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11 SPOTS FOR TAKE A WALK IN THE PARK DAY M ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES
arch 30 is National Take a Walk in the Park Day — the perfect excuse to do just that. Here are 11 places to visit on March 30. Don’t forget to bring water as temperatures begin to rise.
11. DOS LAGOS PARK 6200 W. Utopia Road, Glendale Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily Set between two lakes, this park is great for walks. Take advantage of the picnic tables and grills or bring a blanket and watch the sunset.
10. CAVE CREEK REGIONAL PARK 37019 N. Lava Lane, Cave Creek Open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily (through April 30); 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily (May 1 through October 31) This regional park boasts eight trails ranging from 0.2 miles to 5.8 miles, with a variety of difficulty levels. Get lost in nature for a few
hours taking the longer Go John trail (5.8 miles) or go for a stroll on the half-mile Flat Rock trail. Entry into the park is $7 per car, while hiking, biking and horse riding is an additional $2.
9. CHAPARRAL PARK 5401 N. Hayden Road, Scottsdale Open 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily Outside of the glitz and glam of Scottsdale, Chaparral Park offers an escape. Walk around the lake, bring the pup to the dog park and enjoy the day outside. Chaparral Park covers 100 acres, making it easy to spend a few hours getting in those steps.
8. RIVERVIEW PARK 2100 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Mesa Open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily The home to the Chicago Cubs’ Sloan Park, Riverview Park is a premier recreation destination. Miles of accessible sidewalks wrap around the facilities, playgrounds and water features. The Rio Salado Pathway travels along the Salt River for walkers, runners and bicyclists to hit up Riverview Park, Sloan Park, Riverview shopping center and Tempe Town Lake.
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7. VETERANS OASIS PARK 4050 E. Chandler Heights Road, Chandler Open 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. daily With 113 acres, a beautiful community fishing lake, scenic hiking and horseback riding trails, tranquil pavilions and an outdoor amphitheater, Veterans Oasis Park hosts plentiful outdoor recreational opportunities. Nestled in southeast Chandler, 78 acres of the park are designed for groundwater recharge and wetlands, making it the perfect home to an abundance of unique Sonoran Desert flora and wildlife.
6. DESERT WEST PARK 6602 W. Encanto Boulevard, Phoenix Open 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. At 0.48 miles, this is a shorter trail that is great for getting on a fitness kick. Surrounded by soccer and softball fields, walkers are sure to be around during a game or practice. Don’t forget to bring water.
5. STEELE INDIAN SCHOOL PARK 300 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix Open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily Named after Horace C. Steele, who founded the Steele Foundation in 1980, this park was designed in the spirit of the City Beautiful movement. Its premise is simple: City dwellers need passive, open green space in city centers to take a break from urban living’s physical confinement. In other words, take a walk in the park and forget about city life.
4. TEMPE BEACH PARK 80 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe Open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. This 25-acre park offers more than 5 miles of paths and exercise trails, picnic areas, ramadas and the Luis Gonzalez Arizona Diamondbacks 4 ECOLLEGETIMES.COM | MARCH 2022
Field of Dreams. Plus, it’s a great place to take graduation photos.
3. SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK 10919 S. Central Avenue, Phoenix Open from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily At more than 16,000 acres, South Mountain Park/Preserve is one of the largest city parks in the nation. With the Ma Ha Tauk, Gila and Guadalupe mountain ranges, the park has more than 50 miles of trails for hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking. At 2,330 feet, Dobbins Lookout is the park’s highest point available to the public. This is the spot to take an unobstructed panoramic picture for Instagram.
2. RIO VISTA COMMUNITY PARK 8866 W. Thunderbird Road, Peoria Open from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Rio Vista Community Park is a 52acre park in Peoria that offers a wide array of activities and amenities. It is home to the Rio Vista Recreation Center, multiple athletic fields, playground and splash pad. The park is also home to Peoria’s Veterans Memorial Wall, which recognizes all of those who have served and are serving the country.
