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EV engineering marvel marks 2 decades BY GARY NELSON Tribune Contributor
“Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries — stand that man on his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region.” — Herman Melville, “Moby-Dick”
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hundred years ago, we had to destroy our water in order to save it. The Salt River, which begins in the mountains of eastern Arizona, had given life to the region since ancient times. Native civilizations depended on it, and early Anglo settlers had followed their footsteps, even completing a re-do of ancient canals, channeling the Salt River water to thirsty crops. But the river was fickle. Sometimes in flood, sometimes merely a drought-starved trickle, it could not be relied on to consistently sustain the towns beginning to blossom in the Valley as the 20th century dawned. So, we dammed it, and dammed it again, and again, and again, until the waters were trapped and ready for use only when we wanted them to be. That series of Salt River dams is largely cred-
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The two-mile Tempe Town Lake turns 20 years old this month and in that time it has been a recreational mecca for hundreds of thousands of people as well as an economic engine that has generated thousands of jobs. (Special to the Tribune)
Council debates ASU downtown Mesa campus BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer
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he overall cost of Mesa’s innovative Arizona State University project is now estimated at more than $103 million – with ASU paying an additional $10 million. Mesa’s share of ASU@Mesa City Center, the 60-foot tall building on the present site of a parking lot and the project’s focal point, remains capped at the $63.5 million price tag approved by the City Council in a 5-2 vote in June 2018. But two ancillary portions of the ASU project – the Plaza@Mesa City Center and the Studios@Mesa City Center – are each projected to
cost city taxpayers another $8 million. The remaining costs include a $2 million infrastructure upgrade – mainly on the electrical system along Pepper Place, which separates Mesa City Hall from the new ASU complex. “I assure you that this is going to be a fantastic thing. It’s going to put us on the world map as far as these types of programs,’’ said Rick Naimark, ASU’s associate vice president for program development and planning told Council last week. “You will see this is a spectacular building.’’ “We’re really excited to be at this point, where we have a design now,’’ Naimark said. Jeff McVay, Mesa’s downtown transformation manager, said that ASU has committed
to investing an additional $10 million in the ASU@Mesa City Center project. That’s in addition to the $10 million ASU had initially committed to outfitting the interior of the building and the $1.3 million annually it will spend on maintenance and operations. Although there is great hope that the project will awaken slumbering downtown Mesa and turn it into a more dynamic location, the ASU collaboration has been controversial from the start. Mesa has been criticized for subsidizing the project by signing a 99-year-lease for $100,000 a year, but city officials argue the benefits far
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Construction firms vote with bucks for schools BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer
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onstruction companies have pledged a substantial amount of support this season for campaigns that are advocating to pass bonds and overrides in East Valley school districts. Because schools are not legally allowed to campaign for passage of ballot initiatives, political action committees have to be separately established to buy advertising or put up flyers. Teachers and administrators are often the biggest donors to these committees, but the construction sector has shown significant financial support this year for campaigns across the East Valley. Public records show Yes for Chandler Students, a pro-bond committee, has collected more than $110,000 in donations from construction, design, utility and contracting companies. Chandler Unified District is asking voters this year to approve a $290-million bond for various construction, renovation, and capital projects. Results of the all-mail voting will be disclosed Tuesday night after polling center have closed. Elections officials have said it’s too late to mail a ballot in and that ballots must be dropped off at a voting center before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5. People who have received a ballot can find the nearest polling center at recorder.maricopa.gov/pollingplace. Steep cuts in state funding is part of the Chandler Unified’s justification for seeking the large bond, arguing it needs more resources to accommodate Chandler’s growing population. The district is planning to build two new high school in Chandler and a new elementary school in Gilbert, where its boundaries overlap part of the town’s western edge. Chandler Unified officials say they are contending with an influx of students. The Arizona School Facilities Board has approved some funding to build one of the schools. Some companies that could potentially bid to work on these schools and other projects have been donating to the probond committee. McCarthy Building Company, Core Construction, and Chasse Building have all donated thousands of dollars to the campaign. These companies have all procured multi-million-dollar projects from CUSD in recent years, district records show. Justin Kelton, president of McCarthy’s
southwest region, said the business community is helping to fill a gap left by the Arizona Legislature’s inability to restore education funding back to pre-recession levels. “We value education and believe that it is necessary for the development of our future workforce and community leaders. Therefore we support schools, teachers and students being given access to needed resources that these elections provide,” Kelton said in a statement. The construction sector has been regularly contributing to school campaigns all across the Valley for years. But the level of support appears to be particularly high during this election for some campaigns and low for others. According to campaign finance reports, Yes for Chandler Students collected about $28,000 in donations from construction companies in 2015, when voters approved another bond for Chandler Unified. In 2013, the committee reported collecting $16,300. A school committee in Gilbert raised $29,000 this year from the construction sector, according to the most recent finance reports. A Scottsdale PAC reported getting $30,000 and a Tempe committee got about $20,000. The Mesa Alliance for Educational Excellence, a committee supporting Mesa Public Schools’ override, reported $84,393 in contributions so far this election year, based on the most recent finance reports. About 67 percent of these contributions came from contractors and construction companies. Mesa Public Schools’ bond issue passed last year – and that campaign was fueled heavily by contributions from the construction industry. This year the district is seeking voter approval of a 15 percent budget override to pay for daily operating expenses, mainly payroll. All districts have been socked with higher payrolls because of the voter-approved increases in the minimum wage. Mesa school officials say without the override, they face a deficit of $21 million within three years. Michael Hutchinson, chairman of the Mesa committee, said his team of volunteers does approach the construction sector for support – in addition to a variety of other businesses. “We ask them all,” he said. His committee uses its donations to pay for political consultants who help orga-
nize social media campaigns and neighborhood canvassing. Hutchinson said the committee’s campaigning has been a bit more aggressive in recent years due to a shrinking media presence around Mesa. “We have to tell the story,” he added. “The media coverage is not what it used to be. That makes it even more imperative to tell the story.” When a district awards contracts for construction projects, it typically follows a process intended to be fair and unbiased. The district has a committee review all the bids it receives and rank applicants through a points system. For example, when Chandler Unified solicited bids for adding 10 new classrooms to Basha High School, a five-person committee reviewed four proposals. The committee awarded the $3-million contract to Concord General Contracting because it got the greatest number of points. Concord is listed as one of the donors to Yes for Chandler Students. This type of interconnection between contractors, political committees, and school districts is well within the bounds of Arizona law. As long as district officials avoid conflicts of interest that result in them personally benefiting in a deal, this type of arrangement seems to have become the norm in public education. A review of public records from across the state shows many of the companies bankrolling bond and override committees are also part of a small group getting most of the contracts awarded by school districts. The Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting found that between 2013 and 2016, nine architects, construction firms, and subcontractors won more than half of all K-12 project contracts in the state. Educators often argue they regularly repeat business with the same contractors because it’s important for designers and builders to know the standards and culture of a school district. In response to a recent corruption scandal at Scottsdale Unified School District, Arizona lawmakers recently tried adding new restrictions to prevent companies from influencing a school’s procurement process. These rules included prohibiting gifts from contractors to procurement officials and awarding contracts to the lowest qualified bidder.
