September 4, 2019 • Vol. 17, No. 42
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Seeds sown for Cave Creek ‘micro hospital’ BY TOM SCANLON STAFF
Pictured: A rendering of Cave Creek's new Abrazo "micro-hospital," which will be located near Cave Creek Road and the Carefree Highway. It is expected to open in the spring of 2021.
Photo courtesy of the Town of Cave Creek
CAVE CREEK – All that construction on Carefree Highway, just west of Cave Creek Road? You’ve probably heard a Sprouts Farmers Market is sprouting up there. But did you know a “micro-hospital” is being seeded? Last week, Cave Creek Town Council made a step towards the town getting its first - albeit small - hospital. Council unanimously approved a “hospital zone change request,” amending the underlying zoning of a 4-acre property on Carefree Highway (parcels 211-46-034B and 211-46-050B) from a Desert Rural Residential Zone to a General Commercial Zone.
The hospital zone request moved to council after the planning commission approved it (4-1) on June 20.The next step in the process is a review of the site plan, scheduled to be presented to town council in September. If all goes well, the Abrazo hospital with an emergency room would open in the Spring of 2021. Some are saying they can hardly wait. During public comment, Martha Arnold was rapturous about the idea of a little hospital in Cave Creek.
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Former Maricopa County Final draft summary of the New River Sheriff Joe Arpaio to run Area Plan will be presented soon for sheriff in 2020 BY TARA ALATORRE
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On Sunday, Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced he plans to run for his 7th term as Sheriff in 2020. Arpaio, 87, announced in a press release that he will make another run at the position he held for more than 20 years. “On this day, August 25, 2019, after consultation and approval from my wife of 61 years, Ava, I have decided to run to be re-elected Sheriff. Watch out world! We are back!” Arpaio noted the significance of the announcement date of August 25. It is his wife’s
DESERT HILLS – A community workshop for the New River Area Plan Update will take place on September 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Desert Mountain School, 35959 N. 7th Avenue in Desert Hills. During the workshop the Maricopa County Planning and Development Department will review and present a summary of the Final Draft Plan. The presentation will begin promptly at 6:40 p.m. Th project area of the New River Area Plan is roughly
birthday and the same date President Trump pardoned him on a misdemeanor charge filed by President Obama’s administration. Arpaio served as Maricopa County Sheriff from January 1, 1993 until December 31, 2016. His 24 years in office made him the longest serving Sheriff in Maricopa County history. Arpaio lost to Democrat and former Phoenix Police Sgt. Paul Penzone in 2016.
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Map courtesy of Maricopa County Planning and Development Department
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Making fish cities in desert
OSR Physical Therapy donates
ProMusica AZ awarded grant
• Bluhm Column
lakes with AZGFD
over 35,000 water bottles
for free public performances
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