Wildfires swept through several parts of Oklahoma on Friday driven by powerful winds that sent plumes of dust and smoke across the region knocked down power lines and sparked evacuation orders as fast-moving flames threatened residential areas Gusts of up to 70 mph were part of a "monster" storm that was raging across the United States expected to bring blizzard conditions to the northern Plains The high winds and fire weather conditions were expected to continue into the evening A near-critical fire threat was expected to continue into Saturday roof shingles and broken branches ripped through the air and sirens could be heard throughout the day in Oklahoma City and other areas as fire crews raced to numerous hot spots as they sprouted up ➤ Live updates: Wildfire risk in Oklahoma continues Saturday, see latest alerts issued ➤ Weather alerts via text: Sign up to get updates about current storms and weather events by location There were eight fire warnings issued by the National Weather Service and Oklahoma Forestry Services as of 3:40 p.m which indicate dangerous wildfires where residents are being advised to prepare for an evacuation if requested: Velma — two miles southeastMeridian/Arcadia — three miles south of MeridianCamargo — west of the townOrlando — three miles eastLake Thunderbird/Norman — several fires and a large evacuation areaLeedey — evacuated Friday afternoonPawhuska — five miles westSouthern Osage County — south of SkedeeAs of Friday afternoon nearly 75,000 Oklahomans were without power the majority of outages being in central Oklahoma A power outage in Oklahoma City temporarily shut down the high school state basketball tournaments at the State Fair Arena with one caused by downed power lines threatening the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Hope in Oklahoma City before being put out by fire crews Blowing dust was causing low visibility Friday afternoon as little as a quarter mile in western Oklahoma As numerous accidents occurred due to the extreme wind the National Weather Service in Norman advised to only travel when necessary and give high-profile vehicles a wide berth Evacuation orders issued in Norman, LeedeyResidents in the western town of Leedey, Oklahoma, were advised to evacuate just before 1 p.m to the town of Hammon at the Oklahoma FEMA Gymnasium for safety some Norman residents were asked to evacuate to the Little Axe Recreation Center or Cross Point Church Residents living along and east of 108th Avenue and 132th Avenue and north of Post Oak Road to State Highway 9 There were as many as four fires burning in east Norman near Lake Thunderbird on Friday afternoon the local National Weather Service office said Friday's conditions were less than ideal for driving with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol having responded to several accidents across the state caused by extreme wind gusts The state also suspended any transportation of oversized loads and downed power lines in Oklahoma City caused a section of Interstate 240 between Western Avenue and May Avenue to close Remember if you spot a fire to alert first responders by calling 911 Fire weather was expected to continue Saturday with the high temperatures ranging from 59 to 68 degrees The northwesterly winds would be moving at an average of 15 to 20 miles per hour with maximum wind gusts up to 28 miles per hour Bloomington Police officers shot and killed a suspect Tuesday afternoon on the city’s southeast side when officers responded to a report of an armed subject in the 700 block of Fairmont Drive That’s near Oakland Avenue and Veterans Parkway just a few blocks away from State Farm corporate headquarters The public was asked to avoid the area Tuesday night (State Police listed the location of the incident as the 800 block of Arcadia Drive Bloomington Police say that officers encountered the subject after arriving on scene Police say an officer or officers fired their weapons The statement from Bloomington Police on Tuesday night did not explain what else preceded the shooting The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene age or other information have not yet been released State Police were called to conduct an “independent investigation regarding the use of deadly force per Illinois law,” Bloomington Police said This appears to be the first fatal police shooting in McLean County since Feb. 24, 2024, when State Police troopers shot and killed a suspect on Interstate 55 near Lexington police released squad-car camera footage of the shooting within two weeks That footage showed an armed man pointing what appeared to be a gun at officers before being fatally shot as others nearby scrambled for cover Become a WGLT sponsor Oklahoma emergency officials and the Guthrie Fire Chief say a dangerous wildfire is burning southeast of Guthrie and is spreading rapidly to the north and northeast People southeast of Guthrie should leave their homes immediately MORE WILDFIRE COVERAGE The approximate location of the "33 Road Fire" is the 13500 Block of Forrest Hills Road Officials say the fire 33,475-acre fire is 0% contained Logan County authorities have added another location for evacuations: E-W Road is Indian Meridian to Pott Co Road (Co Line) and N-S Road is Charter Oak to Industrial A reunification center is set up at the Guthrie Fairgrounds Water scooper's air attack will be up pulling water from Liberty Lake MORE WILDFIRE COVERAGE The approximate location of the \"33 Road Fire\" is the 13500 Block of Forrest Hills Road and general news updates from News on 6 delivered right to your inbox Just south of the A Line in Arcadia, work is underway for a mixed-use apartment complex from developer Trammell Crow Residential The Alexan Azalea, approved in 2022 to replace a surface parking lot at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue will consist of a seven-story building featuring 319 studio and two-bedroom apartments above parking for more than 570 vehicles.  