As the long legal battle over the future of the defunct Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course entered a new stage, the founder of a key part of the True Life Companies’ shattered plan for the site has long since moved on.
Exactly two years ago this month, True Life unveiled its “agrihood” vision for the 101-acre site closed since 2013. It included about 270 houses, a cafe, trails – and the Desert Gardens Montessori School.
Founder and director Shetal Walters saw the plan as an answer to her prayers for a place where she could expand and accommodate her pre-K-12 students because her current location on Warner Road near 51st Street in Ahwatukee was starting to get too crowded for her to realize all her ambitions for the school.
