The Original Owners of DC Ranch, Part 1 of 4
The article “The Original Owners of DC Ranch” by Nancy Lucas was published in the June 2003 issue of A Peek at the Peak magazine. GPPA is re-publishing the article online, in four installments, as a series of blog posts. The series begins with The Original Owners of DC Ranch, Introduction. Ed. The Original Owners of DC Ranch, Part 1 By Nancy Lucas Prologue Last year, The Peak ran a story about E.E. Brown, the original...
The Original Owners of DC Ranch, An Introduction
Brown’s Ranch Trailhead opened to the public on June 10, 2013. From the trailhead in north Scottsdale, visitors can enjoy hiking, trail running, bicycle riding, horseback riding, rock climbing, sightseeing, and bird watching in Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve. A signature trail, the 5- to 6 mile Granite Mountain Loop Trail, can be accessed from the trailhead. The grand opening of the trailhead is set for October...
Is Light Rail N. Scottsdale’s Bogeyman?
Timing is everything, especially when it comes to catching a flight, flagging down a taxi, or finding a pedicab ride in downtown Scottsdale. Which leads me to the subject of light rail. Bringing light rail to Scottsdale has been a subject of discussion in downtown Scottsdale for several years. There has even been talk of light rail someday careening up Scottsdale Road through the Scenic Drive to connect downtown Scottsdale to...
Proposed Development Near Boulders on Scottsdale Road – Layout
Taylor Morrison is proposing a single-family, luxury, gated residential community, consisting of 40 lots, on a 16+/- acre vacant parcel located on the northeast corner of Scottsdale Road and Westland Drive, just south of the Boulders community. There will be an open house to provide information about the proposed development, depicted by the diagram to the right. For more information, read the related post noted below. ...
Contributing to the Greater Good
By Les Conklin This article is the second of a series introducing GPPABlog.org. If you missed the first post, you’ll find it here: Blogging for the Greater Good. From across cyberspace, the blogosphere beckons, benefits await! Please, don’t faint or SOL. Something in our world of human communications IS NOT changing! Since the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association’s (GPPA) A Peek at the Peak (The Peak) magazine was...
Blogging for the Greater Good
By Les Conklin This is the first of a series of posts introducing GPPABlog. The second post in the series is entitled Contributing to the Greater Good. From across cyberspace, the blogosphere beckons – benefits await! A blog provides communication opportunities for the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) and its supporters beyond those provided by A Peak at The Peak magazine, e-Peak Newsletter, and its websites. A blog is...
2nd Pinnacle Peak Mystery Car Rally: Thank You!
Ladies and Gentlemen. Thank you for your support. 2nd Pinnacle Peak Mystery Car Rally, Sunday, April 14, 2013: 2 – 5 p.m. An Adventurous Search for Quizzical Places Sunday, April 14, 2013: 2 – 5 p.m. Twenty teams of family, friends, or co-workers shared this fun-packed hunt on wheels through beautiful north Scottsdale, Carefree, Cave Creek, and northeast Phoenix. Along the way they learned about the area’s...
Seeing & Doing – Guiding Opportunities at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM)
January 13, 2010 By Jessie Millerson The deadline for submitting a guide training application is JANUARY 20th. Guide traininng is scheduled to begin February 13th. Everybody is different, but to a friend of mine seeing and doing new things has a lot to do with enjoyment, adventure, discovery, learning, socialization, sharing and personal growth. The friend is a guide at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in northeast Phoenix. My...
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