TCR will be required to set aside 26 of the apartments as affordable housing a requirement of density bonus incentives used to achieve the building's planned scale and density Studio One Eleven is designing Alexan Azalea which will be flanked by a new outdoor plaza That open space will separate the new apartments from an existing eight-story office building while an alley on the eastern property line will be converted into pedestrian paseo to provide quicker access to the nearby A Line station The development will retain an existing bank and also add a small cafe within the adjacent office building Construction of the project, which broke ground in May is expected to occur over a 26-month period TCR is also developing Alexan apartment complexes at 325 N. Santa Anita Avenue in Arcadia, the nearby Monrovia community, and Downtown Long Beach Twitter / Facebook / LinkedIn / Threads / Instagram PHOENIX — A strong monsoon storm is bringing dust and heavy rain to parts of the southeast Valley Thursday night Watch live video of the storm including radar in the player below: SRP is reporting thousands of power outages across the Valley. Click here to check the power outage map.Click here to check the APS power outage map A ground stop was issued for Sky Harbor International Airport due to thunderstorms See live updates as the storm moves across the Valley below: 645pm: A corridor of showers and thunderstorms across Greater Phoenix is beginning to trend down. Potential for damaging strength winds and flash flooding is decreasing as well. But, as long as storms continue, those hazards can’t be ruled out. #azwx pic.twitter.com/pEKP5fgXKT 553pm: Severe Thunderstorm Warnings continue over portions of northeast Maricopa County including parts of the Phoenix area. Winds of up to 60-70 mph, 1 inch diameter hail and localized flooding. Sturdy shelter is the best place to be. #azwx pic.twitter.com/BESL4drtr0 Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Scottsdale AZ, Fountain Hills AZ and Paradise Valley AZ until 6:15 PM MST pic.twitter.com/IxAPuyaTB9 A special weather statement has been issued for Mesa AZ, Scottsdale AZ and Tempe AZ until 6:15 PM MST pic.twitter.com/hWxXNZiuCF Driving North on 52nd Street towards Thomas Road in Phoenix, uprooted trees and flooded streets. A tree fell on top of a car at Arcadia Montessori. | @abc15 #azwx pic.twitter.com/JQCqlHvXlC 64 mph gust at Sky Harbor at 430pm #azwx A second strong storm brought heavy rain and hail to parts of south Scottsdale and Phoenix approximately 4,500 SRP customers were without power in the Apache Junction area Report a typo its newest addition celebrated the Earth and the bringing together of people – as well as putting on one hell of a party providing D‘n’B beats (and a few scorched eyebrows) to global festival goers ‘We have a problem with The Spider in that every year we brought it out people seemed to like it even more,’ says Arcadia co-founder Pip Rush ‘They were saying: “Whatever you do but we felt we needed a creative evolution We were built off a bunch of people coming together and being creative – we needed some of that: a boost to do something new.’ intricately designed stage with a unique story to tell The design has been over a year in the making the finishing touches still being applied when Wallpaper* comes to visit The project stays true to Arcadia’s ethos of uniting people around positive change ‘It began when we found some Royal Navy helicopter fuselages they started to look like a dragonfly in the sky,’ says Rush It prompted the Arcadia team to start scribbling out some ideas and planning their next project the Falklands helicopter frame comprising the main body of the creature ‘We wanted to repurpose the intent of that bit of machinery which was designed for division and destruction and flip it: to create a space that’s unifying.’ One of the main challenges was to create the dragonfly from salvaged materials ‘It’s been an enchanting journey,’ explains co-founder Bertie Cole ‘The Sea King itself was obviously something that was a really beautiful shape Then we kept going back to real dragonflies We took that blueprint into scrap yards.’ escapism and design stories from around the world direct to your inbox After ‘messing about in scrapyards’ for years, it was in a huge quarry in Ireland that Cole struck gold ‘I found these old excavators dating back to the 1960s I spent days sifting through them to find the right limbs to match the sizes and proportions of the Sea King.’ The old diggers were transformed into the dragonfly’s legs they settled on lasers to bring the creature to neon life And for its head – where DJs such as Shygirl Fatboy Slim and Amelie Lens spun tunes all weekend – they connected hundreds of translucent screens For those who loved the grandeur of The Spider's fire-breathing prowess around the edge of the arena offer a similar fiery thrill the flames are produced using bio-ethanol – supporting Glastonbury and Arcadia's sustainable focus Maintaining this connection and friendship, Glastonbury this year welcomed the Wadjuk Noongar nation into the fields of Somerset. Each night, members of Arcadia and the First Nations community performed Waraloo – a song about a dragonfly – to open the stage: a spectacular ceremony that saw The Dragonfly burst into life. As for what’s next for Arcadia, we can expect more mechanical creatures gracing festivals around the world. ‘We’re consulting for a big festival in America to go out and build something there. It will be a creature but we can’t talk too much about it at the moment,’ says Rush. ‘But it will be on a huge, huge scale.’ Director of Digital ContentCharlotte Gunn is a writer and editor with 18 years experience in journalism Charlotte has written for publications such as Rolling Stone Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInDUDLEYVILLE AZ (AZFamily) — Crews are gaining control of a fast-growing wildfire that ignited in Pinal County on Friday afternoon The Arcadia Fire was first reported around 4 p.m. about five miles south of Dudleyville in Pinal County According to the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management the fire has burned around 121 acres and is 70% contained as of Saturday afternoon Around 85 firefighters are fighting the flames Crews are continuing to mop up along the fire’s edge and interior There is no threat to the containment lines An evacuation had been ordered by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office around 6:30 p.m on Friday for those near south of Arvaipa Road and west of Trent Road The fire also closed parts of a highway in the area. State Route 77 was shut down in both directions for about an hour for 3 miles near the Lower San Pedro River State Wildlife Area which is about 10 miles south of Dudleyville Around 80 firefighters are battling the blaze from the air and ground Dudleyville is about 60 miles north of Tucson Fire estimated at 100 ac, burning in agriculture field & river bottom. Six Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) ordered along w/ ground resources. #AZFire #AZForestry https://t.co/6fLACuzZOE See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send it to us here with a brief description Fire estimated at 100 ac, burning in agriculture field & river bottom. Six Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATs) ordered along w/ ground resources. #AZFire #AZForestry https://t.co/6fLACuzZOE Editor's note: This page reflects weather updates on Friday, March 14. For the latest updates on wildfires and damage caused by extreme winds and smoke, please read The Oklahoman's live coverage on Saturday, March 15 Oklahoma firefighters have responded to a staggering number of fires on Friday caused by high wind from a historic weather system that led to fast-moving dangerous wildfires that led to evacuations The wildfire threat will continue overnight and into the weekend and the long-range forecast indicates a risk of critical fire weather through next week The powerful low-pressure system racing across the United States reached the central plains on Friday bringing heavy winds gusting up to 60 to 70 mph to Oklahoma which created a critical-to-extreme risk of wildfire The NWS has issued fire warnings for portions of Oklahoma on Friday due to wildfire conditions and weather patterns Oklahoma residents are urged to stay aware of their surroundings and be prepared to evacuate if requested by the authorities Langston University evacuated, NAIA games postponed7:55 p.m according to Oklahoman reporter Murray Evans Evans was at the NAIA women's basketball tournament when officials told everyone to leave Firefighters are battling several fast-moving wildfires in the area Several large and complex fires are still burning in Oklahoma forcing residents to be aware of their surroundings and be prepared to evacuate caused disruptions to travel and triggered some evacuations.Repeated flare-ups in western Oklahoma near Camargo and Leedey also forced residents to evacuate.In Cleveland County areas east of Norman and around Lake Thunderbird were evacuated.Authorities in Oklahoma City were still responding to multiple fires in the metro area Friday evening The threat of fires will continue overnight even though the wind is expected to die down The wind has also caused damage to structures and power lines Make sure your mobile device is configured to receive emergency alerts and stay clear of emergency vehicles Air quality across much of the state is poor to hazardous Blowing dust and smoke have obscured roadways A massive cloud of dust is being blown into northwestern Oklahoma Air quality in that part of the state is currently listed as "hazardous." Stay inside if you can The first round of the NAIA women's basketball tournament at Langston University has been delayed at least one hour The school's athletic director just