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ited with turning the East Valley into the colossus it is today. But it also turned the riverbed into a wasteland, a ghastly, rubbish-filled scar through the heart of the Phoenix metro area. But some wondered: Must civilization really come at such a price? Why couldn’t that scar be erased? Beginning in the 1960s, folks at Arizona State University not only asked those questions, but they came up with an answer in the form of a proposal to rehabilitate the riverbed all the way from far east Mesa to the West Valley. After years of refinement, the so-called Rio Salado project (salado is “salt” in Spanish) went to Maricopa County voters in 1987. They choked on the price tag and said no. But one cohort of voters backed the idea. So, armed with that approval from their constituency, Tempe officials decided that part of the Salt River would someday again be beautiful. They would build a lake, and parks around it, and let the water do its magic. The result was Tempe Town Lake, a shimmering two-mile-long oasis that has become one of the biggest magnets for tourism, business and culture in the American Southwest. The lake welcomed its first visitors 20 years ago this month, and Tempe is celebrating with a year-long commemoration that kicks off with a big party at the lake on Nov. 9. Mayor Mark Mitchell said the payoff for Tempe’s investment has been immense. Mitchell’s father, Harry, also served as
Tempe mayor and was instrumental in keeping the idea alive after the 1987 election defeat. With some help from other governmental entities, Tempe paid $42.3 million of the initial $45.5 million construction cost. In return, Mark Mitchell said, the city has derived more than $2 billion in economic benefits from construction, tourism and associated revenues. “It’s far greater than a dry riverbed,” he said. “It really benefits the entire region.” The lake’s statistical profile also includes these numbers: 2.5 million visitors a year, making it second only to the Grand Canyon as a tourism draw in Arizona. 40 major organized events per year, including big-time athletic competitions and community festivals. 42,000 jobs within one mile of the water, many of them in high-paying sectors of the economy. 30,000 residents within one mile of the lake. Many of those jobs and residences lie within the gleaming facades of a mid-rise skyline that has sprung up on both shores since the lake was filled. None of that comes as a surprise to Neil Giuliano, who served as Tempe mayor 1994-2004 and is now president and CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership, a private entity focusing on improving the region’s quality of life. “We did have a long-term vision for the development of the lake itself and then all the surrounding area,” Giuliano said, “and by large, it is becoming what it was envisioned to be. It’s not done yet, still has a
long way to go, but … everybody feels pretty good about the success so far.” Developing the lake, he said, was “a very, very complex, long-term project that involved probably close to 40 different partnerships of private sector, public sector, government sector, nonprofit sector – everyone really had to be involved in this.” They stayed on task despite a chorus of critics who, Giuliano said, complained “it would be a folly, no one’s ever going to build anything around a fake lake, it’s not going to attract anything but mosquitoes, on and on and on. “But we moved forward with good information, solid knowledge, and we were taking a level of risk that was well within our capacity as a community to make something really tremendous happen.” “We didn’t have to raise taxes to build the lake,” Giuliano said. “That was very important to us at the time. The other thing that was important to us was that the entire perimeter – 100 percent of the perimeter of the lake – would allow for public access. Nothing would ever be able to be built right up to the lake itself.” Kris Baxter-Ging, a spokeswoman for the city, said water for the initial fill came from the Colorado River via the Central Arizona Project and later the city used tax credits to bring water from the Salt River system itself. Now, she said, the lake is sustained naturally from water that trickles through the riverbed – water that also feeds several riparian areas near Town Lake itself. Evaporation from the lake, she said, is about equal to that from two golf courses. If there was ever a moment when people wondered whether the lake had been
38-mile-long greenbelt with a series of lakes and streams. 1979 – Tempe Mayor Harry Mitchell forms the Tempe Rio Salado Citizen Advisory Commission, providing citizen input and publicity for the project. The Legislature creates the State Rio Salado Development District. 1985 – A consultant completes the final draft of the Rio Salado Master Plan. 1987 – Maricopa County voters reject a property tax increase to pay for the greenbelt, but Tempe residents favor the idea and Mitchell says Tempe will implement its part
of the plan. 1988 – Tempe acquires land on the north side of the riverbed from Salt River Project. 1989 – Tempe has full-time staff devoted to the project and earmarks funds for it. 1996 – Tempe issues requests for qualifications to manufacturers of inflatable dams. 1997 – Construction contracts are issued; groundbreaking for Tempe Town Lake is held on Aug. 8. 1999 – Water from Central Arizona Project starts flowing into the lake. It’s full by July 14 and opens to the public on Nov. 7.
view of what lies ahead. City spokeswoman Melissa Quillard said the Nov. 9 party will reflect elements of a Town Lake master plan adopted by the City Council last year. The plan divides
the area around the lake into six themed zones, each of which will be activated for free events between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Quillard broke it down this way:
a good idea, it probably came in July 2010 when one of the rubber bladders that served as the lake’s dam burst, draining the water in a flash flood in which, mercifully, nobody died. Later analysis posited that the relentless Arizona sun took a premature toll on the rubber dam, which was replaced by a sturdier hinged-gate dam system. Baxter-Ging said benefits of the lake extend far beyond its immediate neighborhood. “If you’re a Tempe resident and you never go to Town Lake, you’re still benefitting from it,” she said. “Those 42,000 jobs that are around the lake, those are very good jobs. A lot of them are in fields like cybersecurity and technology.” She added, “Not only are we bringing good jobs, but all the benefits that comes from town Lake translates into city services, like police officers, firefighters, improved streets. That money comes back into our city to improve our community.” But, she said, it’s not just about the money, or even the recreation. “Town Lake isn’t just a place where people go to do something,” she said. “Town Lake is a place that becomes the backdrop for amazing memories for people. This is where people go on Sunday evenings with their families for walks. This is the place where maybe you swam your first triathlon or ran your first 5K run. This might be the place where you proposed marriage to your wife. “The 2.5 million people who visit here every year are choosing to come here for a reason. It’s become a beautiful part of our community, a place where we all go to be together.”
Getting here from there took quite a while
Early 20th century – Dams upstream from Mesa restrict flow of the Salt River; the dry riverbed becomes the site of landfills, quarry mines and industrial businesses. 1966 – Dean James Elmore of the College of Architecture at Arizona State University challenges his students to create design concepts using the riverbed. Students design the Rio Salado Project, which proposed a linear green belt with open parks, recreational areas and development along the river. 1969-1974 – As local governments begin to endorse the project, design focuses on a
2004 – SRP Town Lake Marina opens on the north bank. 2007 – Tempe Center for the Arts opens on the south bank in September. July 20, 2010 – One of the eight inflatable dams bursts at 9:44 p.m.; nearly a billion gallons of water gush from the lake. The lake reopens three months later, using temporary dams as Tempe seeks a more permanent dam system. – The lake is drained again for dam construction and is refilled in April. – Source: City of Tempe
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he community celebration of Tempe Town Lake’s 20th anniversary won’t just be a look back. It also is a pre-
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SOUTH SIDE Arts and Eco Zone: Gallery at the Tempe Center for the Arts, public art displays, bird-watching, NASA cloud viewing, water talks, Tai Chi classes. Entertainment Zone: Live music all day at Beach Park, food trucks, city and sponsor booths. Riviera: Boardwalk experience with mini Sixth Street Market, games, exhibits, zumba classes. Free water taxis will shuttle folks across
the water to the activity zones. The aim, Quillard said, to use the day as “a preview of what it’s going to be like in the next 20 years” as the lake and its surrounding areas mature. Parking shouldn’t be an issue, she said, even though it will be Family Weekend at Arizona State University and ASU is hosting Southern Cal for a football game that day. Parking will be available west of the arts center, other downtown spaces are available, and access also is available via light rail and its numerous park-and-rides. In addition to the public event, Tempe is sponsoring a business mixer at the arts center 4-7 p.m. on Nov. 8 to emphasize the economic opportunities generated by the lake. That event, although free, requires an RSVP. Details are available at Tempe.gov/lake.
