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🌱$193.5M Property Sale Breaks Records + Program Employs Homeless

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Rise and shine, Scottsdale! Let's get you started this Tuesday with everything you need to know going on around Scottsdale today.

First, today's weather:

Cool with periods of sun. High: 63 Low: 49. Tap on the resource for the Scottsdale weather forecast for the week. (Scottsdale Patch)

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Here are the top 3 stories in Scottsdale today:

  1. Roadrunner on McDowell, a 356-unit multifamily complex in Scottsdale, sold for $193.5 million, more than $.5 million per unit. That price is record-breaking! According to AZ Big Media, "The property was built to attract a top-tier resident profile of high-wage earning professionals supported by 15,500-plus businesses within a 10-mile radius and Scottsdale's outstanding citywide demographics. Renter demand for South Scottsdale apartments has led to strong operational fundamentals, and the imbalance of supply and demand is driving outsized forecasted rent growth," said Steve Gebing, representing the Institution Property Advisors. (AZ Big Media)
  2. "The whole thing is being able to restore a little dignity... if someone joins this program, we're able to assist them with all sorts of different community resources," Jussane Goodman, director of community engagement with the Phoenix Rescue Mission, said. That's how Goodman summarized a program that employs homeless men and women in maintenance roles around the city in both the public and private sector on a day-by-day basis. The $12 an hour, five hours a day job comes with connections and support that allow workers to take steps away from homelessness. (12news.com KPNX)
  3. It's the new listing day in the Scottsdale Daily Digest! Tap on the resource and find five new properties for sale in Scottsdale. Consider a home with two beds and two baths for $325,000, or one with five beds and 5.5 baths for $8.3 million. (Scottsdale Patch)

Today in Scottsdale:

  • Brian Lavelle Ballroom Dance Instructor — Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. (11:30 a.m.)
  • Ribbon Cutting for The Herb Box — Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce. (4 p.m.)
  • Laurie Trygg Dance Lessons — Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. (4 p.m.)
  • Heartbeat Opera | Fidelio — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Check out the Scottsdale Chamber Podcast featuring Dr. Velma Trayham, CEO of ThinkZilla Consulting Group, recorded at Dave Pratt's Star Worldwide Networks. (Facebook)
  • The SRPMIC Salt River Job Board is hiring! Day work program; temporary jobs at the RHPC; WIOA Adult Program; Temp Pool. For more information, call the Job Connection Line at 480-362-7870. (Facebook)
  • Join SRPMIC for eight sessions discussing traditional parenting, storytelling, and more. Indian Parenting "Honoring Our Children By Our Traditions" will take place every Thursday from noon -1:30 p.m. (Facebook)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for your next update.

— Geoff Campbell

I live in Scottsdale, and I am a freelance writer, published in print and on the web. Following a 40-year career as a teacher, administrator, and coach, now committed to education in the broadest possible sense.

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