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LOCAL EVENTS l ASSOCIATION & COMMUNITY NEWS l CULTURE AND ARTS l RESOURCES CONTENTS DEPARTMENTS Desert Ridge Lifestyles magazine is the official community magazine of Desert Ridge, brought to you by the Desert Ridge Community Association. It is designed to keep you 19 ASSOCIATION & 30 MEETINGS, EVENTS informed about what’s happening in your community, from clubs, activities and community programs to school COMMUNITY NEWS & CONTACTS information, special events, and more. Reproduction in whole or in part of any text, photographs or illustrations without written permission from the 29 CULTURE AND ARTS publisher is prohibited by law. Trademarks, logos and content provided by advertisers, sponsors and partners are owned by their respective companies and all rights are reserved by them. The views, statements and claims of advertisers or other DRL contributors do not necessarily represent those of the publisher, Desert Ridge Community Association. Printed in the USA. ©2020 Desert Ridge Lifestyles Magazine. All rights reserved. Please recycle. LOCAL EVENTS “The vendors/service providers who are advertising, listed or otherwise referenced in the Desert Ridge Lifestyles magazine (hereinafter “Vendors”) are presented in 8 12 good faith and provided as a convenience. The Desert Ridge Community Association (“DRCA”) makes no RUSSO AND STEELE SCOTTSDALE ARABIAN HORSE SHOW representations or warranties as to the qualifications or licensing of the Vendors listed. Nothing contained herein is to be construed as a DRCA endorsement of any Vendor or recommendation to use any service, product, process or equipment promoted, offered, advertised or provided by 9 14 any Vendor. DRCA cannot guarantee that these services or products will be performed to anyone’s satisfaction, and CELEBRATION OF FINE ART LPGA FOUNDERS CUP DRCA has no control over the accuracy of the services offered or provided. The Vendors and services they offer or supply are supplied upon the condition that the persons receiving same will make their own determination as to its suitability for their purposes prior to use. In no event will the DRCA be responsible for claims or damages of any 10 16 nature whatsoever resulting from or related to the use of or WASTE MANAGEMENT reliance upon any Vendor or the information, or services or ARIZONA BIKE WEEK products the Vendors offer or provide. PHOENIX OPEN No representations or warranties, either express or implied, of service, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or of any other nature are made hereunder with respect to service or product offered or provided by any vendor.” MANAGEMENT TEAM Photos courtesy of Desert Ridge Staff Professionally Managed by FirstService Residential Community Association 5415 E. High St., Suite 133 Phoenix, AZ 85054 Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. desertridgelifestyles.com Terrance Smith Sharon Hooks Annie Glenn Steve Burns, Jr. Executive Director Community Relations Residential Community Manager Standards and Compliance Management Team [email protected] Specialist [email protected] Coordinator 480–551–4550 [email protected] 480–551–4558 [email protected] 480–551–4300 | 480–551–4553 480–551–4559 480–551–4563 [email protected] COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT VICE SECRETARY TREASURER DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DIRECTOR Doug Dickson PRESIDENT Barry Goldfarb Steve Burns Rick Carpinelli Debi La Rosa Richard Brash, M.D. Communications Reginald Younger, Jr. Design Review Community Awareness Lifestyles (Chair) SCP Parks Committee Committee (Chair) Committee (Chair) Sub-Committee (Chair) Public Affairs Finance Committee (Vice–Chair) Committee (Chair) Finance Committee (Chair) (Vice–Chair) Nominating Committee (Chair) desertridgelifestyles.com Winter / Events 2020 | Desert Ridge Lifestyles | 3 FROM THE BOARD From the President RAISING THE BAR As an Association, one maintenance. To those with concerns, of our core values is please know that our board listens and continual improvement. responds to the input from our community. Each year, we strive to The results of our survey were find new solutions and immediately shared with AAA reduce the rotation time and insure that innovative approaches Landscape, the contractor in charge Doug Dickson issues are detailed and an action plan is that will make us of maintenance in our community. In put into place. better than we’ve response, we have developed a Strategic been in the past. Simply said, it is our Plan for accomplishing our goals. To insure that nothing is overlooked, the goal to continually “raise the bar” on our maintenance plan includes daily, weekly, performance, execution and expectations. STRATEGIC PARTNER PLAN (SPP) semi-monthly and monthly checklists. Our recent community survey was part of The Strategic Partner Plan (SPP) It also includes detailed schedules for that effort and provided great feedback for divides our community into 10 districts pruning, pre-emergent, pest control our