Next On Deck

Blogging has been a little bit inconsistent for me lately because of the work surrounding our next Morrison Ranch community, Lakeview Trails North. We are currently scheduled to close with the builders on Monday. Since my forte is putting numbers in schedules and adding up and subracting down and making everything neat and tidy, this has been an especially busy time for me. I really enjoy working in tandem with The Mister, who is overseeing all the contract issues while I immerse myself in the details.

If you want to refresh your memory on where and what Lakeview Trails North is, you can click here for a few details. You may notice a large open white space at the bottom of the plan, and this is the future site of the elementary school. Apparently, our donation was accepted at last Tuesday's meeting, because this morning's AZ Republic had this brief article about the school site:

Gilbert Public Schools governing board members accepted Tuesday a 12-acre land donation worth $2 million. Officials said they expect to build an elementary school on the site south of Elliot Road and west of Recker Road.

The Arizona School Facilities Board, the state agency responsible for building schools, will give the district a finder's fee of $400,000 toward supplementing construction costs, according to the board agenda.

The Mister likes me to remind folks that the scheduling of construction on the school is entirely up to the school district. The elementary site across the road and next to Higley Groves waited for several years before construction began; that school will open next fall.