Page Visitors: 876 Dunkin’ Donuts grand opening of its first Laveen location at 5225 W. Baseline Road, Suite #104 (51st Avenue and Baseline Road) takes place Saturday, April 16. To celebrate, the first 100 guests in line at the restaurant on April 16 will receive one free traditional donut. As an added bonus, the restaurant will continue […]
New businesses opening in Laveen
Page Visitors: 4,704 Local Artisan Floor Specialist Heading to Home Show Artesano Flooring, 7035 S. Central Ave., Suite 5, in Phoenix will be showing the latest flooring products during the Phoenix Home and Garden Show on March 4, 5 and 6th. The show takes place at Arizona Cardinal Stadium in Glendale AZ. David Cato, owner […]
Laveen Residents Re-Launching Neighborhood Patrol
Page Visitors: 758 (This article first appeared in the print edition of the South Mountain District News on March 7, 2016) After a six-year hiatus, Laveen residents are relaunching this month a Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol to drive through multiple neighborhoods at least once a month in an effort to deter crime and report suspicious activity. […]
Laveen home prices up 4 percent in February
Page Visitors: 813 Home Prices Rise 4% in Laveen Through the month of January 2016, Laveen AZ posted a total of 38 residential home sales year to date. The average price of $206,729 recorded a net advance of 4.0% from this time period a year ago. The total volume of sold residential listings in Laveen […]
City expedites light rail extension into south Phoenix
Page Visitors: 1,719 (This article appears in the print edition of the South Mountain District News) PHOENIX – Affordable public transportation to jobs, schools, businesses, colleges, churches and downtown Phoenix, as well as increased opportunity for economic development are among the reasons south Phoenix residents are celebrating the city’s January decision to expedite extending […]
Laveen Village Voice: Countdown to parade and barbecue
Page Visitors: 1,402 In less than a month we celebrate our agrarian heritage with the Laveen Community Parade on Feb. 6 and the Annual Laveen Pit Barbecue on Feb. 21. Hundreds of community volunteers, local business and local leaders pitch in thousands of hours to make these events enjoyable successful. “Laveen is a unique, close-knit […]
Laveen Village Voice: Community says goodbye to Laveen activist
Page Visitors: 1,170 One of Laveen’s most active residents and staunchest community supporters announced last month that she would be moving to Henderson, Nevada due to her husband’s career. Stefany Scovell served for more than six years on the Village Planning Committee and was a founder of the Laveen Meadows Block Watch. Scovell also was […]
SMCC, Ahwatukee Chamber Launching Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Page Visitors: 729 Rose Tring for the South Mountain District News Eight aspiring business leaders of the future are getting their starts this month as members of the inaugural class of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, sponsored by the Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation and South Mountain Community College. “We’re launching it this month,” said Anne Gill, […]
News from Betty Fairfax and Cesar Chavez high schools
Page Visitors: 1,290 Distributed by the Phoenix Union High School District News from BETTY FAIRFAX Students earn spots in prestigious choirs Hundreds of choir students from throughout Arizona competed Sept. 26 for a spot in the Arizona All-State Show and Jazz Choirs. When the auditions ended, two Betty Fairfax students were among the 48 […]
Residents say lousy drivers are worst traffic issue in Laveen
Page Visitors: 776 Whether it is rude drivers or four-lane thoroughfares that abruptly drop to two lanes, residents in Laveen find plenty to say about driving in the rapidly developing urban village. The South Mountain District News asked residents to sound off on the topic and more than 80 people responded with what they considered […]