South Mountain Freeway
South Mountain Freeway Rose Tring

ADOT recaps recent public meetings on freeway

Page Visitors: 718 Oct. 14 press release from ADOT South Mountain Freeway design meetings draw big crowds, important input Hundreds pose questions, provide feedback on design plans  PHOENIX – Nearly 800 people attended three public meetings on preliminary design plans for the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, providing input and asking questions that will guide […]

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Laveen education
Laveen education, Laveen youth, South Mountain District News Rose Tring

Districts struggle to meet needs of special education students

Page Visitors: 841 More than four decades after Congress enacted legislation to ensure children with special needs are granted the same opportunity for education as those without a disability, parents and school officials still struggle with how those services should look for individual students. In Laveen and Roosevelt elementary school districts, the number of children […]

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Laveen News
Laveen News, Laveen Village Voice, South Mountain District News Rose Tring

Residents, leaders push for public safety funding

Page Visitors: 889 The City of Phoenix is deep into the process of conducting its annual budget hearings for the proposed $1.22 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 that includes a potential $50 more a year in property taxes for homeowners. But Laveen residents are clamoring for more attention to public safety needs for […]

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South Mountain District News
South Mountain District News, South Phoenix Rose Tring

Baseline Corridor drawing renewed interest

Page Visitors: 1,619 This article appears in the April edition of the South Mountain District News Multiple economic factors are driving renewed interested along the Baseline Corridor in South Phoenix and Laveen, including plans to extend the city’s light rail system into the area by 2023 and the long-anticipated South Mountain Freeway to open in […]

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