volume 21, issue 5 • may 2019 www.northcentralnews.net The William F. McElroy house, Group working to built in 1918 and located at 7019 N. Central Ave., revitalize Hatcher Rd. has a large By Madeline Ackley grassy area and When Phoenix natives hear the name “Hatcher circular driveway lined with palm Road,” it usually conjures up images of blight, crime trees, creating a and unsightly industrial storefronts. large buffer But a little over a year ago, a group of business own - space between ers along Hatcher decided enough was enough and the home and the adjacent Murphy formed the Hatcher Urban Business Alliance (the Bridle Path. The HUB), which is determined to clean up the business owner of the corridor and revitalize the surrounding Sunnyslope area. small house, “Since my husband and I own a business on which sits on more than an Hatcher, we felt compelled to do something about acre of land, is the look and feel [on Hatcher],” said Caroline Lobo, seeking to tear it who co-chairs the HUB along with Nadine Alauria. down for redevel - Lobo is co-owner of Pawgo, a mobile grooming busi - opment (submit - ted photo). ness, and Alauria and her husband own 3A Automotive & Diesel Repair. In the past year, the group of business owners Neighbors oppose demolition of 1918 home between 19th Avenue and 12th Street have organized monthly meetings, street cleanings and “meet and By Teri Carnicelli appearing along Central Avenue. please see HUB on page 4 The city of Phoenix’s Historical Preservation According to Anne Ender, president of the North Commission is exploring what options it has to save Central Phoenix Homeowners Association 9 5 E Z a home built in 1918 from being torn down. (NCPHA), in recent years the area has lost roughly 0 G A 5 D A T , . T The home, located at 7019 N. Central Ave., is 15 acres of property to development, including 2 W. S X D I S O I T N O A N R E P often referred to as the William F. McElroy house. It Marlette Ave., where four homes now occupy a 1.2- P S T I . R O S P M H . is a two-story, three bedroom, two bath home that sits acre lot that once had a single-story adobe home with P R U 9 E 1 P 0 2 on just over 1.2 acres of prime land, adjacent to the a more than 150-foot setback from the street. This is , 7 Y Murphy Bridle Path. just one example of residential redevelopment pro - A M Y According to the Maricopa County Assessor’s jects that are “changing the character of North B Y R office records, the home is owned by Young America Central,” according to the NCPHA, which has come E V I L TR, in care of David H. Young, with a last deed date down strongly against the home at 7019 N. Central E D E of July 1998. The property currently is zoned R1-10, Ave. being torn down. M O H which would allow for a subdivision of 10,000- The William F. McElroy home was first listed for - N I E square-foot lots, give or take. On just over an acre, T please see HISTORIC HOME on page 6 I D E that would be about four new homes. P X E E However, the property is subject to the North S A E Central Avenue Special Planning District. The R1-10 L in this issue P . L subdivision standards were modified to include a A I The Rev. Dr. ‘Bill’ Nelson remembered, page 3 R E minimum 100-foot lot frontage onto Central T A M Avenue; a 40-foot wide landscape and building set - D Fundraiser for Phoenix officer rescheduled, page 8 E T A back along Central Avenue; and increased side yard D : R setbacks for one- and two-story development. Virtual Block Watch helps deter crime, page 10 E T S A These provisions were adopted to encourage the M T Students surprised with scholarships, page 26 S preservation of the large lot, single-family residen - O P tial character—something that has been slowly dis - Big Daddy’s Sports Lounge is back, page 36 Page 2 – North Central News May 2019 www.northcentralnews.net 3216 N. MANOR DR 4024 E. 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NORTHVIEW AVE PHOENIX, AZ 85007 PHOENIX, AZ 85021 NEW LISTING NEW LISTING Complet ed in 20 18 and loca ted in North C entr al Phoenix, The Madison C ent er f or the P erf orming Arts w as built as a c entr al perf orming arts v enue and is int ended t o enrich the artis tic e xperienc es of $ the 6000 s tudents serv ed b y T he Madison School 395,000 $ 345,000 Dis trict. 602 • 301 •2402 thecanigliagroup.com www.northcentralnews.net North Central News May 2019 – Page 3 COMMUNITY Beatitudes Campus in 1965, from scholar of great depths and a man who of Worship at Church of the Beatitudes, Community remembers which he served thousands of parish - had sought to constantly improve the commissioned by him in 1971. Beatitudes’ founder ioners and hundreds of elderly citizens. spiritual quality of our community.” Whether driving past or sitting The North Central Phoenix com - Nelson possessed incredible insight. Largely observed and certainly within, one is confronted by the munity doesn’t have to look hard to Having passed on an opportunity to take unadvertised, Nelson became the city’s stained glass figure of Jesus Christ, find evidence of the spiritual force and over a church in Santa Barbara, Calif., he mentor and conscience of the Phoenix hands raised in blessing, with faces and legacy that was The Rev. Dr. Culver H. chose Phoenix, a vanguard, and also served on numerous figures in the folds of Jesus’ robe—indi - “Bill” Nelson, D.D., L.H.D. city of just boards, commissions and commit - viduals such as Mohandas K. Gandhi, A simple drive along Glendale 90,000, knowing tees—both religious and secular. Albert Einstein and Jane Addams, real Avenue is punctuated by his touch. it was poised for Ever-vigilant of the elderly popula - persons who have shown in their lives Travel west and you’ll find The Church growth—putting tion’s needs, Nelson aligned Church of the qualities that Jesus exhorted. of the Beatitudes, which he founded in him in the right the Beatitudes with another nonprofit, Nelson inspired and impacted 1954, and two blocks down from that place at the right Beatitudes Center DOAR (Developing many, from bestselling author Barbara The Beatitudes Campus, a retirement time. Church of Older Adult Resources), which later Hinske, who based her Christmas complex, also founded by Nelson in the Beatitudes changed to Duet: Partners In Health & novella, “The Christmas Club,” on one 1965. Nelson died peacefully April 12, started in a barn The Rev. Dr. Culver Aging in 2009. Duet has grown to one of Nelson’s sermons, to each of the just six days after his 93rd birthday, (Bud Brown’s Barn) H. “Bill” Nelson of the largest of its kind in the nation, thousands of parishioners who shook befittingly at The Beatitudes Campus. with 15 people on loan from another with outreach programs and free-of- his extended hand at the door follow - Nelson was an integral part of Valley church and within six months charge services to homebound adults, ing service each Sunday morning Phoenix’s social fabric for many years, grew to 300 members. By 1979, Church family caregivers, faith communities before departing. with contributions in diverse areas such of the Beatitudes had become the largest and grandfamilies. Nelson is survived by his three chil - as labor-management relations, the active congregation in its denomination Perhaps Nelson’s greatest punctua - dren, Mark B. Nelson, Kirk W. Nelson arts, transportation, education, care of throughout the United States. tion for residents and visitors alike is and Rebecca Nelson Guy; seven grand - the elderly and mentally ill. He was the Rabbi Albert Plotkin, a prominent The Great West Window, a nearly six- children, and eight great-grandchildren. Founding Minister Emeritus of Church Valley religious leader who passed away story high, multifaceted stained glass A memorial ceremony was held at The of the Beatitudes in 1954 and the in 2010, characterized Nelson as “a located at the corner of the main House Church of the Beatitudes on April 23.