1. PAPAGO PARK 625 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix Gated parking area open from 5:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. (trails remain open until 11 p.m.) Papago Park guests enjoy worldclass natural attractions and an extensive trail network through Sonoran Desert habitat. They can also enjoy the parks of two major residents, the Phoenix Zoo and Desert Botanical Garden. Look into WishTrip, a hiking app that adds fun games to the Papago Park trails. CT
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estaurateur Fares Tarabichi knows he’s blessed. A refugee who escaped war-torn Syria, Tarabichi came to the Tempe to attend ASU and parlayed his knowledge into a successful trio of businesses — Foch Café & Bistro, The Crêpe Club and AZ Liquids. “I know how blessed I am, because I was one of the lucky ones who was able to get out,” says Tarabichi, loosening his frequent smile. He enjoyed his life in Syria. He frequently traveled to France to visit his grandparents, and that inspired his latest endeavor, Foch Café & Bistro. His grandparents, who died in 2021, lived on a street called Foch. The restaurant is the brainchild of co-owners Tarabichi and chef Timothy Richardson. “A lot of people tell me I’m crazy, because as soon as I have one concept going, I start another,” Tarabichi says with a laugh. “But I just look at it as winning the lottery. I’m here. I became an American citizen. I tell most of my American-born friends that they hit the lottery. They’re better off than 80% of the world. “It’s not perfect, but it’s always America. There’s continuous improvement. Working toward a more perfect union is what it’s all about. I’m just so lucky to be here. I don’t take anything for granted.” The bistro offers an extensive menu that features hot and cold
paninis, salads, freshly baked pastries, a coffee bar and to-go items from Foch Market. Crêpes are featured on the menu and can be paired with myriad gelatos. The craft cocktail menu includes drinks made with fresh AZ Liquids juices along with local craft beers. Like Tarabichi, Richardson is no stranger to the Phoenix restaurant scene. Richardson attended Le
Cordon Bleu, where he learned French cooking techniques. His resume includes experience ranging from cantinas to fine dining. Before opening Foch Café & Bistro, he was
senior sous chef at the Arizona Biltmore. “He’s very talented,” Tarabichi says. “We just clicked instantly.
It’s like we had known each other for years. He was very easy to deal with, and I’m not very easy to be dealt with. “Then I started seeing his spectacular talents. When he came up to me and wanted to do this together, it was a no-brainer.” Tarabichi admits that sometimes he asks Richardson to “dial down the menu” because it’s a tad too fancy. Plus, he wants to keep it affordable. “But, we didn’t want to be just another establishment on Mill that focuses on beers and drinks,” Tarabichi adds. “We want to be more sophisticated about it. I think we really hit it right on the head. He’s done a spectacular job.” These days, Tarabichi’s job is “basically being a cheerleader for the company,” he says. “I don’t get to work in the business anymore. I’m mostly working on it. I’m making sure everything’s running smooth and making sure we can expand and
grow.” To do so, Tarabichi is working with Lettuce Entertain You, which owned the now-defunct Don and Charlie’s in Scottsdale. “I was lucky enough that Rich Melman, the owner, started giving us advice,” Tarabichi says. “I thought that was the end of it. I obviously grabbed a notebook and started taking notes. Six months later, he gives us a call.” Melman asked Tarabichi to fly to Chicago with his partner to meet his team. Since then, he has sent consultants to work with Tarabichi. All Tarabichi was “charged” was a promise to “pay it forward” someday with another promising young entrepreneur. “There’s going to be an entrepreneur who’s going to come in and need help and just pay it forward,” Tarabichi recalls Melman telling him. “I’m just humbled by that experience. I’m just extremely appreciative. We are grateful for this amazing ride.” He’s not alone in this journey. The fruits of this “amazing ride” are felt across the world in Syrian refugee camps in Turkey. “We take some of the proceeds and send them there,” he says. “I talk to them almost once a week just to check in. They were saying they needed blankets because there’s a snowstorm. We try to do as much as we can. It puts things into perspective. No matter how hard or how bad of a day I’ve had, I could be stuck in a camp with no prospects, right? Sometimes I sit there and think, ‘How many people are there? If I was there, I wouldn’t have been able to do any of this. How many people there are missing out on this opportunity?’ It’s hard. It’s definitely heartbreaking.” CT
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BREWING SUCCESS COFFEE STARTUP HELPS TRAIN YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ANNIKA TOMLIN • COLLEGE TIMES
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SU’s renowned business program has yielded yet another coup. Brewbike, a coffee startup that empowers college students by providing hands-on entrepreneurial experience and brews, recently expanded to 11 universities, including ASU. “Honestly, ASU had been a target (location) for us since we started Brewbike,” CEO Sierra Bloodgood says. “It’s in our area in the Southwest, and it has a great business program. “We’ve been looking at ASU for a while, and it’s very hard to be able to get on college campuses, so we started our conversation with ASU years ago. These conversations typically take a long time, but there was an opportunity to launch in Durham Hall as the building was getting renovated, and now we are at Durham Hall.” Durham Hall is on ASU’s Tempe campus next to the Old Main building.