told fans at the arena that they should shelter in place while officials determine whether it's safe to continue playing tonight The Norman Police Department is urging residents in the following areas to evacuate immediately: 120th Ave SE to Lake Thunderbird between Rock Creek & Franklin RdEtowah to SH-9 between 84th Ave SE & 144th Ave SEFull evacuation and shelter information for the area can be found here Oklahoman photographers were out in force on Friday documenting the wildfire outbreak that hit the state Heavy winds have calmed somewhat across the state but still remain high enough that the wildfire threat remains Another fire has been reported northeast of Oklahoma City near Chandler The NWS issued a fire warning five miles north of Chandler Affected areas include Highway 18 north of Chandler Authorities have spotted a fire three miles west of Oilton in eastern Payne County Affected areas include rural areas southeast of Yale Oklahoman photographer Sarah Phipps is reporting that authorities have evacuated vehicles from State Highway 51 on the south side of Lake Carl Blackwell Fire has jumped over the road near Meridian Road Heavy wind and blowing dust has led to at least 25 flight delays and 20 cancelations at OKC Will Rogers International Airport Check your flight status before heading to the airport Fires in Pottawatomie, Cleveland Counties could lead to evacuation4:47 p.m NWS issued a Fire Warning over Norman for parts of Pottawatomie and Cleveland counties Numerous wildfires were discovered burning at 4:37 p.m Fires are said to be moving northeast 3 to 5 mph The affected areas include eastern Cleveland County and west central Pottawatomie County Residents in the area should be prepared to evacuate quickly if requested by local emergency management officials The Oklahoma Mesonet a network of weather monitoring stations across the state is reporting that it has seen more severe wind gusts of at least 58 mph today than at any other time in its 30-year history More than 50 Mesonet sites have reported severe wind Oklahoma Forestry Services have reported a wildfire southwest of Chickasha The fire is located two miles from Chickasha and is moving rapidly northeast Residents in the area should be prepared to evacuate Do not drive into smoke and follow instructions from local authorities The National Weather Service stated a "powerful dust storm" is moving through the area This dust will reduce visibility and be harmful to those with respiratory issues NWS advises those in the area to consider using mouth coverings before heading outside this evening The Air Quality throughout Oklahoma ranges from moderate danger to 'Hazardous' levels in northwestern Oklahoma Edmond Police confirm fire is contained4:09 p.m After battling a fire that sparked just before 3 p.m. the Edmond Police Department posted on Facebook that the fire department has been able to contain all fire EFD is still on the scene and they ask that drivers still avoid the area A wildfire has been reported three miles east of Guthrie Anyone in this area should be prepared to immediately evacuate if requested According to Poweroutage.us across the different utility providers in Oklahoma a total of 74,996 customers were without power on Friday Roger Mills County nears the highest with roughly 55% of the county without power This site states that Oklahoma County is also experiencing 13,430 outages currently This is a list of fire warnings issued by the National Weather Service and Oklahoma Forestry Services as of 3:40 p.m These indicate dangerous wildfires where residents are being advised to prepare for an evacuation if requested: A wildfire has been spotted two miles southwest of Velma in Stephens County so residents of Velma should be prepared to evacuate if requested Firefighters are responding to a dangerous wildfire five miles west of Pawhuska According to the National Weather Service and Oklahoma Forestry Services The Pawhuska Airport and Pearsonia are affected Smoke and fire will present a threat to life and property The Osage Nation said its offices will be closed on Friday due to high winds A wildfire near Camargo in western Oklahoma's Dewey County is moving rapidly Anyone in this area should be prepared to evacuate immediately A dangerous and fast-moving wildfire has been spotted west of Stillwater The fire is moving northeast with the wind be prepared to immediately evacuate if requested by emergency personnel Make sure your phone is configured to allow emergency alerts After experiencing a day of high winds and high fire risk The school said all programming would be closed by 3 p.m The wildfires popping up around Oklahoma today are being noticed by specialized NASA satellites that monitor fire outbreaks The Fire Information for Resource Management System is used to highlight significant fires in real-time the location of fires can be seen as red splotches Almost 33,000 OG&E customers are reporting outages throughout their system as of 2:34 p.m The majority of outages have affected Oklahoma and Cleveland counties Oklahoma County is reporting 14,455 while Cleveland reports 5,786 customers affected According to the city's utility department map, a few water outages occurred on Friday three different outages have begun in Nichols Hills they