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he grand vision of a restored Salt River channel through the Valley didn’t die when Maricopa County voters rejected the Rio Salado project in 1987. For one thing, of course, there is Tempe Town Lake, the one part of the 1987 proposal, that did get built, propelling downtown Tempe into a new era of recreation and business development. For another, there is the sheer allure of the idea itself: Which do you prefer, a rubblestrewn wasteland or a lush desert oasis? Revived efforts to restore the riverbed are being incubated in the same place that birthed the first Rio Salado proposal: Arizona State University. Variously referred to as Rio Salado 2.0 or Rio Reimagined, the plans encompass an area from Granite Reef Dam in east Mesa to the Tres Rios Wetlands, a constructed wetland complex for wastewater treatment at roughly 91st Avenue in the West Valley. The idea got a major boost from U.S. Sen. John McCain in August 2017, a year before he died of cancer. McCain was inspired by the famous River Walk in San Antonio, Texas, as well as river restoration efforts in other cities. Neil Giuliano, Tempe mayor when Town Lake opened in 1999, is president and CEO of Greater Phoenix Leadership – a cohort of business leaders, educators and others focused on identifying and solving problems in the Valley. Giuliano also sits on the ASU-led steering committee promoting the new Rio Salado effort.
The task is immense and diversified. ASU, Giuliano said, is “playing the role of facilitator for the various jurisdictions to get everybody to coordinate and communicate about what needs to happen along the entire stretch of the river bottom.” And it won’t be a one-size-fits-all effort. “Every jurisdiction will have a different need,” Giuliano said. “They have different geography, they have different flood control needs, so every community is going to have to implement in a way that fits them best.” Current Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell said while there may be an overall master plan for the riverbed, each jurisdiction will have to decide what parts of it to implement and pay for. Still, Giuliano said, “There can be something that weaves it all together, pulls it all together, even if it’s something as simple a very long combination of pedestrian and bike paths that connect all the jurisdictions.” Wellington “Duke” Reiter, who is spearheading the effort at ASU, said in 2017, that the final product won’t be the equivalent of a 40-mile-long Tempe Town Lake, but rather a “string of assets” with various uses and features. Mitchell said he believes Town Lake helped spur renewed interest in the overall riverbed. “I think people can look at Tempe as a success in terms of how we saw the vision,” Mitchell said. McCain himself said as much in the 2017 rollout with ASU officials: “Everybody who drives past Tempe Town Lake realizes what a success this is. Every mayor wants a Tempe Town Lake.”
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When asked if McCarthy Building chooses to support bonds and overrides that may fund construction projects his company could bid on, Kelton responded “not necessarily” and emphasized how overrides often help fund teacher salaries and educational programs. “Since we believe that the basis of a strong community and an educated workforce is rooted in a good education,” Kelton added, “we support these elections and other educational initiatives.” Chandler Unified’s $196-million bond from 2015 has funded a long list of construction and remodeling projects. One of those items includes design work for the district’s two forthcoming schools. On Oct. 16, the district’s Governing Board used money from the 2015 bond to award a $3.5-million contract to HDA Architects for designing the new high school. Campaign finance reports show HDA donated $10,000 on Aug. 19 to the Yes for Chandler Students committee. HDA also donated $3,000 during the 2015 election. Governing Board President Barbara Mozdzen is the committee’s treasurer and voted to approve the HDA contract. She said her volunteer work for the political committee does not influence her votes as a school board member.
“This has no influence on the district procurement process as it is completely independent from the PAC,” Mozdzen wrote in an email. “Donors to the PAC do not influence any of my decisions as a board member.” Mozdzen is not the only school board president to be part of a pro-bond political campaign. The Arizona School Board Association, an entity that guides school boards through navigating state laws, said the law allows board members to work on pro-bond campaigns, as long as it’s on their own time and without using school resources. The committee that recommended granting HDA the contract only consisted of CUSD employees from various departments and one representative of the Arizona School Facilities Board. CUSD Associate Superintendent Frank Fletcher said his department has a checks-and-balances system in place that can spot suspicious irregularities during the review process. If members of the committee are awarding points to an applicant that’s not consistent with the rest of the group, Fletcher said he may question the member’s motivations or judgment. The decision to give HDA the design contract was overwhelmingly consistent, Fletcher added.
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ardon Children’s Medical Center will host a free community celebration for the pediatric hospital’s 10-year anniversary from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, at the hospital, 1400 S. Dobson Road. The party will take place at “The BIG Outside,” an outdoor play space near the main entrance. Participants are invited to come dressed as their favorite hero since the theme is a “Heroes Celebration,” though costumes aren’t required. The event will include games, food, superhero characters, a photo booth and giveaways. Since opening in November 2009, Cardon Children’s has admitted more than 107,000 pediatric patients, per-
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formed nearly 50,000 surgeries, and had more than 404,000 emergency room visits. The hospital has over 240 pediatric physicians on staff, covering more than 27 specialties. In 2017, Cardon Children’s was designated a Level 1 Trauma Center for pediatric patients. Cardon Children’s Medical Center provides pediatric care for children, from newborns to teens. Services include immediate access to Level I trauma services and emergency care, a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, general pediatrics, surgical and rehabilitation services, hematology/oncology, urology, gastroenterology, neurology and outpatient services. For a closer look at its achievements, see Page 17.
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Mesa takes next step for nation’s only inland port BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer
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hangar building along a runway that is large enough to accommodate a cargo plane for unloading or loading. A large manufacturing or warehouse building for one or two tenants. These construction projects are tangible first steps toward the expansion of a logistics infrastructure at the highly touted SkyBridge project in East Mesa at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. Economic development officials, Mesa Mayor John Giles and business people view SkyBridge as a potential economic bonanza for Arizona and the East Valley and discussed it during a groundbreaking last week for the two buildings. They say the new buildings add credibility to a simple concept that has proved difficult to implement. Because of a unique partnership, SkyBridge will act as the nation’s only interior port of entry for shipments between the two countries, boosting international trade and creating an estimated 17,000 jobs. Mexican and U.S customs officials will work together to “pre-clear’’ shipments back and forth between the two coun-
One of the two buildings that will become part opf the SkyBridge operation at Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport will be big enough to accommodate a cargo plane for loading and unloading. (Gateway Airport)
tries. A special seal is being developed by Mexico to help expedite shipments. Once a shipment has been pre-cleared, it has the same effect as crossing the border into Mexico and can be delivered to any Mexican airport, rather than just Mexico City, adding convenience and speed. The Uniform Cargo Processing Center will make the rest of SkyBridge, a 360acre logistics hub, possible. “I was optimistic before. This is the manifestation of our optimism,’’ Giles said. “The international economy has great importance to Mesa and we want to be a player here.’’
