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Pets abandoned in foreclosure homes

Heather — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 13:36:00 +0000

A shocking number of dogs and cats have been rescued from local foreclosure and short sale homes where their owners have abandoned them, leaving them to starve to death.

Your donation of food and supplies will help to save the lives of these homeless pets who have been rescued by Lost Our Home Pet Foundation.

Can you even imagine the horror of this situation for the animals involved? I’m almost ashamed to be part of the human race when I think that some people can do this to their pets. You just close the door and walk away?! You can’t even be bothered to pay the small fee to surrender your pet at a shelter? It’s sickening.

Contact Lost Our Home Pet Foundation

http://www.lostourhome.org/how-you-can-help/
or call 602-230-HELP(4357)

This organization is supported by the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing System. And also by Chris Butterworth and Heather Barr, The Phoenix Agents at Thompson’s Realty. And our broker, Jay & Francy Thompson. And about a bajillion other cool peeps in town.

Pet Food Drive Locations

Wet or dry dog and cat food of any type
Pet toys
Cat Litter/litter pans
Water or food dishes

This is an ongoing project with no end date in sight.

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SoHo in Peoria?

Chris Butterworth — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:37:46 +0000

Can downtown Peoria become a vibrant center for art and artists, similar to the SoHo district in Manhattan?

Last summer the City of Peoria hired an arts consulting firm to develop an arts and culture plan. Recently the firm unveiled their proposal, featuring plenty of live-work space.

I’m not convinced the plan will succeed, but I applaud Peoria for trying. I can picture downtown Peoria being cool & hip – it’s already a little bit quirky, urban, and walking-friendly, but it definitely needs some revitalization.

I’m concerned about the amount of competition from the Phoenix Arts District and Tempe’s Mill Avenue, which are already connected to each other by the light rail. And there are only so many artists out there; Peoria might find themselves on the outside looking in on this one. On the other hand, being only a couple of miles from Glendale’s stadium district, including Westgate and Park West, could be advantageous.

Your wishing the project great success Realtor,

Chris Butterworth

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ASU West cuts MBA program

Chris Butterworth — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:43:41 +0000

When the smoke from the budgetary cuts clears, The College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences will be the lone college remaining at ASU West.

reported on AZCentral.com

All graduate degrees, including the W.P. Carey School of Business master’s program and the School of Global Management, will cease to exist at the west campus. The College of Education and Leadership and the nursing program are also being moved to other campuses.

I think it’s a shame. ASU West is special to me; I received my MBA there while attending classes in the evenings after work, and then studying like heck on the weekends. The education was terrific, but that’s only half the story. I still keep in touch with many of my fellow students and professors – lots of good, smart, interesting, hard-working, diverse, well-connected people.

I also think it’s a shame because ASU West had been growing nicely with the West Valley, and the dual degree with Thunderbird School of Global Management drew talent to the area from across the globe.

Hopefully things will change when the economy rebounds, and in 5 years we’ll be talking once again about the great things ASU West is doing.

Your happy to have gone to school, happy to not be going to school, and sad to see it closed Realtor,

Chris Butterworth

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Photo Radar goes live in West Valley

Chris Butterworth — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:32:15 +0000

photo credit: azcentral.com

I’ve been watching the photo radar progression over the last few months. First the local police forces stepped up their radar patrols to catch speeders and slow down traffic. (I was lucky enough to receive a warning!) Next came the use of moveable photo radar – a van equipped with photo radar is parked at different locations. Recently they started installing permanent equipment along Loop 101, similar to what’s been in place in Scottsdale for the last couple of years.

AZCentral.com reports DPS has installed 9 cameras along west valley freeways: 3 on eastbound I-10 in Buckeye; 3 on eastbound Loop 101 between 75th Ave and I-17; and 3 on southbound Loop 101 between Bethany Home and I-10.

** Note – I think I saw 4 cameras yesterday on southbound Loop 101, with the first one being somewhere around Northern. I’ll double check & post an update next time I drive that way. (update – there is a 4th camera, located just south of Olive at the Northern Ave exit sign.)

I’ve also seen a continued use of the photo radar vans on the opposite side of the freeways from these cameras.

I’m not here to argue the politics in favor of or against the use of photo radar; I’m just here to remind you to keep your speed in check.

Your relying on cruise control and patience Realtor,

Chris Butterworth

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Realtors wanted

Chris Butterworth — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:14:52 +0000

I’m looking to add one or two realtors who know the North, West, or Northwest Valley, to my team. You don’t have to be a writer, but you do have to put your heart and soul into customer service.

We’re getting to the point where we need help servicing our clients. Our other choices are to turn down business, or to lower our service levels – neither of which are very appealing!

Full disclosure: although we have extra business, and we’ll be able to make some referrals, it’s not enough “extra” business to keep somebody busy full-time. (but it could be an extra boost.)

So if you’re a local realtor, and this sounds interesting (or if you know a realtor who might find this exciting), please give me a call/email and we can talk more about it.

Your looking to grow Realtor,

Chris Butterworth

[tags] Help Wanted [/tags]

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Glendale Glitters ushers in the Holidays

Chris Butterworth — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:54:32 +0000

This is a great way to spend an evening. We were there on Sunday last weekend for the season opening lighting of the trees. Well, we missed the actual lighting, and the trees were lit up when we arrived. But it was fun anyway. They had crafts, food, pony carriage rides, a chorus & orchestra in the amphitheater, and thousands of lights in the trees.

Visit the City of Glendale’s site to learn more about the events each weekend.

Our kids both had fun, and it was a good way to catch some holiday spirit.

