Ground broken for YMCA/PVCC satellite campus

By Curtis Riggs | November 26, 2008

Completion targeted for mid-fall 2009
DESERT FOOTHILLS – Ground was broken for a combination YMCA/Paradise Valley Community College campus at the southwest corner of Carefree Highway and 60th Street last week.

The YMCA/PVCC complex will initially include two buildings, one for the actual Desert Foothills YMCA, which will be a little less than 30,000 square feet, and the 10,000-square-foot George and Patricia Holland Community Center, which will also include six PVCC classrooms.

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New tanks allow Carefree to get CAP water from Cave Creek

By Curtis Riggs | November 26, 2008

Saves 51 cents per 1,000 gallons
CAREFREE – Carefree Water Company General Manager Stan Francom was happy to announce last week Carefree is now receiving the majority of its Central Arizona Project (CAP) water from the Cave Creek Water Company.

The CAP delivery charged levied by Cave Creek is $1.95 per 1,000 gallons, much less than the $2.46 per thousand gallons Scottsdale charges.

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