This article first appeared in the print edition of the South Mountain District News on Aug. 4, 2016 An emotionally-charged proposed zoning change for the former driving range near the Cottonfields neighborhood in Laveen foreshadows what likely will be many such debates about how development should unfold in the rural Phoenix suburb. Village planners […]
City and community leaders predict growth, freeway in 2016
As the dust settles on 2015, residents in South Mountain and Laveen Villages can say goodbye to a year of transition and welcome 2016, the year of inevitable and dramatic transformation for their community, from added police officers to the first stages of construction on the South Mountain Freeway. While neighborhood crime, housing prices and […]