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Montessori in the Park
Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Karen in Latest Dirt
Breaks Ground on New Buildings
By Kevin Crawley
On April 5th, Kim Anderson’s vision and dream for Montessori in the Park took one giant leap toward becoming reality with the official ground breaking of a new campus on Litchfield Road behind Romano’s Macaroni Grill. Anderson, the owner and co-manager of Montessori in the Park, celebrated with family, [...]
Education and schools expand into the West Valley, becoming a hub
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 by Karen in Latest Dirt
Despite (or maybe because of) the existing job market, education is on the rise and enrollment continues to climb. More and more people are going back to school to help get them a better job in hopes to make their future brighter. Job seekers are finding themselves in the midst of a much more dense [...]
West Valley-Opolis
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by trish in Latest Dirt
Sure, the West Valley is made up of 13 unique and distinctive cities, and sure, we who live here dabble in a bit of friendly competition and parochial pride, but let’s be honest: To anyone east of I-17, and to many of us west, the West Valley is just one big place. We might cherish [...]
Tax shortfall may stall Goodyear City Center project
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by dbarnhart in Latest Dirt
A City Center for Goodyear may not be in the near future, as the city weighs the costs of construction against falling home values.
The City Center proposal calls for a four-story, 96,500-square-foot city hall, 27,000-square-foot library and 4-acre-park. That’s a reduction of 16,000 square feet from the original overall project that Goodyear had hoped to [...]
Avondale trims more personnel, drops traffic-enforcement tools
Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by dbarnhart in Latest Dirt
As Avondale’s finances continue to take a hit, the city is eliminating 22.5 additional full-time jobs, seven of them through layoffs, and dropping the photo-red-light cameras and photo-speeding-enforcement van.
Don’t say Avondale hasn’t cut police and fire
Since 2008, when revenues began falling sharply, Avondale has laid off 28 city employees, eliminating 70 positions in all. It [...]
