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3 businesses coming soon to Gilbert; Higley USD puts bond on ballot and more top area news

Goldfish Swim School anticipates opening June 15 in Gilbert. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)
Goldfish Swim School anticipates opening June 15 in Gilbert. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)

Goldfish Swim School anticipates opening June 15 in Gilbert. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)

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Read the latest business and community news from the past week from the Gilbert and Chandler areas.

Gilbert

Three businesses coming soon to Gilbert

Here are three businesses that will open soon in Gilbert.

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill opens on Power Road in Gilbert

RELATED STORIES
• COVID-19 cases down, vaccinations up across Gilbert
• Four business changes at SanTan Village
• Median home prices in Gilbert ZIP codes rise above $400,000 in April


The restaurant serves made-from-scratch Mexican food with fresh ingredients.

Gilbert collecting items to battle summer heat

The town of Gilbert is collecting items to help at-risk people combat Arizona’s summer heat.

Higley USD taking bond question to voters

The Higley USD governing board unanimously voted June 9 to put a bond question on the ballot.

Statewide

ADHS: Nearly 3 million Arizonans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Arizona has administered more than 6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine since December, according to a news release from the Arizona Department of Health Services, with nearly with nearly 3.4 million people having received at least one dose and 2.9 million now fully vaccinated as of June 7.

Tom Blodgett and Alexa D’Angelo contributed to this report.

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Gilbert riding strong seller’s market

The Gilbert residential real estate market has mirrored the trends around much of the nation as sales prices soared in the winter and early spring, local data shows.

Buono's Pizza Gilbert serves New York-style pizza. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)
Buono’s Pizza Gilbert opens; low inventory leads to rising home prices in Chandler and more top area news

Read the top business and community news from the past week from the Chandler and Gilbert areas.

Higley USD District Office
Former Higley USD Superintendent Denise Birdwell, local contractor employees indicted relating to construction projects

Criminal indictments have been issued against a former Higley USD superintendent and three other people who are being charged with financial crimes, according to the State Auditor General’s Office.

Cafe Rio Mexican Grill
Cafe Rio has opened second location in Gilbert in past three months

The restaurant serves made-from-scratch Mexican food with fresh ingredients

School crosswalk with crossing guard and two students
Drivers reminded to slow down in school zones as students return

Gilbert has 58 public schools in the three districts that serve the town, with all of them having designated school crossings

Dawn Foley
Initial Higley USD test scores higher than state averages

The data was presented at the district’s initial board meeting for fiscal year 2021-22, the first meeting under which Dawn Foley is the district’s permanent superintendent.

Campus ushers in new era for Arizona College Prep High School

July 21 marks the start of the school year and the opening of Arizona College Prep High School—the district’s newest campus—which will house the Arizona College Prep students and staff in a state-of-the-art high school facility

Q&A: Chandler USD interim superintendent shares goals for district ahead of school year

Chandler USD interim superintendent Frank Narducci answers Community Impact Newspaper's questions ahead of the start of the school year July 21.

recycling bins
Gilbert launches expansion of recycling pilot program

Gilbert is asking residents to only put four types of items into recycling bins for collection: plastic bottles, jugs and jars; metal food and beverage containers; paper; and flattened cardboard.

The freeway expansion project will occur across 11 miles of east- and westbound I-19 between Loop 202 and I-17, including the Broadway Curve between Baseline Road and 40th Street. (Tom Blodgett/Community Impact Newspaper)
Work to begin on I-10 Broadway Curve project July 23

The first phase of work for the Arizona Department of Transportation’s I-10 Broadway Curve improvement project is set to begin late July 23 with a weekend closure of westbound I-10.

An ice cream shop, a restaurant with a gaming twist and more are coming soon to Chandler. (Community Impact Newspaper)
6 businesses coming to Chandler; sushi shop opens in Gilbert and more Phoenix-area news

Read the latest business and community events from the Chandler and Gilbert areas.

Buono's Pizza slice
Buono’s Pizza Gilbert opens on Williams Field Road

Buono's Pizza Gilbert serves New York-style pizza.