website's report of 446 impacted customers is an estimate and could be more or less Water is currently expected to be off until 5:30 p.m The National Weather Service in Norman has issued a Fire Warning for eastern Payne County A dangerous wildfire was located 5 miles south of Yale The affected area is between Cushing and Yale Pay attention to emergency alerts and be prepared to evacuate immediately if requested A dangerous wildfire has been spotted three miles southeast of Meridian A fire warning has been issued for southeastern Logan and northwestern Lincoln Counties Downed power lines have closed all lanes of Interstate 240 between Western Ave The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is diverting traffic off of the interstate An evacuation order has been issued for the north side of Lake Thunderbird in the vicinity of 108th and Tecumseh Road Residents are directed to evacuate to the Little Axe Recreation Center A fire warning has been issued for areas north and east of Arcadia Residents should be prepared to evacuate if requested by emergency officials Officials have issued an evacuation notice for areas south and east of Lake Thunderbird and Norman in rural Cleveland County due to wildfire The evacuation area is along and east of 108 St Residents are being told to evacuate to the Little Axe Recreation Center or Cross Point Church The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is responding to several accidents around the state caused by extreme wind gusts The state has also suspended any transportation of oversized loads The newest reports out of the National Weather Service Norman station report that the capital city is seeing an increase in fire threats It is expected to expand over the next several hours to Southeastern parts of Oklahoma the station reports that with blowing dust visibility has lowered to one-quarter to one mile and issued a blowing dust advisory Officials with the town of Leedey are advising residents to evacuate the area after the NWS issues an immediate evacuation They are encouraging families to meet in Hammon at the Oklahoma FEMA Gymnasium for safety OG&E's outage map reports over 6,000 outages in Oklahoma and Cleveland counties as of 12:54 p.m. Oklahoma County is experiencing 5,512 outages The utility service reported over 8,000 outages at 12:54 p.m Sequoyah and Woods counties are also experiencing at least one customer without power OG&E’s outage map is slowly reporting more customers without power on Friday currently shows over 2,000 customers without power Oklahoma County is reporting the most affected customers with 1,443 customers experiencing an outage as of 11:54 a.m It is unknown if these are related to the strong winds throughout the state Pottawatomie County is reporting 509 customers affected by four outages currently Woods and Grant counties are also experiencing at least one customer without power If you lose your power at any point during the day, here’s how you can still remain safe Multiple fires were actively burning in the eastern half of the state Friday including at least one new fire that began this morning according to the Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Service It's reported to be taking place over an acre of land with an undetermined cause The NWS issued a Fire Warning over parts of Roger Mills and Dewey counties at the request of Oklahoma Forestry Services They discovered a "dangerous wildfire" near Angora moving rapidly northeast at 3 mph The state remains under a High Wind Warning from the National Weather Service until 8 p.m In a post on Facebook the Oklahoma City Fire Department told residents to be prepared for chances of high fire danger on Friday low humidity and wind gusts of 60-70 mph as factors "Just one spark could ignite a fast-moving wildfire," the department said The agency listed ways residents could stay alert and help prevent the spread of wildfires properly disposing of cigarettes and having an emergency plan in place Track the latest wildfire and smoke information in Oklahoma with data that is updated frequently based on input from several incident and intelligence sources If you can't see the map below, please click here The National Weather Service issues a number of alerts to advise the public about high wind events Red flag warnings are delivered when an area experiences a combination of warm temperatures, very low humidity and strong winds. According to the NWS these three factors can increase the risk of fire NWS advises that the affected areas be “extremely careful” with open flames They state that if you are allowed to burn in your area all burn barrels should be covered with a weighted metal cover with holes no larger than three-quarters of an inch The following is not advised during a red flag warning:  Preparing for a wildfire is the best way to respond to one Having an emergency plan and staying notified by news outlets and government agencies can prevent you from playing catch-up in quick-reaction moments But even if you haven’t had the time to prepare, here’s how to respond to a wildfire How to evacuate during a wildfire If you are outside trying to leave by road be sure to follow the first responder's recommendation if they are present be sure not to cause further damage or