Founded in 2015 by Northwestern University students, Brewbike is a student-led business with the objective of changing the game for future leaders, Bloodgood says. “We equip students, we equip young people with the skills that they need to run a business as we give them a seat at the table,” Bloodgood says. “We think that young people do have the ability to successfully run a business. We use this as an opportunity to boost each other up and to bolster our business while we truly create the building blocks for the better future of young people.” Bloodgood and her team hire each college’s leadership team from chief executive officer to chief marketing officer and chief people officer as well as the front house manager. From there, the CEO and other leadership staff partner with Brewbike to hire the baristas and the rest of what Bloodgood calls “the brewcrew.”
“We launch student-run coffee shops at college campuses around the country,” Bloodgood says. “The whole goal is to turn students into leaders. “Essentially what we do is we go to college campuses and we find students who want to be entrepreneurs and then we empower them with the skills that they need to launch their own businesses. These students are truly at the core of everything that we do at Brewbike.” Bloodgood learned about Brewbike while attending the University of Texas in Austin. After learning about the business model, Brewbike
reached out to Bloodgood to see if she wanted to come on board as the chief marketing officer. Prior to Brewbike, she was the vice president of marketing at Guinn Partners with prior stops at C3 Present and Box.com. “I started at Brewbike as the CMO, and it was right at the beginning of COVID as we were closing down all of our shops and we were launching our direct-toconsumer brands,” Bloodgood says. “That was my main focus for those few months that we were not on campus during COVID.” During this time, Brewbike rebranded with a new website
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that helped support the direct-toconsumer products. “Once we did all that we launched the brand, launched the new site, had the direct-toconsumer sort of rolling we were looking at the 2021-22 school year and decided that it was time to start selling in some new schools to look at some campus expansion,” Bloodgood says. “Pre-COVID we were at four campuses.” Brewbike’s direct-to-consumer program was launched in late 2020. Bloodgood added chief revenue officer role as she helped with the campus expansion. In November 2021, she was promoted to the company’s chief executive officer. The products are strong, she says. Brewbike features five brews, including original, chocolate, cinnamon sugar brew, peppermint mocha and pumpkin spice. The original and cinnamon sugar also come in decaf. Each $18 package comes with 10 brew bags. “(My favorite brew is) definitely OG,” Bloodgood says. “Everybody loves cinnamon sugar and cinnamon sugar is the best, I get it, but definitely OG. It’s just a great coffee. It’s a good cold brew.” Customers can add one brew bag to a glass for every 1 cup of water and steep overnight in the fridge or make it hot, just like a teabag. Brewbike is also in Elon,
Florida Atlantic, James Madison, Northwestern and Texas State universities, along with the University of Houston, University of Miami, University of Texas at Austin, University of Utah and University of Virginia.
BREWBIKE FUTURE FUND While the direct-to-consumer brand was launched, Brewbike kicked off the Future Fund, which serves as its grant program. “When we launched our direct-toconsumer business we started taking donations for Future Fund and then we matched those donations and essentially put together a grant program for students,” Bloodgood explains. “Our students last year applied to be part of a Future Fund to start a business. Essentially, they submit a business plan and then we go through a pitch competition and then we narrow down and select one business to give the grant to.” The first Future Fund grant recipient was Northwestern University student and Brewbike employee Lila Wells, who used it to open a chapter of the Unite Passion Project in Tanzania. Bloodgood says they plan on “doing it again most likely in April.” To learn more, visit brewbike.com. CT ECOLLEGETIMES.COM | MARCH 2022 7
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Sudan boasts about 255 pyramids, while Egypt has 138. Nearly 10% of a cat’s bones are in its tail. A child’s circulatory system stretches more than 60,000 miles, while adults would be 100,000. Africa spans across the four hemispheres. German chocolate cake was created by American Sam German in 1852. It takes a drop of water 90 days to travel the Mississippi River. Apples float because they are 25% air. The tallest NHL player is Islanders defenseman Zdeno Chára at 6-foot-9. Tim Storms has the world’s deepest voice, hitting a note eight octaves below the lowest G on a piano. 25% of the Sahara Desert is sandy, while most is covered in gravel. The world’s longest French fry was 34 inches.
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