Hi John - yes, we do read these!

This particular suggestion has quite a few facets we are considering, but the City Auditor & City Attorney are already communicating about how to make something like you suggested work in the future.

When we have some more details we will share them - thank you for your suggestion and participation.

Definitely a good idea.  Many businesses have a hotline.  Even if it isn't used much it could serve as a deterrent if it makes someone think 'if I do this someone could report me...'

Thanks for your idea.  The City is currently seeking ideas for capital improvement projects and seeking input on a proposed bond program. As part of this process, the city maintains an ongoing database of future bond projects and bond project ideas.  Help us get the ball rolling by submitting your project ideas here.  To learn more about what the 2013 Bond Task Force is up to, visit our website. 

There would be plenty of room at The Western Wave Park! and many more games and entertainment, and Events........ All Year Long!.......from The Arizona Wave. 

You can get up to 4 Pickleball courts on one tennis court.   http://usapa.org/construction/tennis_conversion.html

You can also play indoor in gyms or basketball courts.  Do the Senior Centers have gyms?

Working for the COS is not all that wonderful.  Though I think that this is a good idea, it will never happen. Take it from someone who had experience working with the COS. I was hired through a temp agnecy called "PDS technical" and was kept on a a "temp" for almost five years.  PDS or Piping Design Systems are online so look them up. The COS may still hire from them. Anyway, I finally was hired on as a "COS employee" when I was sexually harassed.  The "good old boys club" was not supportive and fired me after almost another year. This employee threatened to shoot me, threatened my life and would not leave me alone.  In addition, I was injured with bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome that the COS will not accept responsibility for which had left me disabled and unable to work. I would not work for them again and not recommend it to my worst enemy. The grass is not greener in Scottsdale. Contact me if you wish, I am on facebook under Dorothy McKee or djemckee@gmail.com

Create New Jobs.................from The Arizona Wave.

James, Eric, Jeffrey and all:

The Scottsdale Public Library will open the Eureka Loft on May 2, a collaborative meeting and workspace with free Wi-Fi, featured speakers, mentors and access to critical information via library resources.

The Eureka Loft is the first collaborative workspace in the Alexandria Network, a new ASU initiative that brings together inventors, problem-solvers, entrepreneurs and small businesses in collaboration spaces in community libraries across Arizona.

Named for the world’s first library in Alexandria, Egypt, the initiative is designed to create a statewide network of collaboration spaces for public use. It combines elements of co-working spaces with expert library fact-finding services and ASU startup resources in one place where innovators, entrepreneurs and others can gather to share ideas and work together.

The Eureka loft is free and open to the public during normal library operating hours. The Scottsdale Public Library is the first library to join the Alexandria Co-Working Network. Additional spaces will be launched in libraries throughout Arizona on a rolling basis.

The grand opening will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 2, at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N Drinkwater Blvd.

Learn more by visiting http://www.scottsdalelibrary.org/eureka

Very nice! Thanks

That crosswalk is a joke. Whoever's idea it was should be fired. Just try driving that area at rush hour now. It was bad even before that silly crosswalk.

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Amen to that idea!

As a former member of the Neighborhood Enhancement Commission and a strong advocate for neighborhood revitalization Ms Brower knows what she is talking about. Do we need a neighborhood initiative to make this happen?

Dorthy McKee brings up some good points to the problems faced by the city and COS  in the upkeep of our communitie's treasures. It is frustrating and easy to give up and become appathetic to the point of  giving up on finding solutions to our cities problems. What has drawn me to Scottsdale is that it a community this is proud of it's city. In all honesty I hope that as a city of brilliant minds, solutions to all our problems can be solved.  In a time of economic woes art often takes a back seat. Developing solutions such as having companies, schools, organizations, etc. adopt public art to help in the upkeep and restoration of our cities treasures.

I love your passion, DANIEL ALBERS, for the CITY OF SCOTTSDALE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, FOR HISTORY, ART AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.  I would like to see more art and allow us, the citizens, to become stewards of it possibly by your suggestion of volunteering.  Thank you Daniel for your great suggestions!!  Now let's see what the Scottsdale Cultural Council does with your suggestions. In fact, you can go to their website and there is information on..."How to Propose New Projects and Plans for Arts in Scottsdale."  I think you have a great idea so why don't you propose it directly to Scottsdale Cultural Council.  They are the people who are responsible for art projects in Scottsdale.  Good Luck!  Make our City More Beautiful!! Sincerely, Dorothy

The comments from the citizens are spot on. The City thinks the residential higher density - single owner- projects are the answer for the McDowell Corridor. 

The City refuses to look at programs that will assist small business owners to revitalize. Programs similar to those offered in the Downtown/Old Town area helped long time local businesses to survive.

Additionally, the City refuses to provide oversight for the Southern Scottsdale Community Area Plan that over 400 southern Scottsdale residents worked on. 

Perhaps a Community Development Corporation run by residents needs to step up and get the job done.

What about an incubator for new tech start ups - worldwide. Tie it into sky song. Provide industrial revenue bonds to the startup based on feasibility, and building owner incentives for 10 year tax abatement, etc,etc. Creativity can bring about both new clean industry plus complimentary retail/commercial, including restaurants.