Bits and Pieces

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The Town Of Oro Valley is soliciting construction bids for road resurfacing of the following locations: Rancho Vistoso NBH 10 Parcel O, Peppersauce Townhomes, West Glover Road, Kelly Rae, Rancho Vistoso NBH 10 Parcel K and L, Calle Buena Vista, Egleston Drive, Sun City Units 8, 9, 10, Hidden Springs Drive, Rams Canyon Phase 2, Rams Canyon Phase 3 and Rams Canyon Estates.   Estimated cost is from $500,000 to $1 million.(Source)
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A 65-bed, one-story, 27,000 square foot nursing care facility will like be constructed on the southwest corner of Oracle and Desert Sky.   The facility will house alzheimer and dementia patients. Residents will be "secured"in the facility.  The building will be 18' in height.  The public hearing on the facility was held in January.  Residents were concerned with traffic that might "cut through" their development (which is unlikely), smells from the cafeteria and the building of a common wall.  You should attend the Oro Valley Planning and Zoning Commission meeting next tuesday if you wish to opine on the facilities request for a conditional use permit.  Construction will begin once council has approved this permit.
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"Securaplane Technologies, Inc. a leading supplier of avionics products for business, commercial and military aircraft, announced its expansion to Oro Valley's Innovation Park in December 2012. A groundbreaking ceremony for the 55,000-square-foot building was held on Friday, March 29 near the northeast corner of Tangerine and Innovation Park Drive." (Source: Oro Valley Press Release)
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TREO with the help of County and State corporate welfare has attracted Accelerate Diagnostics to a location near Kino Sports Park.  The inducement:

"Under terms of its August 2012 lease and agreement with Pima County, which includes cut-rate rent through 2015, the company had 18 months to hire at least 30 people with a median salary of at least $70,000. And under a $1 million grant from the Arizona Commerce Authority, Accelerate must ramp up hiring to 65 jobs paying at least $63,000 a year and make capital investments of at least $4,520,000, according to regulatory filings."

The company's CEO was formerly with Ventana Medical Systems, here in Oro Valley. Too bad that TREO didn't steer the business to Oro Valley's Innovation Park.
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