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🌱 Sky Train Attack Update + Scottsdale Trailheads Recognized
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Scottsdale.
Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Geoff Campbell, your host of the Scottsdale Daily.
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Sunny, pleasant, and warmer. High: 72 Low: 56.
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Here are the top stories today in Scottsdale:
- Brandon Smith, 32, has been formally charged after the vicious attack of a flight attendant on the Sky Train platform in Terminal 4 very early Friday morning. According to the report, the police have named it a hate crime and describe the attack this way: "Smith came up from behind, kicking the woman and then punching her in the face. She was knocked to the ground, and he kept kicking her... she fought back, and that's when he threw a metal sign and hand sanitizer stand at her. He did this while yelling, "go back to your own (expletive) country." Reportedly the flight attendant suffered minor injuries (Arizona's Family)
- Once again, Scottsdale area trailheads are receiving significant design attention. Arizona Forward recognized McDowell Sonoran Preserve's Fraesfield and Granite Mountain trailheads for "Natural Environment Preservation" and "Civic Buildings, Structures, and Landscape Design." The award, Crescordia, is the top award in each of the categories above. The honors were bestowed at the recent Environmental Excellence Awards program. (Press Release Desk)
- Optima Inc., a Scottsdale-based developer, is planning a luxury residential community at the cost of $1 billion. The 1,500 luxury units, the company's largest effort to date, are intended for north Scottsdale. The pre-application has been submitted, according to the Business Journals. "This process is just starting," said David Hovey Jr., president, COO, and principal architect of Optima. "We anticipate when completed, the project will have a total capital investment in the neighborhood of $1 billion." (The Business Journals-subscribe)
ICYMI And In Other News:
- Condor Airlines is coming back to Phoenix Sky Harbor. (AZ Big Media)
- Susan Irene Romero, a former bank president, was ordered to pay back the $2.3M she embezzled. (Patch)
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Today in Scottsdale:
- Vivi Erickson Violin and Viola Studio — Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place. (4:30 p.m.)
- Scottsdale Rising Young Professionals: Behind the Scenes at the Zoo. (5:30 p.m.)
- Volunteers' Meeting — Arizona Persian Cultural Center. (8 p.m.)
From my notebook:
- The SRPMIC will host a Healing & Memorial Tribute, a remembrance of all our community members who passed during the pandemic, Saturday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at the Salt River Ballfield. (Facebook)
- In recognition of Women's History Month, SPD honors Lori Abbott who began her career as a crime scene specialist in 2007. (Facebook)
- All Scottsdale Public Library branches will begin offering monthly Drop-in e-Media sessions to learn more about digital libraries. Go to Scottsdale.libnet.info/events for more dates. (Facebook)
- At Scottsdale Forward, hear from retail, restaurant, and resorts leaders about how they got through the pandemic. (Facebook)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out this Wednesday! See you all 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.