risk to those around you If you find yourself in a vehicle evacuating the USDA recommends these tips while driving:  While severely warm weather can worsen a wildfire spread, most are the result of human behavior. In fact, nearly 85% of wildfires in the U.S. are caused by humans, according to the National Park Service With its wide acres, rural areas and inconsistent weather patterns, Oklahoma is prone to grass fires Forestry and safety experts offer several guidelines for residents on how to avoid starting a fire which can often breakout from just one wrong spark church and event closings using the link below Joseph Chapel at Arcadia Academy was built in 1908 Today it is a destination for weddings under large stained-glass windows and Romanesque-revival vaulted ceilings Arcadia Academy sits in the southeast region of Missouri and is a historic destination Originally founded as a private high school in 1847 hospital and boarding school before becoming a full campus holding a restaurant theater and bed-and-breakfast accommodations Desks were squeezed close together when Arcadia Academy was a school for girls run by nuns of the Ursuline Order The school has been in the Arcadia Valley longer than any towns and almost all homes and churches Old pillars stand at the entrance of the campus reading “Ursuline Academy” and “Arcadia College.” Arcadia Academy was a prestigious school for girls before its last class graduated in 1971 gooey caramel pecan cinnamon roll fills a plate at Thee Abbey Kitchen at Arcadia Academy bakery and creamery also serve fresh bread daily Arcadia Academy is now home to a restaurant a historic school known as Arcadia Academy has been a landmark in the scenic southeast region of Missouri It was built in 1846 south of Ironton as a Methodist high school and served as a hospital for Union soldiers during the Civil War Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content on Friday and Saturday; Thee Abbey Kitchen is open 11 a.m Cost: Tours: $7.50 per person; lodging begins at $129 per night; food costs vary gymnasium and lodging in buildings from the 19th and early 20th centuries Email notifications are only sent once a day news releases and anything else you think we need to know Subscribers can view cartoonist John Darkow's latest cartoons The Columbia Parents’ Digest is a newsletter to keep you in the know about raising kids in Columbia Start your day with the latest news stories for Columbia Receive a roundup of the news of the day each evening. 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VISIT FLORIDA® is a service mark of the Florida Tourism Industry Marketing Corporation, d/b/a VISIT FLORIDA, registered in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. | Contact Us announced today the opening of Phase I of their residences with a move in date of December 5 This first phase includes some Independent Living residences and all assisted living and memory care residences Located close to the southeast corner of Camelback Road and 32nd Street near the historic Arcadia neighborhood Clarendale Arcadia offers panoramic mountain views at the 347,346-square-foot property featuring  248 luxury senior apartment homes Clarendale Arcadia features tailored lifestyles to fit each resident with high-end amenity offerings READ ALSO: 2 Valley cities among Top 10 for most financially secure seniors READ ALSO: Here are the trends shaping senior living development “Our approach to luxury senior living is to evoke high-end comfort with touches of home as a rental not buy-in or life-plan,” said Executive Director Stefanie Smith “This lifestyle paired with breathtaking views from all five levels and multiple one-and two-bedroom floor plans allow our residents to live the maintenance free setting they prefer as well as move through the continuum if and when they may need a higher level of care such as assisted living or memory care.” This five-story urban community is an $104 million development offering 140 luxury senior independent living residences with one- and two-bedroom floor plans 68 assisted living and 40 memory care apartments Independent living residences range from 694 square feet to 1,709 square feet assisted living residences range from 498 square feet to 1318 square feet and memory care residences are all private Residents have several options for floorplans and can expect designer finishes with upscale fixtures stainless steel appliances and luxury vinyl plank flooring Patterns and colors were thoughtfully created to aid in comfort and peacefulness Clarendale Arcadia was designed as a timeless so residents can expect opulence inside and outside their homes The Copper and Sunset Terraces that make up our second-level amenity deck are unmatched where residents can enjoy time by the resort-style heated pool They can walk their dogs in this pet-friendly community and can enjoy their very own private dog park The Mountain Vista Community Room on the fifth floor is a fantastic common/multi-use space with floor-to-ceiling windows that showcase views of Camelback Mountain “Residents can expect to maintain a lifestyle of luxury revolving around their individual tastes peppered with the richness of resort style hospitality in an independent atmosphere,” said Smith “We can appeal to those