Habitat for Humanity opens 18 homes in Tempe, more planned
By Paulina Pineda | Arizona Republic Abdifatah and Mariam Aden, originally from Somalia, lived in a small apartment unsuitable for their family of five. Besides lack of space, rising crime in their neighborhood and a bedbug infestation next door that had made its way into the Adens’ apartment compelled them to start looking for a new home. For […]
Read More →Tempe approves new rules for scooters, bikes
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Tempe has approved new rules for bikes and scooters. E-scooters have become popular around Arizona State University and Mill Avenue. The Tempe rules requires scooters and bikes to use bike lanes when they are available. They must also ride in the street if the speed limit is […]
Read More →Tempe streetcar construction wraps for the season
Tempe streetcar construction. / Valley Metro AZBigMedia As the monsoon season hits in earnest, the streets of Downtown Tempe are about to heat up. Downtown Streetcar construction on Mill Avenue between University Drive and Rio Salado Parkway comes to a wrap this week, and Tempe’s famed Mill Avenue re‐opens to traffic in both directions. Just in time […]
Read More →Tempe to hold final hearing on new rules for scooters, bikes
Tempe City Hall / KTAR By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Tempe City Council will hold a final public hearing Thursday on new rules and proposed changes related to scooters and bicycles. Areas near Arizona State University and Tempe’s popular Mill Avenue see plenty of use of e-scooters and bikes. The rules […]
Read More →Tempe moves forward with new try at big Pier 202 development
Tempe aerial By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Tempe City Council voted this week to move forward with a development deal for city owned land at the Pier 202 site at Scottsdale Road and Rio Salado Parkway. The lands total 11 acres and is on the south bank of Tempe Town Lake. […]
Read More →Tempe approves Micro Homes project, future office development plans
Tempe City Hall By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The Tempe City Council approved plans this week for a new micro-house development, an office development east of Tempe Marketplace and some changes at Arizona State University’s Novus Innovation Corridor project. The Tempe City Council approved plans to develop 13 new single-family micro homes […]
Read More →Rose Law Group Litigator Logan Elia talks to 12 News about Tempe police rewarding law abiders
12 News Tempe police are rewarding bicyclists and pedestrians who are obeying the law in that city by giving them a coupon they can redeem for a free hot or cold drink. The campaign is part of their Vision Zero campaign. The goal is to try and eliminate deadly crashes involving people hit by cars […]
Read More →Tempe developer adds more information meetings on tiny home community
By Paulina Pineda | Arizona Republic Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of the story included an incorrect figure on household income. Eighty percent of the Phoenix area’s median income is $46,650 for a two-person household. Interest in Tempe’s tiny home community has exceeded expectations. Newtown Community Development Corporation, which is building the small homes […]
Read More →Want to own a tiny home in Tempe?
By Paulina Pineda | Arizona Republic Want to own your very own tiny home in downtown Tempe? A developer is building 13 homes that are 600 square feet on city-owned land near the Jen Tilly Terrace neighborhood. Micro Estates rendering planned for Tempe. / Newtown Community Development Corporation The idea is to offer a new […]
Read More →Development projects transform Tempe into second urban center
AZBigMedia AZBigMedia The East Valley city of Tempe is transforming into the Metro Phoenix’s second urban center, as high-rise buildings begin to fill in around Arizona State University, one of the biggest development magnets, if not the biggest, in Arizona. Much of that development is occurring along the traditional avenue, Mill. Currently, there are four […]
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