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By Peter Corbett / AZCentral.com
August 8, 2009
Arizona’s desert dwellers with summer cabins are the lucky ones.
They can escape when dawn breaks with temperatures uncomfortably close to triple digits.
Cabin owners flee to their high-country retreats near Flagstaff, Prescott, Payson and the White Mountains for a weekend or a week.
They drive a few hours to where daytime highs are more than 20 degrees lower than in the Valley and overnight temperatures dip below 50.
“It’s the best of both worlds,” said Tom Taggart of Gilbert and Flagstaff. “Down here we have our pool and palm trees, and up there we have our cabin in the woods.”
The Daily Courier
August 18, 2009
PRESCOTT - The first event of the Arizona Aircraft Expo will take place at Prescott’s Ernest A. Love Field this week.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday, models of the newest general-aviation aircraft will be on display at the airport’s fixed base operator, Legend Aviation, 2020 Clubhouse Dr.
Prospective buyers and the general public will be able to see 10 different single-engine aircraft from Cessna, Cirrus, Diamond, Mooney and Piper.
By Joanna Dodder Nellans / The Daily Courier
July 25, 2009
A 200-acre ranch in the heart of the Agua Fria National Monument was two days away from the auction block this month when the Trust for Public Land completed a deal to step in and save it from potential development.
“It could have been disastrous,” said Christopher Byrne, Arizona project manager for the Trust for Public Land (TPL).
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has wanted to acquire the historic Horseshoe Ranch ever since President Bill Clinton created the monument nearly a decade ago.
By Michelle R Meissner / Examiner.com
July 13, 2009
The sun has negative impacts and positive ones as well.
As the need for alternatives to fossil fuels suddenly becomes an urgent matter- our political reps are finally taking notice of the natural energy source that has blistered our backsides for eons… the sun!
Solar power has finally come to mean something more than a passing phase. It has become a necessity. Our impact on the enviornment has caused enough damage, it is hard to tell if there will be any way to save it now. However, giant leaps will be made if solar power takes over.
Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona State University is partnering with Sam’s Club through a $60,000 grant from the retailer to the Sustainable Cities Network.
The network, which includes 25 Arizona cities and towns, three Indian communities, the Maricopa Association of Governments and ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability, seeks to bring the groups together to better incorporate sustainability into local and regional planning.
Sam’s Club, a division of the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT), presented the grant as a contribution from its 13 locations in Phoenix, Tucson and Prescott.
By Catherine Reagor / The Arizona Republic
Here are some more positive signs from metropolitan Phoenix’s housing market, which may not be recovering but doesn’t appear to be deteriorating any more.
Home sales climbed again in June to reach 9,614, according to the Information Market/Cromford Report survey. That’s an 11 percent increase from May’s home sales. June is the sixth straight month home sales have climbed in the Valley.
The median Valley resale-home price also climbed in June, the first monthly price increase since late 2007. Last month, the median ticked up to $125,000 from $122,000 in May.
By Coty Dolores Miranda / AZCentral.com
The Ahwatukee Foothills Concert Band is a dream come true for 26-year Ahwatukee resident Crawford McClue, who founded the community musical group for musicians of all ages in 1991.
The band also is a source of joy to McClue, who celebrated his 98th birthday Wednesday , and still attends area concerts by the group.
“Having seen them when they first started, I’m amazed,” laughed McClue, a former organist listed in the band roster as “official kazoo player.”
Phoenix Business Journal
Arizona’s American Indian tribes will receive about $8.2 million in federal stimulus money for a host of water-related projects.
The money is part of $90 million in announced disbursements from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Indian Health Service.
Laura Yoshii, the EPA’s acting regional administrator for the Pacific Southwest, said the money will fuel jobs and bring in needed amenities.
Phoenix Business Journal
July 7, 2009
Salt River Project customers now can receive up to $6,000 from the utility for improvements to their home’s energy efficiency.
The utility announced on Tuesday that it is increasing its cap from $4,000. With federal stimulus money factored in, a homeowner in SRP’s service area could get up to $12,500 for energy efficiency renovations.
“Increasing the funding level for individual homes will result in more comprehensive energy-efficient improvements,” said Debbie Kimberly, SRP’s manager of energy efficiency and policy analysis. “The customers who participate in this program will have lower electricity bills and experience improved comfort levels throughout their house.”