Your not quite ready to play Santa Realtor,

Chris Butterworth

[tags] Glendale, Glendale Glitters, holiday festival, Fletcher Heights [/tags]

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West Valley Population Explodes – my unscientific opinion

Chris Butterworth — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:30:38 +0000

Every morning my oldest son & I join thousands of other Phoenicians in the tradition of parents taking their kids to school. However, in our case it’s a little more of a journey than it is for most people; we leave our house in the Arrowhead area (Northwest Valley) and travel to ACT School in downtown Phoenix. Last year my son attended Chrysalis Academy in Tempe, but our route through central Phoenix was the same.

Well, now that we’re about a month into the school year, one thing has become very clear to me: Traffic is much worse this year! I take the 101 South from Peoria/Glendale (not much traffic) to I-10 eastbound (using the carpool lane). Last year I was able to get onto I-10, and I usually had about a mile or so to merge over into the carpool lane before we hit major traffic. This year the I-10 traffic is backing up onto the 101 offramp! (see my expertly drawn illustrations below!)

Statistics? None. Housing permits? Nope. County Recorder’s Office official data? No way. But how can you argue with the change in traffic?

The only thing I can surmise is that there are more people living west of the Loop 101.. An absolute population boom!

- Chris Butterworth

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Listing in Litchfield Park, Wigwam Creek

Chris Butterworth — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 17:49:39 +0000

We have a listing in the terrific community of Wigwam Creek in Litchfield Park. This is a fairly large single level home (2,134 sq ft) with 4 bedrooms and 2 baths, and is being offered at $279,000. You can learn everything about it at www.5438Rattler.com .

Please note: while this web site’s main purpose is to inform our readers, encourage thought, share ideas, and generally make our inter-office discussions public, we also realize you never know who might know somebody who’s looking, and we owe our clients maximum exposure. To our valued readers, please take this in stride; we don’t have any advertising on this website, and our posts about listings represent a very small percentage of the overall content. Plus, you might even find something of value from this listing! Thank you.

- Chris Butterworth

[tags] Litchfield Park, Wigwam Creek, Listing, House for Sale [/tags]

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Own a pro sports team: West Valley Blades for sale

Chris Butterworth — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:23:57 +0000

This doesn’t relate very well to real estate, except maybe as a testament for how far the Valley has grown. But still, how many times have we second-guessed ownership of our favorite teams? “I would have drafted so-and-so.” “That was a stupid trade.” “I can’t believe they hired that coach!” The list goes on and on..

Well, now’s your chance to do something about it. For the low, introductory price of $75,000, you can be the owner of the West Valley Blades, a professional golfing team.

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The Dodgers Spring Training facility gets approved: another feather in Glendale’s cap

Chris Butterworth — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:41:40 +0000

As Steve mentioned earlier today (he beat me to the punch!), the Dodgers will be playing spring ball in Glendale in 2009, along with the White Sox if they can find another team to fill their spot in Tucson. This is good news on several levels – more baseball locally, more economic impact, more support of future growth, more national recognition for the area, etc. etc. etc. But what blows my mind is just how fast this area has exploded. I’m trying to picture another area which has changed more in a 10-year period than the area in Glendale along the 101 Corridor.

This whole area was nothing but farm-land at the turn of the century (although the Peoria Sports Complex wasn’t too far away at Bell & 83^rd Ave.) Then, one by one, new developments appeared, and each one seemed to make the ones before it look like they had been there forever. The completion of Loop 101; Glendale Arena (now known as Jobing.com Arena); Cabelas; Westgate; and the Arizona Cardinal’s Stadium (now known as the University of Phoenix Stadium). The construction of Zanjero; several hotels (John Q Hammond Renaissance Hotel, Springhill Suites, Residence Inn); and Parkwest. And the proposals for Glendale Main Street and the Bidwills’ skyscraper. And now another main attraction…

We’ve written about some of these before:

Glendale Main Street

Glendale’s Sky Scraper

Stadium Area Development

Glendale Hotels “on the clock”

If you haven’t been out to this part of town in awhile, you’re not going to recognize it!

- Chris Butterworth

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Westgate City Center

Steve Nicks — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:06:07 +0000

As I wrote in a previous post back in January (Click Here to read) the AVP Volleyball Tour that travels the country highlighting the best players in sand volleyball made a stop in Arizona this past weekend. Previously they had called Tempe home, but changed the venue this year to The Westgate City Center in Glendale. I must admit, I’ve only been out to Westgate a couple of times. Once to the then Cardinals Stadium (now known as the University of Phoenix Stadium) for The Men’s Luxury Toy Expo and Auction with my father so we could gawk at all of the different ways to spend money on completely useless items. I’ve also been out there to see a Phoenix Coyotes hockey game at the Jobing.com Arena earlier this year. Both times we neglected to take a good tour of the entire Westgate City Center area.

Being that my wife is a volleyball nut, playing on scholarship at NAU, and now coaching various club and high school teams around the valley, we, of course, had to make some time to go and watch some pretty amazing athletes play beach volleyball. We went Saturday night (neither one of us had any interest in sitting through the 100 degree heat during the day) and got to see 3 matches. The highlight of the night was getting to see Misty May and Keri Walsh, pictured above, (both of which my wife played against in college) beat up on there opponents advancing to the Quarter Finals of the tournament.

Even more than getting to enjoy the beach volleyball atmosphere and getting the opportunity to see Olympic gold medalists do what they do best, we also had a chance to walk around and experience the Westgate City Center just a little bit. I was quite impressed with what they have to offer. It’s not just a gathering of sports venues and the obligitory grouping of restaurants that typically accompany, but they also had shopping (both boutique and national stores), night clubs/bars, a movie theater, hotels, residential development and commercial office space all set in a small downtown setting. It reminded me of a combination of The Arizona Center and Kierland.

If you haven’t had a chance to visit I’d recommend doing so. It’s worth it.

-Steve Nicks

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