Desert Edge Alert: Exciting Year for Scottsdale’s Desert Educational Center
Newsletter Courtesy Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale January 19, 2018 The proposal for Desert Edge was unveiled last summer. The proposal was prepared by a variety of participating organizations, including Thinc Design, ASU, Swaback Partners and Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale. In this newsletter, Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale gets 2018 off to a fresh start by describing the major features and benefits identified in the...
Scottsdale Update, Jan. 18: City News, Events, Meetings, Classes
January 18, 2018 Newsletter Courtesy City of Scottsdale For City of Scottsdale headlines, news, video of the week, events, and information, including contact information, for city programs and services, click below. Scottsdale Update Newsletter (PDF) The Peak Welcomes Your Comment Use the “Submit a Comment” box at the bottom of this page. All comments are reviewed based on The Peak’s Comment Policy prior to...
Have an opinion about Bike Share? Share it.
January 14, 2018 Courtesy City of Scottsdale Bike Share update scheduled for Transportation Commission meeting Bike share companies have been up and running in Scottsdale since November. The companies use smartphone apps to enable customers to locate a nearby bike, rent it, ride it to a destination, then park and lock it for the next customer. The yellow and green bikes have generated a wide range of reactions. For some...
Interested in archaeology? Take advantage of two unique opportunities.
Updated: January 11, 2018 By Les Conklin It was more than 20 years ago. I’ve never forgotten seeing a pit house excavation in an archaeology museum in Xi’an, China. I was amazed. The size, post hole locations and shape seemed to be almost identical to a Native American pit house floor that I had seen at the Heard Museum in Phoenix. Although some don’t agree, artifacts, such a pit house evidence, and more recently DNA studies...
Peak Contributor’s Photo Selected for 2018 AZGFD Calendar
December 28, 2017 Tom Mangelsdorf, a frequent photography contributor to The Peak, has won an “Honorable Mention” in the 2018 Arizona Game & Fish Department’s 2018 calendar contest. More than 600 photographs state-wide were entered in the contest. Tom learned about the contest from an article published in The Peak several months ago. In his winning photograph a Gila woodpecker and a honey bee make visual contact. They were both...
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