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May 26, 2016

WESTMARC brings you top-trending news stories each week. Selected from a variety of sources, WESTMARC Headlines highlight news and events featuring our business, education, and West Valley community members. If you have news to share, please   contact us
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Source: cronkitenews.azpbs.org
   
Two West Valley cities were among the fastest growing in the nation in 2015, according to Census Bureau estimates released Thursday.   Goodyear and Buckeye finished 14th and 15th, respectively, with each city growing by 4.3 percent between July 1, 2014, and July 1, 2015,  the Census said...



  
(City of Goodyear)

Source: peoriatimes.com

Leadership West, the West Valley's preeminent leadership organization, is hosting its annual awards banquet in June to recognize the region's best leaders in business and government and induct Class XXII into its Alumni Association.   Fox 10 Morning News' Cory McCloskey will host the awards and induction ceremony.  Read more.

  


(Leadership West)
Peoria Announces Old Town Redevelopment Project
Source: peoriaaz.gov
    
Peoria is one step closer to revitalizing its Old Town area as the City Council approved the initial land acquisition as part of a redevelopment initiative on Washington Street Block.





(City of Peoria)
Bethany Home Road to expand and bring over a thousand new homes to Glendale
Source: abc15.com
   
Big plans are in the works to expand a major road in Glendale, and bring over a thousand new homes to the area.   It's part of a massive master-plan community project called Stonehaven, which Glendale City Council just approved. This would be the first new neighborhood the city has seen in years, and would add ten subdivisions, parks, and shopping to the area.




  


(Getty Images)
ADOT: No construction closures along
Valley freeways over Memorial Day weekend
Source: azdot.gov
   
The Arizona Department of Transportation and its contractors will not schedule closures along Valley freeways or other state highways from Friday afternoon through late Monday night, May 30.   Drivers are urged to focus on safe driving, including slowing down and using extra caution in existing work zones across the state.




  


(azdot.gov)
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