employers from using drug testing or the threat of drug testing as a form of adverse action against employees who report injuries or illnesses.

According to OSHA, “(t)o strike the appropriate balance,” drug testing policies should limit post-incident testing to situations in which employee drug use is likely to have contributed to the incident, and for which the drug test can accurately identify impairment caused by drug use.

OSHA’s guidance further notes that “(e)mployers need not specifically suspect drug use before testing, but there should be a reasonable possibility that drug use by the reporting employee was a contributing factor to the reported injury or illness in order for an employer to require drug testing.” OSHA lists the following examples of injuries where drug testing is not appropriate: repetitive strain injury or injuries caused by a lack of machine guarding, or a machine or tool malfunction.

Employers should review their postinjury drug-testing policies to ensure that they do not contain blanket testing procedures that run counter to the Final Rule. The drug testing provisions of the Final Rule became effective November 1. 

Charitie Hartsig is a Senior Attorney at the firm. Her focus is employment litigation and counseling, trust and estate litigation, commercial litigation and appellate advocacy. She may be reached at 480-609-0011 or chartsig@ngdlaw.com.

By Jen Smith

SA Formula for Success: Have a great pit crew

everal years ago in Singapore, I met with a senior vice president of human resources for a large bank that was in major expansion throughout Asia. His concern was rapid growth.

The goal was to develop the right culture and the right leadership in a time of transformational change. Like many people, he’d always thought that coaching was a remedial solution used as a last resort to salvage underperformers.

But the buzz about coaching was changing and he was curious.

So there I was.

Formula 1 auto racing was in town, a crazy and fun week on the island. So the conversation began with racing. Which roads would be closed? Would we be in the stands or watching from an office building several stories up? And which parties would we attend?

Then we turned to coaching. How does it work? Who should get a coach? What are the benefits? He was eager for answers.

But I still had racing on the brain. After all, Formula 1 is pretty much the crème de la crème of the racing world. Fastest cars. Most qualified drivers. Most skilled builders and technicians. Most sophisticated race courses.

A race always begins with a warm-up lap before moving into high gear. Along the way, there are pit stops to make repairs and change tires. Every team develops its own pit-stop strategy, a big part of which is assessing the environment and making tire choices based on wet and dry conditions.

The driver is in there alone, traveling at remarkable speeds for extended periods, and then pulling in to have a highly qualified team check things out and get him back on the track, ship-shape and ready to roar.

So I explained that a coach is a high-flying, hard-charging executive’s pit crew.

Before a new project/assignment/public event, a coaching session is like the warm-up lap. It’s a chance to test the track, test the tires, test the environment.

When working with a client on the edge of a new beginning, a coach helps clarify where they’re going, what obstacles might

be encountered, how the race should be run. Then, just like the pit crew, the coach pulls a client aside for a break occasionally. What’s changed? Is the race still the race we started or have conditions changed? Will the resources we took onboard at the beginning get us to the finish line?

Those resources might look like human resources. Does the organization have the right people onboard?

It might also be personal resources. Does the client have the presence and image needed to be successful? Does he or she have the communication, time management, negotiation, listening, writing, speaking, strategic, or any other of a myriad of skills necessary for the particular market environment? If not, what resources and repairs are needed and where can those be found?

Formula 1 cars are the fastest in the world because of the way they (and their drivers) can handle the corners – technically, it’s called lateral acceleration.

Suffice it to say, it’s the ability to navigate through a turn at high speeds and keep the car on the track. Just like change in the real world. We’re going along. Everything is fine. Easy to run at top speed on a straight away.

And then boom.

A sharp left pops up. Sometimes we see them coming. Sometimes we don’t. But life, personal and professional, is full of change.

There are those who crash in times of change. And those who get through but it’s squealing around the turn on two wheels and it takes a long time after all four are back on solid ground before the wobbling settles.

And then there are those who execute the turns beautifully. Aerodynamic grace made possible by preparing for the race and knowing the pit crew can be trusted.

“And that’s coaching,” I concluded. He smiled. He shook my hand.

He said, “Where do we begin?” 

Line of Sight is a Scottsdale-based coaching and consulting firm. For more information write jen@mylineofsight.com or calling 480-518-7241.

WBy Rod Dennis

hat do you get when you combine fabulous food, melodious music and delicious drinks all put together for a great cause?

“Live and Local 2016,” of course!

Presented by GoDaddy, “Live and Local” has become one of the signature events for not only those who appreciate great food and spirits, but for those who love music that is played with heart and soul.

