GPPA’s Cindy Lee Appointed to Scottsdale’s Historic Preservation Commission
Cindy Lee, a member of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association’s Board of Directors, was appointed to the City of Scottsdale’s Historic Preservation Commission in December 2015. Cindy Lee holds a B.A. degree in History from Yale University. She conducted research for The Campaign for Yale fundraising before moving to New York to start a career in TV commercial film production at several multinational advertising agencies. Cindy...
City of Scottsdale Neighborhood Notification Program … Take note of these items.
Courtesy Neighborhood Services, City of Scottsdale November 15, 2015 Special Events Ordinance Update – Residents, business owners and other interested parties are invited to provide input this fall as the city moves forward on an update to the Special Events Ordinance. A series of open houses have occurred to gather input and more are planned for the Community Design Studio, 7506 E. Indian School Road. The final meeting is...
New Technology Enhances Sonoran Desert Experience
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Courtesy of McDowell Sonoran Conservance (Scottsdale, AZ –December 4, 2015) The McDowell Sonoran Conservancyand McDowell Mountain Park have incorporate technology to enable visitors to provide feedback on the trails in both the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve and the McDowell Mountain Regional Park using Instagram. If visitors encounter trail conditions needing attention, they can use their smartphone to...
Scottsdale’s General Plan Does Not Support The Outpost
The Outpost (1-GP-2015) is a major General Plan amendment request to change the land use designation from Rural Neighborhoods to Commercial on a 10+/- acre site on the northwest corner of N. Pima Road and E. Dynamite Boulevard. In conjunction, the applicant requests to rezone the land from Single-Family Residential, with minimum 4.36 acres per lot, to Planned Neighborhood Center. The applicant proposes to build a center that...
Support Scottsdale Shares This Holiday Season and Help Those in Need
City of Scottsdale News Release Nov. 5, 2015 Contact: Mike Phillips, public affairs manager, 480-312-7825, mphillips@ScottsdaleAZ.gov Assist those in need this holiday season; support a program through Scottsdale Shares The holidays are a special time, but there are members of our community who miss out on the magic of this season. They struggle with isolation, health or just making ends meet. You can make a difference...
Jane Rau’s Scottsdale “Postage Stamp” Collection
Courtesy of Friends of the Scenic Drive by Les Conklin No, it’s not rare U.S. Post Office stamps that Jane Rau, co-founder of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, has collected. It’s photographs taken during her visits to two parcels of land west of Pima Road, dubbed the “postage stamps” by Scottsdale planners and preservationists. The two sections of land, approximately 640 acres each, are included in the...
Update: Summary of Scottsdale Planning Commission Outpost Meeting, October 28th
By Cindy Lee I attended with interest the two Open Houses and two Scottsdale Planning Commission meetings on The Outpost proposal to place a commercial planned neighborhood center designed by Vern Swaback Partners into a rural neighborhoods site at the northwest corner of Pima Road and Dynamite Boulevard. I listened with open mind to what was communicated by all parties involved: the applicants, Scottsdale citizens, City Planning...
SEE “Save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive” Videos
Courtesy of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association The State Land Department has proposed replacing the Scenic Drive’s exhibit and the neighboring open desert with new commercial and resort/tourism development. The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association – Friends of the Scenic Drive has produced the three videos below to publicize its opposition to this proposal. View “Save the Scenic Drive from MORE Commercial...
“Outpost” Gets Scottsdale Planning Commission O.K.
On October 28, 2015, the City of Scottsdale Planning Commission, meeting at Scottsdale’s City Hall Kiva in downtown Scottsdale, recommended approval of the “Outpost” project. The commercial development is being proposed for the northwest corner of Pima Road and Dynamite Boulevard in north Scottsdale. The Peak will be publishing additional information about this case in the days ahead. We invite readers to comment...
Remembering Jo Walker and a Squandered Opportunity
By Les Conklin Earlier this month, I learned from Evelyn Johnson, Executive Director, Cave Creek Museum, that Jo Walker had died in January 2013. Some of you are wondering, “Who is Jo Walker ?” Jo was an active human being who, of course, will be remembered in different ways, for different things, by different people. I remember Jo Walker, and hope you will too, because of her meaningful work with the Desert Foothills...
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