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www.InMaricopa.com June 2020 Coronavirus Special Edition PEOPLE Food banks in the trenches THE FAMILY Graduates COMEBACK drive up Businesses begin slow for diplomas return after COVID-19 GOVERNMENT Even crime Business changed during + Directory the pandemic Excellence in Health, Wellness, Education & Service NOW ENROLLING FOR TeleHealth Video Chat Appointments Are Here! THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR Location: Alan Stephens Parkway, west of Banner Health OUR MISSION A+ Charter Schools empowers students in reaching their greatest potential by becoming responsible individuals of character and excellence, engaged community members, and lifelong learners in an ever changing society. OUR MODEL • Project-Based Learning • Advisory and Academic Success Groups • Portrait of a Graduate CURRENTLY Principal Rachele Reese ENROLLING GRADES 7-10 (FUTURE 7-12) (520) 265-5589 SPACE IS LIMITED! Now you can be seen for unplanned and scheduled appointments with our TeleHealth option. Call (520) 381-0392 Or visit slfhc.org/telehealth Letter FROM THE EDITOR Publisher It’s been a long, long time SCOTT BARTLE Associate Publisher BOB MCGOVERN lmost before we understood what we In this issue, we want to spotlight those coming were facing, we were in the middle of back from forced hibernation and those who found Editor a COVID-19 crisis that pulled us away ways, often inventively, to provide limited service RAQUEL HENDRICKSON from each other, shuttered during the 10 weeks of shutdown. We A Writers doors of some businesses and all schools, were there as doors opened to still-leery RAQUEL HENDRICKSON canceled important events and even had customers. We talked with those tasked JOAN KOCZOR people turning on each other over how with shouldering the demands of food FRAN LYONS they chose to deal with it. supply and broadband internet. We also BOB MCGOVERN DAYV MORGAN Not that it didn’t have a good side. As look at early economic signs and how the KYLE NORBY one reader told us, “It been interesting local government tried to prepare for the HARRIET PHELPS getting to know the people living in my long-term hit. MURRAY SIEGEL house.” Not forgotten are hundreds of RON SMITH Given the go-ahead by the Governor’s Office in high school graduates and the adults who were Photographers mid-May, businesses cautiously tested the waters determined to give them the sendoff they deserved. Quality Service RAQUEL HENDRICKSON of fully re-opening. Owners and management It was a long 10 weeks. Thanks for being resilient, BOB MCGOVERN at a Fair Price studied guidelines provided by the Centers for Maricopa. Let’s all help each other come back. VICTOR MORENO Take advantage of our Disease Control & Prevention and their respective KYLE NORBY industries to make sure they were covering all the great specials with a new (520) 213-5021 Ask us about Designer bases. 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Expires 6/30/2020. Licensed, Bonded and Insured 2 InMaricopa.com | June 2020 ROC#294841 Contents June 2020 GRAND OPENING LEADING OFF PEOPLE HOME Editor’s letter 2 Gallery 22 Most expensive home of the month 50 Contributors 2 Top fans 24 Dayv Morgan on seller’s market 51 History photo 4 Food banks 26 Four scapes 52 Past, present, future of COVID recovery 28 Valuations 53 GOVERNMENT ✓ Serving Arizonians for over 50 years County assessor candidates 6 FAMILY SENIOR LIVING Nationwide warranty at over 600 locations Disaster contingency funds 8 Gallery 32 Koczor on pets 54 ✓ City benefits8 Best Mom 34 Smith on age-friendly kitchens 55 Foreign and domestic car care experts Crime statistics 9 Online, overtime 38 ✓ Father’s Day 40 BUSINESS DIRECTORY 56 ✓ Expertly trained technicians BUSINESS Murray Siegel on ‘exponential’ 41 TRENDING 64 Re-opening after coronavirus 10 Graduations 42 Sales tax 14 Post-traumatic stress 49 New Car Warranty? We Can Handle All of Your Factory-Required Maintenance! 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Maricopa Historical Society YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AUTO REPAIR CENTER! 4 InMaricopa.com | June 2020 Meet the Learn more about Maricopa to Offer Housing the candidates at candidates for InMaricopa.com. for All Stages of Life Pinal County City of Maricopa As people age and their circumstances change, their housing needs change as well. Soon, Maricopa will host a range of assessor housing options that offers choices for all stages of life. Diverse housing stock also contributes to a more economically sustainable community by attracting business geared toward, or employing, various ages and lifestyles. Whether you are This election year, two people a young professional, a new family, or an empty nester, you will be able to change your house while still calling Maricopa are running for the office of Pinal your home. County Assessor. Mike Cruz is challenging incumbent Douglas MIKE CRUZ DOUGLAS WOLF Oasis at The Wells New Single Family Residential Wolf in the Republican primary, GOVERNMENT Age: 34 Age: 64 with early voting starting in July. Residence: Casa Grande Residence: Unincorporated area Years in Pinal County: 5 in southern Pinal County Years in Pinal County: 12 Why are you the best I am an Arizona native who is committed I am the two-term incumbent assessor person for the job of to this state and this county. Given my and was elected president of the Arizona background in taxation and public relations, I Association of Assessors in 2019. My county assessor? am the only candidate with this skill set, which 35 years of private sector business uniquely qualifies me to lead this office and experience in residential and commercial to represent the true voice of Pinal County. real estate, and computer software matches As a public relations professional, I intend to perfectly with the duties of the office. use that experience to reach the people of Maricopa’s first multifamily development will consist of 120 There are nearly 22,000 built single-family homes in sub- Pinal County and to provide the best in class units – a mixture of one, two, and three-bedroom apartment divisions, with more than 38,000 single family lots platted. service to our taxpayers. homes. The complex will be located between Walmart and This totals more than 60,000 single family homes planned, Banner Health Center at the northwest corner of Porter Rd under construction, or already built. The City annually is- What are the biggest issues Property Owner Voice - This office The choice for the voters is whether and Shea Way Blvd.