The best part of all is that proceeds from the event go toward the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale.

Food: Who doesn’t love a great dish full of flavor?

When you attend “Live and Local,” you are not just eating pre-made catered meals,

these meals are made fresh to order with chefs who know food.

Just some of the places that are participating this year include Flemings Steakhouse, POSH, The Thumb and Salty Senorita. Not only do you get to taste the delicious offerings but those responsible for preparing them are there to mix and mingle with guests.

Speaking of “mix,” what’s an event

like this without some spirits to get you in the mood?

A series of celebrity mixologists from places like Don Julio, San Tan Brewing Company and Francis Ford Coppola Winery will be on hand to serve you some of the finest drinks that blend perfectly with the flavors from the food. Whether it’s fruity, savory or spicy, there will be a drink that will wet your whistle.

As if the food and fun isn’t enough,

the evening also is a chance to enjoy really great tunes from some of the area’s hottest bands. This year’s headliners are “IAMWE,” a Phoenixbased pop/rock band that chose its name because nothing is possible unless you work together as a whole. Their music is combination of heartfelt love ballads with hard-hitting dance songs.

Other bands include TripWire, Whiskey’s Quicker, Jay Allan and Fosterson.

No matter what your tastes are, when it comes to music and food “Live and Local” has you covered.

We cannot forget the cause in all of this, which is the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale. Since its establishment in 1954 the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Scottsdale has been a vital part of the community. The chapter serves not only youth in the northeastern portion of the Valley, but members of the Native American community, as well. More than 18,000 youth are provided services by the chapter with the principles and values that

were established more than 60 years ago.

Once again, GoDaddy has come onboard to sponsor this event. It is joined by the co-sponsors of Charles Schwab, Tiffany and Bosco, Vonage and US Foods, to name a few.

With more than 2,000 people expected to attend, sponsors know that not only is this a perfect cause to be associated with but it is a wonderful opportunity for exposure for them, as well.

The event takes place on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, taking advantage of the perfect fall temperatures that Arizona has to offer.

The outdoor area sets the picture-perfect backdrop for the smell of food drifting through the air along with the sweet sound of music coming from the live bands.

If you are looking for a fabulous night on the town, all with the hopes of raising funds for a great cause, then “Live and Local 2016” is your go-to event.

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.bgcs.org/fundraiser/ live-local-2016/#fundraiser_event_info

Rod Dennis is vice president of mortgage lending for Guaranteed Rate. Reach him at 480-695-0733 or Rod.Dennis@rate.com.

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4843 E. Ray Rd., Ahwatukee, 85044

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LOCKSMITHS

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Veteran Owned and Operated

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SCOTTSDALE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES

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8151 E. Evans Road, Suite 2

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OFFICE SERVICES

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OFFICE SPACE SERVICES

Stephen A. Cross, CCIM “The Tenant’s Advocate” 10601 N. Hayden Rd., Suite 108, Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: 480-998-7998

Toll Free: 888-998-1414

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PRINTING

Jackie Wszalek: President/Owner Phone: 480-483-0166 Cell: 602-810-4005

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Edge Real Estate Services, LLC

CPI's management portfolio consists of over 175 properties totaling more than 6.2 million square feet of office, industrial and retail space.

William Schuckert, Designated Broker/Principal 15100 N. 78th Way, Suite 207 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: 480-922-0460

Fax: 480-483-8409

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Judy Amland, Designated Broker 7820 E. Evans Rd., Suite 400 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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A full service real estate company, providing professional property management services to office, retail, industrial, apartments, office condominium associations and property owners associations.

7621 E. Gray Rd., Suite D Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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Industrial | Office | Medical | Retail Land | Investment | Corporate Services Property Management | Building Services

Kristin Guadagno, Certified Senior Escrow Officer 14200 N. Northsight Blvd., Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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Stephen A. Cross, CCIM “The Tenant’s Advocate” 10601 N. Hayden Rd., Suite 108 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Cornwell Corporation 14851 N. Scottsdale Rd., Suite 203 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 480-951-1212 www.cornwellcorporation.com

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Realty & Management

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Commercial Real Estate

Linda Smith Maughan, CPM®, Designated Broker 14415 N. 73rd St., Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

10601 N. Hayden Rd., Suite 108 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: 480-998-7998

Toll Free: 888-998-1414

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Edge Real Estate Services, LLC

