July 10, 2008
Contact: Ross Cromarty, project manager, Scottsdale Advance Planning,
(480) 312-7918 or rcromarty@scottsdaleaz.gov
Focus groups planned for southern area business owners and
operators
Members of the southern Scottsdale business community are invited to attend one of four focus group sessions to help identify goals and policies that will guide the city in efforts to enhance economic activity in the area.
The sessions are part of a process to create the Southern Scottsdale Area Plan, a document that will guide development in the area for the next decade.
All Scottsdale business and commercial property owners south of Indian Bend Road (excluding the Downtown area) are invited to participate.
The focus groups will consist of discussion among 10 to 12 participants responding to business and economic related questions. Moderated by a facilitator, the sessions should last no longer then two hours. To accommodate schedules, several dates will be offered for the exercise. Each of the groups will cover the same set of questions.
Here’s a focus group schedule. Each session takes place on a Thursday between 6 and 8 p.m.:
Date Location
July 24 SkySong, 1475 N. Scottsdale Road
Aug. 7 Chaparral Park office, 5401 N. Hayden Road
Aug. 21 Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road
Sept. 11 Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Road
Registration is required and must be made by 5 p.m. July 17. For more information or to register, call Advance Planning at (480) 312-7990 or visit:
www.scottsdaleaz.gov/planning/areaplans
Staff will try to accommodate all participants; however requests will be logged in on a first registration basis.