board of directors. We were pleased and evaluates the challenges present and fertilization. Quality control will that in general our community is very in each Management Zone. Within be done with a quarterly punch list and satisfied, but noted that over 20% wanted each zone a rotation for landscaping coordinated with meetings held every to see an improvement in landscaping maintenance is detailed. Our focus is to other week between the DRCA Executive Are what we deliver! Marcie and Rob Realtors Award Winning • Highly Recommended • Relo Certified www.marcieandrobrealtors.com Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices AZ Properties Marcie 602.551.6315 [email protected] Rob 602.551.6314 [email protected] 4 | Desert Ridge Lifestyles | Winter / Events 2020 desertridgelifestyles.com FROM THE BOARD Director, DRCA Residential Community moving forward. We will report the results and responding to the input of our Manager, AAA Landscape Account periodically in our monthly board meeting, membership. Again, thank you for your Manager, Division Manager and Executive in our Coffee Club, online at www. support and I look forward to seeing you Director of Operations. DesertRidgeLifetyles.com and here in our in the neighborhood. magazine. Your feedback is encouraged. The process for improving landscape Doug Dickson maintenance has already begun; it started Working together, we are making our Board President on September 30th, 2019 and will continue community safer, more attractive, Desert Ridge Community Association desertridgelifestyles.com Winter / Events 2020 | Desert Ridge Lifestyles | 5 FROM THE CHAIR From the Communications Chair There is so much happening here Acme box of explosives trying we dedicated this magazine to to catch a roadrunner. I actually phoenixtime listing all the events. have not seen a coyote even Looking for scenic views? Oh chase a roadrunner, but I have yeah, we got ‘em. Take your pick seen many roadrunners. They are Phoenixtime is truly a unique beautiful birds and are extremely season. I decided it starts January of the dramatic mountain and desert views, indigenous plants fast, although I have yet to hear 2nd and lasts until April 30th. It one go “Beep Beep”. is best known for all the fun and and wildlife all set against a backdrop of blue skies bathed in So, if you are a vacationer or activities that go on here. In fact, sunshine. I love to watch how part-time resident, welcome to we have so much going on here Rob Reichstein the sunlight changes the colors Phoenixtime! Please join in our that you really can’t pigeon hole of the mountains as it makes its celebration of weather, fun, and We all have our favorite it by just weather, activities, or way from the east to the west. scenic views. If you are a fulltime seasons. Some people love views. It has everything. summertime with its seemingly I could grab a chair and a cold resident, there is no time to endless sun and carefree days. Take the weather, it goes from beverage and watch that all wallow in the post-holiday blues. Some love the snow and cold cool and crisp to unbelievably day long. It is truly beautiful Get moving, get out, and enjoy of the winter. (I have nothing fantastic. In fact, it’s so good everywhere you turn here. everything you live here for. poetic for wintertime. I left that hundreds of thousands For first time or infrequent What’s your favorite thing about Chicago because of it.) Others of Midwesterners alone make visitors, did you know that cactus Phoenixtime? Send us an email embrace Springtime seeing their pilgrimage to come here only grow here in the Sonoran and a pic. We will try to post it the melting of snow and the just to shake the cold, icy grip Desert? Use this opportunity to on our website and FB page. greening up of dormant grass as of winter. Activities – huh, you take as many selfies with a cactus Rob Reichstein the season of hope and change. name it. From golf tournaments, as you wish. A word of advice, Communications Chair Still others love Fall with the to horse and car shows, art don’t get too close to them. Also, Desert Ridge Community changes of colors, its cool days, shows, hiking, swimming, coyotes don’t run around with an Association chilly nights, and making plans baseball, concerts, outdoor for the upcoming holidays. Me, dining, and just relaxing by a I have my own favorite season. pool. If you can’t find something I call it Phoenixtime. to do, you can’t fog a mirror. Please join us in WELCOMEis looking forward welcoming Steve to working with Burns Jr. to the Desert and assisting the Ridge Community management team, Association the board, and all FirstService members of the Desert Ridge Community Residential Steve Burns, Jr. Management team. Association. Steve recently joined the Steve is a lifelong resident team as our Standards and of Arizona and has been a Compliance Coordinator. In resident of Desert Ridge for this role, Steve will perform over fourteen years. He is regular onsite inspections to also an alumni of Pinnacle ensure community standards High School.