who prefer the freedom of independent living to customized care in assisted living or memory care to enable them to prolong their independence.” Residents at Clarendale Arcadia will also experience a full life enrichment/activity program three dining venues from casual to elegant dining and an unwavering commitment to engaging mind Clarendale Arcadia offers a worry-free lifestyle for area seniors looking for the best in senior living,” said Smith “Our ultimate goal is to foster community and social activity in an up-scale worry free atmosphere for residents to enjoy during this stage of their lives.” Clarendale Arcadia is a joint venture between Life Care Services The partnership entered into a long-term ground lease with the landowner ORB Architecture LLC is the project architect “I am extremely proud of our collaboration to deliver this breathtaking development that will bring high-quality living options to seniors in the Arcadia area,” said Amy Weishaar national director of development management multifamily and senior living at Ryan Companies “This project is another proud accomplishment and one of more than 50 senior living communities throughout the country that Ryan Companies has been a part of We are thrilled with the completion and look forward to hearing about the wonderful memories that residents will make there.” The community will be managed by Life Care Services An LCS Company – which ranked highest in customer satisfaction among Independent Senior Living Communities in the J.D Power  U.S Senior Living Satisfaction Study for the last three years consecutively Senior living communities managed by Life Care Services also benefit from EverSafe 360° which was specifically designed to ensure the safety of all residents staff and visitors to the community with a multifaceted approach to cleaning and sanitizing the living and work environment Phase II of Clarendale Arcadia is planned to open in the Spring of 2023. For more information about Clarendale Arcadia, visit www.clarendalearcadia.com or call 480-573-3700 Copyright © 2025 AZ Big Media  |  All Rights Reserved  |  Site by Blufish Read Today’s Top Story: March’s interest-rate slide prompts jump in pending home sales A joint venture between two Miami-based firms, Atlantic Pacific Companies (A|P) and Highline Real Estate Capital, recently purchased Arcadia Decatur Apartments the low-rise property offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 684 to 1,314 square feet Arcadia is near several of Atlanta’s largest employers It’s also a short walk from Decatur’s downtown area The acquisition marks A|P’s 18th Georgia property and brings its apartment count in the state to over 4,300 units The complex is Highline’s first multifamily asset in Atlanta where it owns three open-air shopping centers resident clubhouse and dog-wash room.  “This investment supports our strategy of acquiring newly built apartment communities at significant discounts to replacement costs in high growth Southeast markets,” Highline Principal Matt Papunen said.  “Arcadia Decatur is an exceptionally well-located property in one of metro-Atlanta’s premier cities that offers residents unparalleled access to jobs schools and entertainment,” A|P Chief Investment Officer Greg Ward said in a press release “This property is another great addition to our growing Georgia portfolio and furthers our strategy of buying exceptional properties in growing markets at compelling prices.”  and website in this browser for the next time I comment Resurgence Consulting LLC | Resurgence Realty Group of Atlanta Keller Williams Buckhead | Premiere Atlanta Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited ARCADIA — Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he remembers as a young deputy in the 1970s putting people who needed mental health help into the back of his patrol car and driving them south to the G Pierce Wood Memorial Hospital in Arcadia.   “We would take people on an ex parte order from the court — where family said they’re going to hurt themselves or someone else,'” Judd said “The court would order them to a state hospital.”  Pierce Wood was the main recipient of long-term mental health patients in the Central Florida area. Named for State Rep an advocate for the mentally ill and speaker of the house in 1939 it began its life as an army training center during WWII. The legislature recognized the need for more mental health facilities and made the DeSoto County complex Florida’s second state mental hospital in the spring of 1947.  “I went out there at 18 and retired as a grandfather — we’re a very close-knit family from out there,” said Luke Wilson Pierce Wood recreational therapist. “The residents — we loved them they loved us. A lot of them weren’t accepted in the community That was a safe haven for them – they were loved and accepted.  When they would get on medication they would get better and leave.”  was a sprawling facility on 500 acres that took in patients from 17 counties It included staff housing, wards for patients, plus buildings for occupational training and recreation.  