Marco Lopez, president of Intermestic Partners who is working with Mexican entrepreneur Ariel Picker on the project, said the new buildings represent the first steps in building a supply chain to handle shipments from Mesa to Mexico. He said that last year’s government shutdown created a 45-day delay in obtaining important approvals from the Federal Aviation Administration to allow construction of facilities located next to the runway, such as the hangar building. The manufacturing building, featured in last week’s groundbreaking, is located just outside the airport’s boundaries.
“This is fantastic. It shows the community that progress is occurring,’’ Lopez said. Glenn Hamer, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, said that Mexico approved the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement months ago, but the matter is still pending before the U.S. Congress. The new agreement replaces the muchmaligned NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and it represents a much-needed update after 25 years. “We are optimistic that the US-Mexico agreement is going to pass,’’ Hamer said, with trade between Arizona, Mexico and Canada already responsible for generating 228,000 jobs. Officials project that SkyBridge, when it is fully developed, would generate 17,000 jobs at the airport. “Mayor Giles is probably the most freetrade mayor in Arizona. He has taken the place of Mayor Stanton,’’ Hamer said, referring to former Phoenix mayor and now Congressman Greg Stanton. He said the first two buildings at SkyBridge demonstrate confidence among the private sector that the project is more
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than a nice idea. “People have great confidence. Arizona’s economy is as healthy as it’s ever been,’’ Hamer said. “It shows confidence that we will increase our trade with Mexico.’’ Jackie Orcutt, senior vice president of industrial brokerage for CBRE Inc., is optimistic that her company will be able to
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outweigh the costs. In 2016, voters turned down a ballot initiative that would have used a sales tax increase to pay for an ASU downtown campus that was 40 percent larger than current project. That initial plan would have cost more than $120 million and the ballot measure also included a pay raise for public safety positions. But McVay said the original project was different because it did not include the Studios@Mesa City Center and noted that construction costs have risen 20 to 30 percent. The original project also never reached the high level of design in the current project, which helps pinpoint the costs. Mesa Mayor John Giles, a strong supporter of expanded educational opportu-
secure leases for the new buildings. “We have a lot of interest. I think in Phoenix, it’s fair to say, if you build it, they will come,’’ she said. The new building offer 140,000 square feet for shipping-related businesses. She said CBRE anticipates the manufacturing building will likely be rented by a producer of aviation equipment, but it could also become a warehouse.
She said the manufacturing building is under construction and the hangar building is scheduled to come before the Mesa City Council in November. While both of these buildings have been approved by the FAA and take up about 8½ acres, the remaining 358 acres are the subject of an ongoing FAA impact study, Orcutt said. When that document is approved, it will free up the rest of Sky-
This rendering reflects people watching movies made by ASU students on a huge screen installed on the exterior wall of one of the buildings on the downtown Mesa campus. (City of Mesa)
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Bridge for development. “Thank you for the opportunity. We feel like it’s more than a project. We feel like it’s home,’’ Picker said. “Working inside an airport is not as easy as working outside an airport. There are many authorities involved.’’ He said SkyBridge “will be a city inside a big city. We’re talking about thousands of jobs.”
city-owned property, including a water farm that was no longer needed in Pinal County and the site of The Union, a large office complex near Riverview Park. The plaza@Mesa City Center project comes from a bond issue approved by voters. McVay said the plaza would serve as a gateway to the ASU complex and feature an ice-skating rink during the Christmas holidays that would double as shade structure during other times. The plaza also would feature a fountain and a large event lawn. Artist renderings show people sitting on lawn, watching a huge movie screen on an exterior mall showing movies produced inside the building. “Our goal is to blur the lines between ASU and the community’’ by linking them
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with the plaza, McVay said. The study session featured a debate over the unusual ASU@Mesa City Center building’s appearance, with the big screen display and a height equivalent to a fivestory building even though it has only three stories. “What happens on the inside of the building informs the outside of the building more than you would expect,’’ McVay said, describing the difficulty of accommodating large movie production studios and a 45-foot tall immersive art studio. “There has been special attention given to what this building looks like at night,’’ he said. But Council was split on the ASU@Mesa City Center design, with Councilman Kevin Thompson describing the appearance as mediocre and Councilman Francisco Heredia and Vice Mayor Mark Freeman expressing less vehement reservations. “I was looking for more of a wow factor,’ said Thompson, who voted against the project in 2018. “I don’t see this as a ‘wow.’ I see this as mediocre at best.’’ But Naimark said the building’s design is somewhat controlled by its function and that a top-notch architectural team has not completed the design. Giles and Councilwoman Jen Duff defended the architectural design. “It will be an exciting place with a lot of energy,’’ Duff said. “I’m more concerned about what’s going on with it and how it interacts with the public.’’ Duff said she is confident that ASU@ Mesa City Center will transform downtown Mesa. “It’s really a living and breathing building,’’ she said. “It is interactive and not just bricks and mortar. This will give us an edge to be a 21st century city.’’ The Studios@Mesa City Center is locat-
ed in a historic building to the east of the council’s chambers. McVay said a different architect, Gensler, has been hired to design the studios, which are supposed to serve as incubation labs for startup businesses. Originally proposed by the Brookings Institution, a Washington, D.C think-tank, a city request for proposals describes the renovation of a 26,500 square-foot building into a multi-tenant occupancy, with flexible, multi-functional, collaborative spaces. Although she has seen no details, Duff envisions the project as turning an empty building into a series of offices where ASU students, faculty and business owners can work on new ideas. “Our intention is for it to be the front door of the Innovation District,’’ McVay said. “This is going to be highly programmed space,’’ with the flexibility to hold one large event or two or three smaller ones. The renovations would come in phases and the facility would open at about the same time as the ASU@Mesa City Center building. “This is intended to have established partnerships’’ with companies, such as Boeing or Baltu, a virtual reality company that could use it for it’s annual Virtual Reality for Good presentation, he said. Design for ASU@Mesa City Center is scheduled to be completed in November, with construction beginning in February 2020 and concluding in October 2021. The building would open in January 2012. Construction on Plaza@Mesa City Center would start in winter 2021 and conclude in November 2022. Design on the Studios@Mesa City Center starts in November, with construction beginning late next year and project being completed about a year later.
