Friends of the Scenic Drive Needs Your Help
May 1, 2021 Friends of the Scenic Drive Needs Your Help By Jake Kulp, Les Conklin & Friends of the Scenic Drive Board of Directors Our organization, Friends of the Scenic Drive, has been around since the 1970’s and is currently known under various names including the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and GPPA. The most publicly visible name we operate under is “Friends of The Scenic Drive,” with signage running along much...
Carefree Beginnings
By Les Conklin Originally Published A Peek at the Peak, October 2003 You just know that a place named Carefree is a place with a heart, a place to relax, leave worries behind, and enjoy a refreshing atmosphere of breezy sunshine with mountain backdrops. It’s always been that way in Carefree! Marketing pamphlet distributed by the merchants of Easy Street and Spanish Village, Carefree, June 2002.* The Discovery In the...
Volunteering to Help the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive
May 1, 2021 Volunteering to Help the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive By Les Conklin A famous general once said, “Old soldiers never die. They simply fade away.” Unfortunately, what McArthur said about soldiers often applies to a community’s distinguishing landmarks and environments. During the 1980s, confusion about future jurisdictions caused by pending annexations caused the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive to “fade away.” Will...
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Introduction
By Les Conklin The article, which was originally published in the Summer 1996 issue of Scottsdale Magazine, was written to encourage enhancement and promotion of the Scenic Drive by the City of Scottsdale and its residents. The article’s author, Les Conklin (yours truly), later founded Friends of the Scenic Drive with the support of the city. Written as a travel article to educate readers about the potential importance of the...
Desert Les At Large: Scottsdale Street Quizeroo
Want to impress fellow travelers with your knowledge of the origins of Scottsdale street names? Get started and take this 7-question quiz. Howdie Pardner, Yup. It’s good to see you again. Desert Les is back. Not because them Peak readers demanded it but because the fool editor told Desert Les to fill this here white space with interestin’ doings. Well, thought Desert Les, it’s summer and them snowbirds has left these parts....
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