16410 N. 91st St., Suite 112 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

William Schuckert, Designated Broker/Principal 15100 N. 78th Way, Suite 207 Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Phone: 480-922-0460 Fax: 480-483-8409 Email: edgesdl@aol.com

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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT & CONSULTING AISPROPERTIES

Judy Amland, Designated Broker 7820 E. Evans Rd., Suite 400 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 480-483-2853 • Fax: 480-951-7460

14901 N Scottsdale Rd Ste 201, Scottsdale, Az 85254 480-483-8107

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14415 N. 73rd St., Suite 100 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 480-443-8287

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TRADESHOW

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Special Protection & Patrol 14358 North Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd, Suite 12 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260

Office: 480-477-7751

Email: tony@sppatrol.com / andre@sppatrol.com "Your Security Is Our Mission"

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NOVEMBER Business Horoscopes

By Weiss Kelly

Professional Member of the American Federation of Astrologers

2016 will be a year of wonder, riding the rapids of the world, alternating crises, events, new technology and exciting scientific discoveries that will have a lasting impact on our lives.

ARIES 3/21-4/20 The second month of fall begins with a sense of anticipation of which way you are headed regarding this political chess game. It will be all over but the shouting, and there will be a lot of shouting in the next few weeks. Keep your business plans simple as your finances and resources are in a state of flux.

TAURUS 4/21-5/20 November brings a feel of confidence. New ideas and potential with regard to your job/profession begins by the week of the 14th. Favorable time for beginning to invest in real estate or doing some ground work and planning for the year ahead. Full moon on the 14th has you re-energizing work/professional and family life.

GEMINI 5/21-6/21 Some tensions may have you starting out this second fall month on a low note (being disappointed over election results). That’s OK. You will bounce back by the third week or so. Talk less and listen more. Take a more practical approach on decisions or commitments. New moon (29th) has you turning a work related corner!

CANCER 6/22-7/22 Don’t complain, this month is favorable for you. Take stock of what has occurred the last few months in this economic chess game, then apply to your particular area of service. Put your social calendar together, starting the week of the 13th and forward. Any business dealings can be resolved by the end of November.

LEO 7/23-8/22 Get your financial

records and pending bills in order so you can be in better shape financially before December’s last retrograde that begins on the 19th. Arrange important meetings, agreements by mid month. Avoid this three-week period of confusion, and enjoy the holidays. You can seek out new ways to generate business later.

VIRGO 8/23-9/22 By nature, you work best in a controlled, organized enjoinment. That may not happen until later in the month, those after-shocks of November’s election, particularly if your industry is related to any health services. You’ve had a good run, so no complaints. Work on making new contacts via this month’s holiday social scenarios.

Libra 9/23-10/22 Your new year began last month and opportunities seem to come your way with little effort on your part (it’s up to you to respond or ignore). Agreements or partnerships can be finalized by mid month. Utilize your diplomatic and social talents this festive season, and expect your bottom line to increase.

SCORPIO 10.23-11/21 Good karma this month. You’re paying final dues, addressing personal issues so you can identify issues that hold you back. Full moon on the may have you turning the corner in professional or personal life. Pay attention to this Full Moon. It is there to remind you to focus on yourself and take a new path!

SAGITTARIUS 11/22-12/21 Those new bureaucracy obstacles can become frustrat-

ing -- meaning any legal restrictions or new laws. In the near future, be careful what you say or assume in haste. You may be learning something new or taking on a bigger responsibility at work. Stay with it, it will pay dividends. Be prepared to rearrange travel after the 14th.

CAPRICORN 12/22-1/19 November begins on a good note to exercise creative insights and come up with new ideas, particularly related to developments in technology in your industry. Don’t hesitate to seek the advice from others or do research on your own. Find a balance between yourself and family. Expect to put in some time alone working.

AQUARIUS 1/20-2/19 Expect to be more self- motivated as you step into the last two months of 2016. Aspects are ideal for seeking or pursuing a new interest or job. The art of communication is vital. You excel at networking and socializing. Take advantage of any get together or meeting. Be prepared for a career move in the months ahead.

PISCES 2/20-3/20 Trust your gut-level feelings in business matters. The full moon (on the 14th) can be a time when we make changes or conclude deals. With Mercury moving backward next month, take care of any pending matters or obligations this month. Some legal or travel issues are best addressed by the 22nd. Then your focus turns to social time. 

For your 2017 forecast sent on a CD, contact Weiss at weissastro@aol.com

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