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CityNorth
By Marie Stephens
The Northeast Valley is set to take center stage on November 13, when High Street – the first phase of the mixed-use community CityNorth comes alive just east of Desert Ridge Marketplace at 54th Street and Deer Valley Drive. Look for both national retailers and new-to-market restaurants to make their debut on CityNorth’s tree lined street level neighborhood, where a Hollywood style block party is scheduled to kick off opening festivities from 5-9pm.
Despite the current economic downturn, more than 30 tenants will open their doors just in time for the upcoming holiday season. Although a handful of tenants have pulled out in recent weeks, several new retailers and restaurants have signed on, bringing the existing roster of High Street’s committed street-level retail space to nearly 90 percent.
“I’m excited CityNorth is coming to District 2,” says Phoenix Vice Mayor Peggy Neely. “This urban-core, mixed-use project has been years in the making and will be the crown jewel of retail in Phoenix, the region and the state of Arizona.”
Anchor department stores will include Arizona’s first Bloomingdale’s, Phoenix’s only Nordstrom and Macy’s. All are anticipated to be open by 2010.
CityNorth’s opening includes new-to-Arizona tenants like Pioneer Electronics – unveiling its second U.S. retail store during High Street commencement festivities.
“We chose CityCenter of CityNorth to open our second U.S. store because we believe Pioneer’s premium brand positioning aligns with CityNorth’s progressive shoppers’ interests for the latest ground-breaking and lifestyle enhancing products,” says Jeff Hagg, national retail manager.
Local and national experts say the Desert Ridge section of Northeast Phoenix, which surrounds CityNorth and nearby North Scottsdale, are among the most desirable places in the nation for retail. At completion, CityCenter of CityNorth will offer more than three million square feet of shopping, dining, residential, hotel, office and medical suite space, creating a unique urban village or “city within a city.”
“The retail landscape at CityCenter of CityNorth creates a compelling new shopping destination for the Northeast Valley,” says R. Webber Hudson, executive vice president of Related Urban, the mixed-use division of Related Co. and Thomas J. Klutznick Company. “Its design and layout will encourage walking, shopping and dining amidst the amenities of the surrounding plazas.”
CityNorth is being developed in phases and features several areas, including 39 private condominiums called The Residences on High Street and The Residences on High Street Luxury Rentals, which include 60 luxury rental units.
The second phase of the project is expected to open in the fall of 2010 and will feature shops and restaurants, condos, Class A office space and community gathering spaces.
For more information, visit citycenterofcitynorth.com. | CST
Local Teacher Wins
One Million Dollars
 School teacher Kathie Remick had been up since 4:30am baking pies, cooking and cleaning to prepare an early Thanksgiving dinner for visiting relatives. She and husband Bill Remick were just sitting down for a quick lunch when the phone rang.
“Oh my goodness I was in complete shock when I got the news that I’d won a million dollars in the St. Joseph’s Health and Wealth Raffle. They assured me it was not a prank call, but it was very difficult to believe at first. I never dreamed of winning anything this big.”
It took a few minutes of reassuring that it was really true, says Remick, a Northeast Phoenix resident, and then she broke down crying. “I have won smaller prizes in the Health and Wealth Raffle in the past, but nothing like this. I buy tickets for each raffle, twice a year, because it benefits St. Joseph’s Hospital and
Barrow Neurological Institute, which is a very worthy cause.”
Remick retired in 2003, after 30 years of teaching elementary school. She came out of retirement two years later and currently teaches at Rio Salado College.
“My supervisor sent an e-mail of congratulations, and said, “Please don’t quit your job yet!” I really enjoy my work and don’t have any plans of leaving. But I instantly knew what I wanted to do with the money.”
The first thing Remick wants to do is pay off her brother’s mortgage. He has degenerative disc disease and has gone through surgery twice. Currently, he has a titanium rod in his back, and is in constant pain. “When I told them what I was going to do, he said, ‘You don’t have to do this, we’re okay.’ I responded with, ‘Well, now you are going to be better!’” She also plans on doing some home improvements, helping her mom and dad, in Sun City, with a few remodeling projects and taking a trip to Italy. | CST
The Dark Side Of The Net
Protecting kids and teens online
Forget the bedtime story. These days, it’s not uncommon for children and teens to go to bed, pull up the covers and go online. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, twice as many kids have computers in their bedrooms today as did five years ago. But wait – haven’t we all heard that the best way to protect kids from Internet danger is to keep computers out of the bedroom?
It is. But according to Cris Clapp with the Internet protection group Enough is Enough, it’s also the most commonly ignored advice in parenting today. Roughly 93 percent of kids are online, and if MySpace were a country it would be the fourth largest in the world.
“How many of you all are online every day?” Clapp recently asked a classroom of students. The hands went up and included just about everyone. Though Clapp said the benefits of the Internet outweigh the problems, it is still extremely important for students to exercise caution online.
As more and more children are exposed not only to soft-core pornography, but also to explicit deviant sexual material, they are learning an extremely dangerous message from pornographers: Sex without responsibility is acceptable and desirable. Because pornography encourages sexual expression without responsibility, it also endangers children’s health.
Setting Limits In An Online World
Try to understand your child’s online world. Set limits about what your child can see, listen to or buy online. Establish house Internet use rules through creating a family Internet use contract. Supervise the types of photos your teen is posting online; younger children should not post photos. Photos from camera phones, web cams and videos can be uploaded. These images may pose a risk to children, exposing them to online predators and people they don’t know. Even innocent photos can attract a predator.
Be sure both children and teens follow these additional guidelines:
• Be aware people will be looking at the content posted online and can use it to harm you; thus, don’t post anything inappropriate – there are no “take-backs” online. “Think before you post, because nothing is truly private,” says Clapp.
• Be as anonymous as possible. Do not give out any personal information or identifying details, such as address, phone number, school, etc., online. Make sure your friends do not post anything about you either.
• To ensure that kids aren’t engaging in risky online behavior, parents and guardians can conduct a simple online search by typing in their child’s name, nickname, school, hobbies, grade or residence to determine information availability. Supervise blogs and be aware of not only what your children are posting, but what other kids are posting about your children. Make sure you, as the parent, are added to your child’s friends list.
For more information, visit enough.org. | CST
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Business Spotlight
by Leni Reiss
Name:
Dr. John Marshall
Business:
Paradise Valley Medspa
Address:
4550 East Bell Road, Suite #172, Phoenix
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