🌱Cactus League Begins + New Listings Tuesday + Home Rehab Costs

Good morning, Scottsdale! Here's everything you need to know to get this Tuesday started right.

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First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 82 Low: 53.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Scottsdale today:

1. Despite baseball's delayed start to the season, the Cactus League is once again swinging for the fences. The San Francisco Giants began its disrupted pre-season at Scottsdale Stadium over the weekend. The nine home-game slate ends on April 5. Take me out to the ballpark! (Patch)
2. It's New Listing Tuesday in the Scottsdale Daily Digest. Today's listings range from a two-bedroom, two-bath house in Scottsdale to a four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bathroom home in Paradise Valley. Want to know more? Tap on the resource. (Scottsdale Patch)
3. With inventory low in the Scottsdale housing market and homeowners not ready to overpay, they are setting out to improve their current space. Arizona Foothills Magazine reports the HomeAdviser listing of typical home improvement projects: bathroom, $10,239; kitchen, $22,947; windows, $5,094; flooring, $2,888; countertops, $2,905; roofing, $14,360; and cabinets, $4,885. (Arizona Foothills Magazine)

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Today in Scottsdale:

• Brian Lavelle Ballroom Dance Instructor — Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. (11:30 a.m.)
• Ribbon Cutting for Parent Projects — Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce. (Noon)
• Laurie Trygg Dance Lessons — Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. (4:30 p.m.)
• Evocative Visions — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. (7:30 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• The Scottsdale Fire Department 2022 Public Safety Teen Academy applications are now available to students 14-18 years of age. (Facebook)
• The Scottsdale Police Department is accepting applications for police communications dispatcher through March 28. https://bit.ly/Com-3-2022 . (Facebook)
• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community is hosting the Circus Celebration Drive-Up Event for Child Abuse Prevention Month Friday, April 1, from 4-7 p.m. at the Two Waters North Employee Parking Lot. (Facebook)
• Find a job with Maricopa County Workforce Development — Visit Maricopa.gov/FindaJob to see available positions and programs. (Nextdoor)

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— 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.