New Desert Discovery Center Information Available
March 1, 2017 Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale has announced that there is quite a bit of new information available about the proposed center. This information includes a new blog, a project summary, a video Q & A, and an expanded FAQ section on its website. Much of this information is coming directly from the firm that is designing the proposed center. Desert Discovery Center Alert Your Comment The Peak invites you to share...
ASU Article Emphasizes Environmental Importance of DDC Partnership
February 21, 2017 Did you know that ASU is a stakeholder in the proposed Desert Discovery Center? Did you know that they are contributing ideas to be incorporated into the information presented to students and others visiting the proposed center? The attached newsletter from Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale features an article that was published about the proposed center in ASU Now. The ASU article provides valuable insights into...
Back & Forth in e-Opinion Commentary
Updated January 27, 2017 Let’s see how this goes. The Peak is a nonprofit community magazine that has been published since 1983. We receive many newsletters, surveys, and petitions related to our community. Some discuss controversial topics. Others are simply seeking information. Many are interesting to read. Please understand that we are not taking sides but we do want The Peak’s readers to be aware of local issues and...
Christine Kovack: DDC “will be extraordinarily respectful of the preserve …”
January 29, 2017 Christine Kovack, chair of the Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale, former chair of the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy, and longtime preservation activist, stated that there “will never be plans to run jeep tours as part of the Desert Discovery Center … We are working diligently to ensure a facility that sits lightly on the land and is extraordinarily respectful of the preserve just like the design and...
Study: Photo Enforcement Makes Scottsdale Streets Safer
Jan. 23, 2017 New study shows photo enforcement makes Scottsdale streets safer Photo enforcement has been in use in Scottsdale since 1996, so years of data exist to determine if it actually makes Scottsdale streets safer. According to a recent study, it does. Lee Engineering, an independent firm specializing in research and forensic traffic engineering, analyzed crash data from 2007 to 2013 at 13 intersections and 6 street...
Weather Fails to Dampen Dedication of Carolyn Allen Amphitheater
January 22, 2017 By Les Conklin Most Scottsdale residents would say that it was cold, dark, and damp at the Brown’s Ranch Trailhead this morning. Despite the unusual weather, the approximately 100 people at the trailhead’s amphitheater were in a warm, friendly mood as Scottsdale officials named the amphitheater for Carolyn Allen. More than one speaker commented that the weather did not match Allen’s upbeat...
A Different Point of View on Desert Discovery Center
Courtesy of Protect Our Preserve Dear DDC Supporter, As you are a supporter of the Desert Discovery Center (DDC), we are personally writing you to present important concerns about its proposed location inside the City’s Preserve. We are not against the DDC concept per se, but we have many reservations about locating the DDC in the Preserve. The current location presents numerous barriers to the success of the DDC and goes against the...
Mayor Bill Schrader, Volunteer Extraordinaire!
January 17, 2017 By David N. Smith Tonight, our city commemorated fifty years of volunteer service from former Mayor Bill Schrader by declaring January 30, 2017 as William P. Schrader Day in Scottsdale. To appreciate the significance of this event requires a look back to February 21, 1967 when our City Council created a non-profit Municipal Property Corporation (MPC) to act as intermediary for the acquisition and financing of new...
Seeing & Doing: Is Scottsdale Ready for a Diverging Diamond?
By Les Conklin Despite dire warnings of traffic jams, stock-car-race-like sideswipes, rollovers and smashups, and predictions of the end of our driving world as we know it, it appears that Scottsdale has benefitted from the installation of a traffic circle on Hayden Road and Northsight Boulevard. While navigating the circle I can’t say that I’m able to enjoy the centerpiece art (see photo to right), but the traffic does...
DDC Board of Directors: “Beware of Fake News.”
January 11, 2017 The board of directors of the Desert Discovery Center Scottsdale has issued a media release that warns its recipients to beware of inaccurate, misleading, and fake articles opposing Scottsdale’s proposed Desert Discovery Center. The release claims that this misinformation is being provided by two Scottsdale organizations that are opposed to the DDC and/or its proposed location. The board of DDC Scottsdale...
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