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Scottsdale Airpark eyed for $1 billion project BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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Mom and stepson find joy in helping seniors.
BUSINESS ..................25 This guy's all Thumb and aims to make you a fan.
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n estimated $1 billion multi-use development is slated for Scottsdale Airpark, bringing a five-star 223-room hotel, 1,236 condos and apartments and 100,000 square feet of retail space to 32.3 acres.
Survey �inds low student satisfaction with SUSD
The Parque, unveiled at an open house Aug. 11, calls for 13 buildings that also will include 40,000 square feet of “flex space” and a 2-acre park. “That’s really kind of focusing on community needs as well as the needs of the development to be a collaborative effort to see what this area needs,” said Avalon Knoebel, a
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spokeswoman for the development’s architectural firm, Nelsen Partners. Two buildings will reach 119 feet tall, “but the majority of the project would be below 90 feet,” Knoebel said. “One of the best things about this project I
see PARQUE page 10
BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
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cottsdale Unified School District needs to do more to address theft, violence and bullying at its campuses, according to a report reviewed by the district’s governing board last week. The district also needs to explore perceptions of the district’s direction and engage the community in decision-making, it said. And officials should evaluate a possible expansion of professional development
see STUDY page 13
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If Michelle Worley looks to be in a celebratory mood, she is. Worley is marking her 10th year as general manager of School of Rock Scottsdale, and has shepherded its growth over the past decade. Her story is on page 32. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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