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New fun autism center opening soon in Mesa BY SRIANTHI PERERA Tribune Contributor
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hoenix-based nonprofit Arizona Autism United, also known as AZA United, is expanding to Mesa in a few weeks with a custom-built, 4,200 squarefeet facility. Located close to the intersection of Southern and Greenfield roads, the center will offer both individual therapy and group socialization activities for children. Its primary services are applied behavior analysis, speech therapy, feeding therapy and social skills development. Founder and chief executive officer Dr. Aaron Blocher-Rubin said that many new outlets to serve those on the autistic spectrum are being established throughout the Valley. “However, there are also more children being diagnosed and still not nearly enough services to meet the demand,” he
help fill the gaps in what children and families need. “There is need across all of the Valley, so we conducted a study to determine where we could have the most impact for our first expansion site, and that led us to focusing on the East Valley,” he AZA United classroom, playground and Mesa building. The new, 4,200 square-feet added. AZA United facility in Mesa features an outdoor playground and private parking. Current national (Courtesy of AZA United) statistics for Ausaid. “We also feel strongly that families tism Spectrum Disorder estimate 1 in evneed choices to find the approach to care ery 59 children. that fits best with their child’s needs.” Rates have been rising consistently over Blocher-Rubin said that as a nonprofit, the last decade, and it is well documented AZA United also feels an obligation to sup- that many children remain undiagnosed port the community holistically and to due to barriers and delays in receiving
proper diagnostic evaluations, BlocherRubin said. “Our independent research has demonstrated high need in the East Valley, where many families with young children live,” he added. When fully staffed, the facility will have 20 employees. Carey Beranek, the clinical director in charge of programming, said opening a center had been a long-time dream. “Home-based treatment is essential, but there are some things that you simply can’t teach a child with Autism when you only work with them at home,” she said, adding: “One of the hardest parts of doing only in-home treatment is the isolation it creates. When a child has autism, their opportunities to interact with other kids in a meaningful way is quite limited, especially if they are not yet in school.”
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Ex-NFL player finds kids most rewarding work BY MELODY BIRKETT Tribune Contributor
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e has been an NFL player, a Realtor and mortgage broker, but what Michael Bankston has discovered is that working with children is his most rewarding career. “I’ve been working with kids in some aspect the whole time but on a regular daily basis for the last seven years,” said the Mesa resident. Bankston played defensive lineman for the Arizona Cardinals from 1992 to 1997. He was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals and played the same position for them 1998-2000. A knee injury when he played for the Washington Redskins in 2001 forced him to leave football. Now he is a case manager at Canyon State Academy in Queen Creek, working with underprivileged boys and those with special-education needs between the ages of 11-17. He works in admissions and is a liaison between students, their families and the courts. Founded in 1948, the school aims “to
help at-risk children and adolescents to develop self-respect and self-confidence while providing vital social, educational and vocational skills which allowed youth to return to their communities as productive young adults,” according to its website. Boasting a “strong athletic legacy,” Canyon State Academy drew the support of the late Arizona State University coach Frank Kush, a member of its advisory board. In 2000, Canyon State Academy revised its residential program to offer academic, career and technical training, athletics and evidence-based treatment curricula to give at-risk youth opportunities to improve their lives. Today, it holds numerous partnerships with Sun Valley Community Church, government agencies, stakeholders, businesses and universities. The nonprofit academy operated by Rite of Passage, a national provider of therapeutic and educational programs for youth that has a wide assortment of programs in education, youth shelter, family and community aftercare and intensive treatment for youth involved in the juve-
nile justice system. Born and raised in a small country town of Elm Grove, Texas, Bankston was one of six children. His father died when Michael was 5, leaving his mother to raise the kids on her own. Bankston earned an athletic full-ride scholarship to Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, where he played football all four years and was voted a distinguished alumnus and a member of its Hall of Honors for Athletics. He uses his experiences on the football field to help guide and mentor the children. He said he often tells the children at Canyon State Academy, “Take ‘I can’t’ and ‘I won’t’ out of your vocabulary and replace them with ‘I can’ and ‘I will.’” Bankston also engages in a lot of charity and community service work. He is on the board at Future for Kids, an after-school mentoring program for at-risk youth that provides education and physical activities for kids. That program sponsors several events in different venues each year to raise funds used to mentor, feed and motivate
Mesa resident Michael Bankston has been an NFL star, including for the Arizona Cardinals, but what he is now enjoying is working with kids. (Melody Birkett)
kids at no cost to the families. He’s also on the board of the National Football Foundation and the Sam Houston Black Alumni Association, donating his time as well to many charity events, golf
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Beranek said the center’s goal is to create a fun, therapeutic environment that provides a framework for building relationships with others. “With this center, I believe we are going to be able to provide a more comprehensive approach to treatment than we can offer with in-home service alone,” she said. Blocher-Rubin said the focus of the facility is to provide all-day therapy services for children with developmental disabilities in a center-based learning environment, to compliment home-based therapies and support services. Services will be open to children with autism as well as other neurobehavioral disorders or developmental disabilities. “We will also be increasing our existing home-based services for families throughout the East Valley, who are not receiving services at the new center,” he said. “Finally, we plan to offer recreational programs and educational events at the center for children, families and community members. As a nonprofit organization and a contracted Medicaid provider, AZA United is able to offer most of its programs at no cost to families, allowing it to serve any family in need, regardless of its financial situation. Family Support Specialists on staff can help parents navigate state health care systems if they are not currently enrolled. AZA United is funded through contracts with state agencies and various insurance plans. These include services for developmental disabilities and behavioral health. Blocher-Rubin said, as a nonprofit, fundraising allows the organization to provide additional support for families that are not reimbursed otherwise. “Fundraising has also been critical to expand our services and open this new center, to support the significant upfront investment that is required,” he
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tournaments, cancer awareness programs and children’s hospitals. He’s a coach for football camps and YMCA programs. As the Cardinals celebrate their 100th season, Bankston is listed as one of the team’s top 100 players “It was an honor,” said Bankston, noting the team’s migration from Chicago to St. Louis Cardinals and then here where it was first called the Phoenix Cardinals. That top 100 involves players from all those teams, “so it was an honor to be named 62 out of the top 100,” he said. “It’s the best of both worlds because I
said. “Through our bank, we were able to obtain financing to purchase this new building in Mesa.” Blocher-Rubin said that in Mesa, his CAREY BERANEK, organization is Clinical Director of creating a new Programming. clinical model for effective services and family-centered support. Next, the plan is to replicate the model with additional centers throughout the Valley, DR. AARON BLOCHER- and eventuRUBIN ally, across the Founder and chief state. executive officer For a more complete continuum of care for different needs, services such as diagnosing, counseling, occupational therapy and adult vocational programs are to be added. Blocher-Rubin is hoping East Valley residents will learn about the new facility and use its resources. Openings for care providers are available, as well as volunteer opportunities. “The most important thing is to help us spread the word to families who may need our help and can benefit from these new services coming soon to their neighborhood,” he said. Contact AZA United at 602-773-5773 and ask to speak with a Family Support Specialist or email at FamilyOutreach@ AZAunited.org. Details: AZAunited.org.
still do some things with the Arizona Cardinals, I do a lot of youth camps, speaking to youth,” said Bankston. “It goes hand-inhand.” Married and the father of four children, Bankston said mentoring youth has its challenges. ”It’s more difficult to get the youth we deal with today to see they have a brighter future,” he said. “We can’t make anybody change,” he added. “They have to change themselves in order to have a successful future. My encouragement to them is to get them to see they are valuable and need to start taking advantage of opportunities because they will pass you by.”
