Tag Archive for Phoenix homes

Vacation Safety Tips for your Home

 in Mountain Preserve BlockWatch

Going on Vacation??

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Some Tips to keep your home safe while you are away…

An empty house is a tempting target for a burglar. Use these tips to help safeguard your home while you are on vacation.
• Have good locks on all doors and windows, and use them!
• Ask a neighbor to watch the house while you’re away. It’s a good idea to leave your vacation address and telephone number with a neighbor so you can be reached in case of an emergency.
• Never leave your house keys hidden outside your home.
• Stop all deliveries, or arrange for a neighbor to pick up your mail, newspapers and packages.
• Plug in timers to turn lights and a radio or television on and off at appropriate times. This helps to disguise the fact that you are away.
• Leave your blinds/shades in a normal position. Don’t close them unless that is what you do when you are home.
• Close and lock the garage door. Ask a neighbor to occasionally park their car at your home as you normally would. Vehicles parked outside should be moved occasionally to appear that they are being used.
• Tell your police department you plan to be away. Patrol officers may have the opportunity to periodically check your residence.

Have a great vacation!!

New program from Phoenix Public Works

 in News/ Events

Phoenix | Public Works| Piestewa Park| Organic


Public Works Department, City of Phoenix CITY
Starting July 7, the Phoenix Public Works Department will be launching two waste diversion programs for Phoenix residents: “Save As You Reduce and Recycle” (SAY R&R) and the “Green Organics Curbside Collection” program.

SAY R&R offers a medium trash container to customers to encourage more recycling, for a savings of $3 a month on their solid waste fees. The Green Organics program is well-suited for customers with extensive lawn/yard maintenance each week, and offers a large tan container for green organics waste for $5/month per container. Both programs are voluntary. Sign ups begin July 7.

If you’d like more information about the programs, the Public Works Department would be more than happy to give a presentation about the Reimagine Phoenix initiative and the new solid waste programs on your next neighborhood or community meeting.  They will bring the PowerPoint presentation and the “accessories” that go with it. Please email reimaginephoenix@phoenix.gov to schedule a speaker to attend your meeting to answer questions.

Roadrunner Park Farmers Market

 in 32nd Street Lifestyle

Check out the Roadrunner Park Farmers market every Saturday from 8:00-1:00p.  Summer hours are in effect from June 7th- July 26th 7-11am

Roadrunner Park Farmers market is the longest consecutively running farmers market in the state of Arizona, serving the community since 1990!

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What does it offer?

Local farm produce including fresh vegetables & fruit, baked goods, honey, jams and jellies, nursery stock, natural pork, beef and fish, hand crafted items.

The booths rotate but some staples to check out are:

  • P.B Americano for delicious varieties of nut butter,
  • B Naked chocolates offering delicious macaroons and more,
  • Vilardi Gardens offering heirloom tomatoes, basil, eggplant, and more great veggies.
  • Blue Sky organic farms offering certified organically grown produce and local eggs.
  • Raimondos gluten free Italian cuisine offering veggie lasagna, eggplant rollatini, meatballs and more
  • JH Grass Fed offers grass fed  beef, lamb, and chicken from Holbrook ranch 45 miles north of Cave Creek

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The best part is easy credit card shopping.  Cash is always welcome, but one credit card charge can pay for all your purchases from any of the vendors at the information booth.  Many vendors offer square card readers as a payment option too.

If you go bring your reusable and recycled bags, go early for the best selection.  Sometimes popular items sell out fast.

Get to know the vendors, often times you can pre-order goods from them and pick them up the next time you go to the Farmer’s market.

Partner with your family and neighbors for bulk savings.  Ordering food in bulk gets great prices and then you can divide it among your group.

Roadrunner Park is just east of State Route 51 on the north side of Cactus located in the front (southern part) of Roadrunner Park.

3502 E Cactus Rd Phoenix, AZ 85032

For more information please visit this website www.farmersmarket.com

 

All about Phoenix Paradise Gardens Homes

 in 32nd Street Lifestyle

The Phoenix Paradise Gardens Subdivision built in the 1960’s covers the area from 32nd Street to 36th Street and Mountain View to Gold Dust.

Not your average subdivision; Paradise Gardens was a partnership with famous Phoenix modern architect Al Beadle.

Al Beadle not one to mince words once said “Unfortunately, most people are not aware of good design. The architect’s catch-22 is that people with taste have no money, and the people with money have no taste, so that often leaves the architect out.”

Though the partnership between Al Beadle and developer Robert Altherr and A-1 Construction didn’t last very long the modern Beadle design is carried throughout the subdivision.  The architect created homes especially suited to the desert with deep overhangs and an indoor/outdoor connection that let’s the occupants fully connect with the desert ensconced in the safety of the steel and block “shelter” . 

There are four cactus themed floor plans that maintain a clean, modern, design that Al Beadle was known for.

Here are a look at some of the drawings and homes today.

chollarendering A Cholla model from 2010 cholla

 

 

ocotillorendering An Ocotillo from 2010  Ocotillo

 

paloverderendering A Palo Verde from 2010 palo verde

 

saguarorendering The Saguaro from 2010saguaro

The original design brochure

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Many Paradise Gardens homes continue the mid century trend but offer modern touches.  Paradise Gardens Homes are keeping the original design but adding modern conveniences such as closed garages or extra closet spaces are common.  The trick is to keep the open design concept while still allowing for some privacy and efficiency for our modern technology.

Known as the steel and glass man, the Modern Architecture of Al Beadle reflects a purity of design that endures even today.  Phoenix Gardens remains a popular choice for architect enthusiasts, mid century modern lovers, and Phoenix families.

Read an interview with Al Beadle from Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network Here.

 

32 Renewed Community Meeting

 in 32nd Street Revitalization Project, News/ Events

The North 32nd St. Corridor Plan Meeting for PHASE ONE took place on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 5:30pm at Shea Middle School Cafeteria, 2728 E. Shea Blvd.

The North 32nd Street Corridor is a citizen driven effort to improve the conditions along 32nd Street.  The Corridor is approximately eight miles and runs from State Route 51 to the Loop 101 Freeway

There were over 60 people from the community who attended.  Vice Mayor Bill Gates spoke as well as Deputy Director Ray Dovalina, and Craig Mavis from the Paradise Valley Village Planning Committee.

The meeting recapped the several urban planning studies that had taken place.  The coalition, the 32nd Street Working Group, started meeting in the spring of 2012 and formed three subcommittees to focus on specific issues.  In addition, reports related to the North 32nd Street Corridor were provided by Arizona State University and the Urban Land Institute. 

The results:

There is approx $2 million dollars being invested in the  corridor.  The main focus right now is a “road diet” to remove unnecessary lanes to accommodate bike lanes and medians.

They are also going to upgrade the road and provide funding for art to decorate the streets.

There was talk about bringing in condos to increase some street traffic to drive more business in the corridor.

The activity we worked on was was looking at the map of the corridor and coloring in areas we felt could be revamped, areas to stay the same and areas to be completely redone.

The maps will be taken into consideration when the final stage is presented to the city council.

Here are the results from Phase One mapping.

Any questions or comments  Vice Mayor Bill Gates can be reached at Bill.Gates@Phoenix.gov

meeting 2 meeting

 

The next planning meeting was scheduled for phase 2

Monday, March 24th 5:30PM
Phase 2 Community meeting (32nd Street between Sweetwater Avenue and Paradise Lane) at The Rock at 32nd Street (13625 North 32nd Street). Project overview (history, ULI/ASU/Subcommittee report) and group mapping exercise to determine areas of stability, retrofit and change.

Here were the results from Phase 2’s mapping exercise.