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communities, thanks to big companies like Freedom Financial, Paypal, Rogers Corporation, and Bank of West. In the first half of 2018, more than 4,500 jobs were added in Chandler, Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert, according to the East Valley Partnership. On a statewide level, Arizona added 80,000 non-farm jobs during the last fiscal year – making it the secondfastest growing state in Mayor Kevin Hartke, pictured here from an earlier address, told the the country. Horizon Rotary Club Chandler likely will see 5,600 new jobs created in Hartke, who assumed 2019 by year’s end. (File photo) office this year after ciation’s most recent data shows Chandler serving as a councilman, said his priority with about 117,000 jobs. is to protect Chandler’s five employment The entire East Valley region has gener- corridors for further growth. ally seen substantial job growth in all its The Price Corridor, home to Microchip
and Intel, is the city’s biggest corridor with more than 40,000 jobs. The West Chandler Corridor has nearly 28,000 jobs, the Uptown Corridor has about 11,000 jobs, and the Downtown Corridor has 2,200 jobs. The Airpark Corridor currently has about 9,000 jobs and Hartke said this is Chandler’s fastest-growing corridor with the potential to balloon up to 20,000 jobs. “This is still our largest area that we can add more employment,” he said. The mayor said he’s not interested in re-zoning industrial land for developers to build more condos or apartment complexes. His commitment is jobs, he told the Rotary members, and he’s not after call center jobs. Hartke said he wants to diversify Chandler’s economy with a range of high-paying jobs. This will better protect the city when an inevitable downturn hits the global economy.
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Fuchsia Spa thrives despite setbacks BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Tribune Contributor
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t was 2006 when Erin Owens and Lisa Vukonich opened the first of five locations for Fuchsia Spa, a longheld dream of the two women who had met while employed in executive roles at the University of Phoenix. It was a leap of faith for both mothers of active teens and young children – especially as they were and well-established in their higher education careers. Through the 2008 economic downturn and last August’s fire and flood at their Mesa Village Square at Dana Park facility, the women remained as positive as circumstances allowed. A part of that optimism is their commitment to growing their business, keeping ahead of the curve by bringing to their spas the latest in services. Take, for example, the new LED Bar – the first in Arizona – which launched Nov. 1 in Ahwatukee with other locations to be added later. “As business owners and women, we
Lisa Vukonich and Erin Owens introducing a new LED Bar at their Fuchsia Spa in Ahwatukee Nov. 1 and will install one in their other East Valley spas in the coming months. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)
find it important to always find the silver lining,” said Vukonich, a former Ahwatukee resident now residing in Gilbert. Owens echoed the sentiment, adding that their firm has grown stronger be-
cause they’d learned something from each of the adversities. “We’d been open only 16 months when the 2008 recession hit, and though that was rough experience, it taught us how to
be smarter businesswomen,” Owens said. “And the fire at our Dana Park spa in August was a very scary time, and in many ways still is as we work on renovations in anticipation of a grand re-opening, but we can always look for the opportunities that come from these times,” she added. The fire at their 4,000 square foot Fuchsia Spa was determined to have started late night Aug. 13. Their fire alarm didn’t sound, but the spa’s sprinkler system kicked in. “The sprinklers actually did their job very well, running until 4 a.m. when a neighboring tenant’s fire alarm went off. Our spa was flooded,” Owens recalled. Optimism for the duo is in addition to, not in lieu of, solid business acumen. Owens served as director of enrollment at the University of Phoenix, and it was there she met Vukonich who joined the team five years later. Though both women praise their time at the university, they often worked up to 50 hours a week and wanted to make
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“We’ll get a hiccup like everybody else,” the mayor said. “But the more we can preserve our reserves in the city and diversify our economy, it means that we will survive and thrive.” Among Chandler’s 117,000 jobs, its largest business sectors are high-tech manufacturing, finance, and retail. The city’s unemployment rate has hovered
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time to enjoy their children and spouses. While lunching one day and discussing spa services they craved at reasonable costs, they considered launching their own spa business. At first, they considered an Arizonabased massage franchise that was just beginning its entrance into the national day spa market. But as they left a meeting where they’d been presented a contract, the two came to a life-altering decision during the 14-floor elevator descent. “We decided we had our own vision for a spa that everyday women could come to and receive facial and massage treatments at an affordable price,” said Owens. “And that franchise didn’t offer nail or aesthetic services. They also didn’t have the warmth, energy and fun we hoped to create,” added Vukonich, an Arizona native. So, in 2006, they launched Fuchsia Spa focusing on skincare, massage, nail services and more with an affordable membership. “We’re on a quest to provide a 5-star experience at Fuchsia on a three star budget,” Vukonich said. “We recently updated our Tranquility Lounge to be more relaxing with individual reclining chairs where clients can start their relaxation time with hot tea, a cookie, and a warm neck wrap.” The Fuchsia Spa staff - with more than 65 men and women – regularly receives training in the latest of spa techniques including the most recent in their expanding service menu, Celluma - a low-level light therapy utilizing LED energy. “What light therapy is doing is delivering energy to our compromised cells,” explained Vukonich. “Cells that are under-functioning due to aging and environmental toxins. “It’s a biochemical response inside the cell where it is going to properly function again, and it works the same whether we’re talking about acne, wrinkles or pain.” She said Celluma has two FDA clearances – one for wrinkles and the other for acne – as well as seven for pain. “We’re creating the first LED bar with multiple lights in use,” she said, adding
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between 3.9 and 4.1 percent over the last year. Hartke presents himself as a fiscal conservative who values efficiency, yet aims to maintain good public services. He was received warmly by the Rotary members, who presented him with a certificate and called Hartke the “real deal.” The mayor indicated he hopes to remain in office through 2027, which is when he’ll be termed out.
that the therapy increases collagen and elastin. “As a woman who’s almost 50, I’m noticing differences in my skin that I’d like to change in a totally natural way. I don’t want to look fake or frozen. The Celluma LED is extremely safe and very effective for wrinkle reduction and also leaves your skin glowing,” said Vukonich Owens is also enthused about the new LED service as her lifestyle often keeps her outside helping her father with his horse ranch west of Phoenix. “I like to tell people Fuchsia Spa is my third career and none of them were related to each other,” the second-generation Arizona native laughed. Her first career was in horse racing, where she was a steward and director of racing and on the Arizona State Racing Commission for 11 years before going to University of Phoenix in enrollment and marketing. “The university taught me a lot and I got my MBA there,” Owens said. Another new addition launching Nov. 1 at all Fuchsia Spa locations is their new Elite Membership, focusing more on beauty, health and wellness services that is tailored for the woman on the go as the weekly sessions run approximately 30-45 minutes. “With the launch of the new Elite membership, we’re excited to see our guests a little more often,” Vukonich said. “The fire has caused us to really look at our spa and say how can we make our experience even better.” Owens added that while Fuchsia Spa’s goal is not “to be the lowest price in the market, but instead to be the highest quality.” “Our world is filled with an overload of activities and responsibilities and as women, we tend to take on the world,” she added. “Our membership gives women the permission to say I deserve a little me-time.” Fuchsia Spa locations in Phoenix and Tucson are franchises. For more information on Fuchsia Spa, their services and locations, see FuchsiaSpa.com.
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America is in the middle of an uncivil war BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist
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ow the calendar flips to November and you find yourself offering a prayer for this embattled nation of ours. In precisely one year’s time, on the first Tuesday in November 2020, America will contest what promises to be the ugliest Presidential election, in any of our lifetimes. Given what this nation lived through in 2016, that’s really saying something. Twelve months from Election Day, with the Iowa caucuses three months out, we know perhaps only one thing for sure: President Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee. Sure, Trump needs to survive the upcoming House impeachment process – a dog and pony show for the ages, no doubt – and the increasing likelihood of a trial in the U.S. Senate. But the smart money remains on the
House impeaching followed by the Senate failing to muster the two-thirds vote necessary to remove a sitting President from office. Might Trump resign under pressure, a la Richard Nixon in 1974? My belief is no. Feeling pressure is a rational response to facing a deeply unsettling situation and rationality has never been a Trump strong point. Across the aisle, Democrats culled their field to 18 candidates running against Trump. I’ll confess I’ve paid precious little attention so far, instead adopting my typical approach to NBA basketball: Skip the regular season and wait for the conference finals. This way, you avoid watching the Charlotte Hornets and Atlanta Hawks – or Wayne Messam and Steve Bullock – and you cut straight to the chase. My prediction: Anyone who makes a prediction in American politics a year out is bound to be embarrassed. I’m still living down predicting Joe Ar-
paio would be sheriff until he turns 114 years old. Instead, here’s an observation I guarantee will be key come next November: Whomever the Democrats pick, Republicans will hate that person, down to the marrow. This will leave us heading into Election Day about where we are right now: With eight in 10 registered partisans very likely to vote and 90 percent of them in lockstep with their party’s candidate of choice. As for the rest of us – voters outside the two major parties – there’s one key demographic who will decide this election, exactly as exit polls say they did in 2016. Georgetown University recently polled Americans about the 2020 race, and buried in GOP pollster Ed Goeas’ analysis was this nugget: “Exit polling in 2016, indicated that 19 percent of voters who voted on Election Day had an unfavorable view of both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. President Trump won most of these ‘dislike both’ voters by a two-to-one margin in the key states making this bloc of voters decisive for his victory.”
That’s what Election 2020 surely will come down to: Swing state voters who despise both candidates, holding our noses and throwing a dart at the lesser of two evils. Maybe the economy stays strong and that’s enough to bail out Trump come November. Or maybe he tweet-attacks and MAGA hashtags his way right out of office, fired like that old colleague we all once worked with, the guy who got some stuff done but took credit for his achievements and yours and whom nobody liked much besides. The Georgetown poll also found that the average voter believes that right now America is two-thirds of the way to the edge of a second civil war. There I disagree. I think we’re actually in the middle of it. This time, the war isn’t being fought with muskets and cannons. The weapons are ballots and we have a year until a ceasefire. Then, next November, we can total up the dead and wounded.
there, but the space was not optimal, nor was it adequate. It was not unusual for pediatric patients to be sent out of the area – sometimes out of state – for a needed pediatric hospital bed. There was a pediatric hospital capacity shortage here in the early 2000s, particularly during peak flu and RSV seasons. Banner Health saw the need and invested more than $300 million to ensure that children in the East Valley, around the state and, even in neighboring states, had access to the best pediatric care possible in a state-of-the-art facility. Over the years and recently, Banner Children’s has recruited some of the very best pediatric specialists to help us carry out our important mission. Recent additions include: Dr. Gordon Cohen, medical director of the Congenital Heart Surgery Center, is an internationally recognized leader in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. He led Seattle Children’s Hospital from a nonsurgical cardiology program to a top program for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis, chief of Banner Children’s/U of A state-wide Pediatric Blood and Cancer Program. He also is internationally recognized for his research in transplant immunology, and is the leader of the Banner/University of Arizona Stem Cell Transplant Program for adults and children. Dr. David Moss, a pediatric neurosurgeon who is considered one of the most skilled, talented and knowledgeable neurosurgeons in the Southwestern U.S. Dr. Sandra Buttram, a pediatric intensivist with specialized training and expertise in neuro-critical care and ECMO. Dr. Hiep Nguyen, an internationally recognized leader in pediatric urology and, in particular, robotic surgery. Dr. Mark Joseph, medical director of Pediatric Nephrology, a nationally recognized leader in his field. Ten years seems to go by in the blink of an eye. It seems like only yesterday that we were welcoming our first patients, and we’ve celebrated many important milestones since then.
We are proud the hospital has grown in stature and prominence, but, importantly, we are also proud to have remained a comforting and caring place for sick and injured children in their time of need. Our greatest pride is in our staff – the dedicated physicians, nurses and other medical caregivers who give selflessly day in and day out. We’re not just celebrating a building when we mark this 10-year anniversary… We’re celebrating our Cardon Children’s pediatric professionals, past and present, because without them we would not be where we are today. On behalf of everyone at Cardon Children’s, I want to thank the community for putting your trust in us when your precious children need medical care. We do not take that responsibility lightly, and we understand you hold us to the highest level of professionalism. We consider it an honor to serve, and look forward to the next 10 years and beyond. Laura Robertson is chief executive officer, Cardon Children’s Medical Center and Banner Desert Medical Center.
Cardon Children’s is proud of its 10-year history BY LAURA ROBERTSON Tribune Guest Writer
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en years ago this month, Banner Health and our East Valley community celebrated, with great fanfare, the opening of Cardon Children’s Medical Center, a beautiful seven-story hospital in Mesa built “through the eyes of a child.” Since the opening, Cardon Children’s has had the honor of caring for thousands of kids. In fact, we have had more than 105,000 pediatric patient admissions and nearly 405,000 patient visits to our pediatric emergency room over the past 10 years. In 2017, the hospital was designated a Level 1 Trauma Center for pediatric patients, capable of handling the most severe cases. Many people won’t remember, but, prior to Cardon Children’s opening, Banner Children’s Hospital was a single wing inside Banner Desert Medical Center. Excellent pediatric care was provided
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Baker’s dozen of divers for Skyline’s Knapp family ZACH KEENAN Tribune Contributing Writer
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hen Victoria Knapp of Skyline High School won her fourth consecutive state diving championship last fall, she knew she would be sharing a podium with other divers. But she didn’t know it would be the same divers she shares a bathroom with. Knapp’s younger brother, Daniel, won the boys’ state title as a freshman last year. Her younger sister, now-junior Rebekah, took fourth. Flips, turns, tucks and rolls are all in the genes for the Knapp family. Diving is typically a sport reserved for swimmers pulling double-duty, or recruited gymnasts by swim coaches looking to score more points in meets. These three siblings, however, have all been diving since elementary school. After experimenting with a mix of baseball and other sports, they all specialize in diving. The assumption would be Victoria, Rebekah and Daniel learned about diving by chance. Actually, they learned about it from their siblings. All 13 of them. Out of the seven adopted and six biological, Alleigh is the oldest. Now 30, she started the family’s af�inity for diving when she was 3 years old. She took swim lessons, but her eyes always found the age-restricted diving board. When she turned 4, she began diving competitively in the summers. Her younger sister, Beth, followed suit. Although neither continued diving their mother, Christine, spoke of how work ethic runs in the family. “They can really do anything they set their minds to,” Christine said. “All that focus shows in their passions.” Alleigh chose to spend her focus teaching herself piano instead of diving, and now owns a piano studio. Beth followed her passion and now works in pediatrics at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Three siblings represent East Valley
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Dive Club, out of Skyline High School in Mesa. The club’s coach, Lauren Thiel, dove with Alleigh during their high school years. Her time gave her some insight on the family. “They know what they want to do, they know how to do it well, they want to do it well,” said Thiel, who now instructs Victoria, Rebekah, Daniel and 13-year-old Josiah. All of the Knapp children are homeschooled, and the youngest live at home with mom Christine, dad Gene, as well as an uncle and their 101-year-old greatgrandmother. It’s close quarters living
and the six girls at home begrudgingly share a bathroom. Victoria, who completed her senior year of homeschool, is taking a gap year to explore college options. She visited several schools and Thiel is con�ident in her NCAA Division I potential. Victoria is nannying and working this year, while also diving for two hours, six days each week. The intense training regimen is consistent with the three-high school/college-aged divers in the family. Rebekah says she averages 50 dives from varying heights per practice. It’s a serious time commitment.
Daniel tried playing baseball while still diving, but decided he liked diving more. It doesn’t hurt he’s a record holder at East Valley Dive Club, in several age groups and is on pace to win four AIA state titles. It’s only natural to face burnout in a sport where one commits 12 hours each week. “You just keep going through the motions and eventually you’re right back in it,” Daniel said. Victoria’s advice on burnout was similar, she puts her head down and keeps working. Maybe it’s something that runs in the genes.
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Multicultural comedy club coming to Chandler BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer
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zona. He visits them in detention centers, translates documents for them and generally makes sure they’re acclimating well to life in a new country. But the Mesa man has noticed there’s something missing in the lives of these individuals. “I don’t feel like their psychological wellbeing has been addressed,” Montreuil said. That’s why he’s organizing a comedy
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event in Chandler that welcomes attendees from all cultures and ethnicities. Montreuil’s calling his event the KrikKrak Comedy Club. “Krik-Krak” is a Haitian expression that’s the English equivalent of a “knock-knock” joke. Mackenson Louis, a Haitian-born comedian, is scheduled to be Krik-Krak’s �irst performer at an event on Nov. 16 at Tumbleweed Recreation Center. Louis is known for penning the series “Comedy Joy Ride” and his celebrity impressions of Denzel Washington and Mike Tyson. Montreuil said he hopes this will become a regular, ongoing event, one in which comedians from different backgrounds will get a chance to share their jokes with a new audience. The Krik-Krak Club will serve two purposes: offer a platform for up-and-coming diverse comedians to try out their material, and provide a communal place for residents to feel welcome. The refugee population in central Arizona is consistently growing, Montreuil
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still recovering from their trauma. “I want people to start feeling happy to be part of this community,” Montreuil
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Chandler farm lures diners to the barn BY KEVIN REAGAN Tribune Staff Writer
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he farm-to-table philosophy takes on a literal meaning when Greenhouse Gardens serves up its own produce for a �ive-course dinner party on Nov. 17. After selling out its �irst event in March, the Chandler farm is hosting another dinner inside its vintage barn with a new menu to match its seasonal shift in vegetables. Fifty guests will be able to sample appetizers, entrees and desserts prepared by a professional chef and made with ingredients grown on the farm. Patrons will sit along a long table beneath strings of lights and surrounded by shelves of old gardening tools. Cameron McChesney, co-owner of Greenhouse Gardens, said the event is intended to show guests how his farm’s carrots and cucumbers can be fancily transformed into high-end meals. “I hope that they see that our produce
Greenhouse Gardens in Chandler hosted its first dinner in March and won plaudits from everyone who attended. The evening included soft music, a cocktail hour and a gourmet menu. (Greenhouse Gardens)
can be crafted into some amazing dishes – not just the steamed vegetables we all grew up with,” he said. McChesney and his wife, Jeannine,
bought the historic farm property, located between Gilbert and Cooper roads, a couple of years ago and hold a farmers market every Saturday.
They grow up to eight vegetables at any given time, McChesney said, averaging about 80 sales per week. The farm also supplies produce to restaurants in Chandler and Scottsdale. The McChesneys are in the process of harvesting the last of their zucchinis, peppers and eggplants for the season. Concurrently, they are starting to plant the next round of lettuce, spinach and radishes. The upcoming dinner event will �ind ways to incorporate sweet potato, roasted garlic and squash into the menu. Appetizers will consist of chorizo meatballs with pickled veggies. The �ive courses will include bisque with a Frenchstyled cream, risotto with eggplant and lobster and a sweet-corn buttermilk pie. One course is being kept a secret as a special surprise. Chris Castro, an executive outlet chef of the Scott Resort in Scottsdale, is partnering with the McChesneys to prepare the
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event. He was intrigued by the opportunity to experiment with his culinary skills outside of the kitchen and cook a meal based mostly on what’s available at the farm. “Sometimes (the farm) has specialty things they’re growing that you don’t even know and it just makes it more fun,” Castro said. Castro was classically trained to use French techniques around the kitchen. But he now calls himself a “global” chef – one that can adapt to any type of cuisine. Serving �ive courses to 50 guests on a farm can be challenging, Castro added, but he’s learned some tips after the March event that will make the operation a bit smoother. Aside from being a unique night out
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said. “I don’t want them to think that the United States is only expecting their hard labor… and then push them to the side and that’s it.” Montreuil immigrated to the United States from Haiti about 30 years ago. The teacher and business developer had been living in New York City until the Sept. 11 attacks pushed him to �ind a safer place to raise his children. He relocated to the East Valley and embedded himself in the immigrant community. He founded the Haitian American Center for Social Economic Development and was recently awarded the Martin Luther King Diversity award by the city of
with friends, the event helps to better inform patrons on how their food is grown and prepared, Castro said. “People get to understand more of where their food comes from,” Castro said. “It’s very important.” McChesney agrees a visit to his farm can be quite educational. He and his wife try not to be preachy, but he’s quick to point out that his vegetables can go weeks in the refrigerator before rotting. The couple plans to host dinner parties more regularly throughout the year. The �irst event turned out to be such a success, McChesney said, and they’re hopeful the next one will have similar results. “If we could recreate that again,” he said, “we’ll be doing quite well.” Tickets cost $119 and can be bought by searching “Greenhouse Gardens” on eventbrite.com.
Tempe. This comedy club is Montreuil’s latest project to bring cultures together. “I’m in this for real with a lot of passion,” he added. The Krik-Krak Club is expected to be family-friendly and the humor will be respectful of all demographics. The event will eventually become multilingual, featuring comedians who speak English, Spanish, French, and Creole. This is an incredibly unique event, Montreuil added, and will hopefully attract patrons from outside Arizona. Depending on the turnout of the �irst show, Montreuil said he hopes to have another performer in early January. “I’ve got to go slow because I got to make sure it works,” he added.
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Pool Service / Repair
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AE&Sons
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ExteNet Systems LLC proposes to replace an existing light pole structure with an approximate 38-foot overall height pole structure for support of antennas. The structure would be located at 4341 E Baseline Road, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona (33° 22’ 41.3”N, 111° 44’ 23.3”W). ExteNet Systems LLC invites comments from any interested party on the impact the proposed telecommunications structure may have on any districts, sites, buildings, structures or objects significant in American history, archaeology, engineering or culture that are listed or determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. Comments may be sent to Environmental Corporation of America, ATTN: Dina Bazzill, 1375 Union Hill Industrial Court, Suite A, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004. Ms. Bazzill can be reached at (770) 667-2040 ext. 111. Comments must be received within 30 days. V2253 HLE. Published: East Valley Tribune, Gilbert Sun News, Nov. 3, 2019 / 25526
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