More in this series: Inside a Polk family's struggle with mental illness and the court system More: Florida’s mental health system ‘a sad state’ with devastating consequences, report says A long history: From large asylums to community centers — a 60-year experiment Stories in series: Mental health in Polk County and Florida: Read every story in our series “There’s no cure for (serious) mental illness — only lifelong treatment,” Wilson explained. “If they stay on their meds, they can lead a normal productive life. (But) they would get out and start feeling better and they would stop taking their meds because they thought they didn’t need it any more. There was a large recidivism rate of patients leaving.”  whose own grandmother had died as a patient in the state mental hospital in Chattahoochee, said he saw a lot of changes at the facility the best of which was making the ward areas like a home instead of a hospital.  "They stopped calling them patients and started calling them residents and had a lot more activities,” said Wilson. “They had a school out there — they could get their GEDs — and workshops out there where they could learn a trade.”  Pierce Wood Facebook page remember the activities they had for the residents field trips for baseball games and the movie theater “More therapies came along and more medications and you had less and less use of restraints and people being locked down,” Wilson said “Some of the patients had grounds privileges. The doctor would sign off and they could go to the canteen.”  When asked about one of the successes he saw at G Wilson remembered a man with multiple personalities who had been involved along with another man, of a double murder He was first held at a mental health facility in Gainesville before being transferred to GPW Wilson said the man was assigned to him in the art studio which produced fliers for staff and patients as well as training films. The man also painted murals throughout the facility.  “He was horrifically abused as a child by his father,” said Wilson who then explained how multiple personalities can develop in a person “They have layers of personality where the person doing the abuse can’t get to the birth person. We didn’t have anybody out there like that.”  A specialist was brought in to provide therapy to him he was working with Wilson — alone in the studio.  dark glasses — you couldn’t see his eyes,” Wilson said of his initial meetings with him very reserved. Cautious about talking to anybody. What I decided — I said to myself— if anything is going to happen That doesn’t mean I’m going to treat him bad – he's still a human.”  And so Wilson assigned him art projects the hospital required and gathered up the art supplies the man would need — including scissors and an Xacto knife.  “Me doing that, that opened up trust between him and I. We never had any problems not a one,” Wilson said.   none of which were violent or harmful to anyone in his years-long stay there.  “I got to meet probably about 20 of the personalities — they ranged from an infant to an old Japanese man,” Wilson said. “He had different ones for different facets of his life.  Like his own army. He showed me a drawing one time of what it’s like inside of his mind. Like the inside of a building.”  Wilson said the man also painted beautiful murals on walls at G they talked about the crime that put him away. He and a friend who had been a pen pal until the friend moved from California to Florida rented an apartment from an elderly couple They got behind on their rent and when the couple arrived to collect the money, they were murdered. Both men ran from the building and Wilson’s friend was caught in an orange grove.  “He said he didn’t do it – he said it was the other guy,” Wilson said, adding that he believed him but also acknowledging that “it could’ve been a personality saying it.”  The man recovered enough to develop a relationship with a woman he knew in school when they were both children His doctors allowed the pair to get married and Wilson said he the man, and his fiancée all headed to the DeSoto County Courthouse for the civil ceremony one afternoon.  “They had a closed down dorm they turned into little hotel rooms for visitors to come and stay. So they let him spend a honeymoon in there,” Wilson recalled.  The man’s wife got a home in Lakeland and when his psychiatrists cleared him for discharge where they had three children. The man worked as a handyman and an artist while his wife worked in a daycare. And he continued to see a therapist to work on integrating all of his personalities.  “He was writing a book and he described in great detail how he was horrifically abused by his father,” said Wilson adding that the man asked him to read it “I didn’t want to ingest it and be haunted by that.”   Report released: Polk Vision releases report on mental illness: ‘We have what it takes ... (to) change people’s lives’ While staff and some patients remember GPW fondly, others said it was a nightmarish place to stay or work. In the mid-1990s, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division investigated GPW after reports of abuse Wilson recalled one incident involving a man who the U.S Justice Department said was frustrated about delays in his release. Wilson said the maintenance building and carpenter’s shop was locked but the man found a ladder and climbed into the building through an upstairs window at night He turned on a table saw and cut off both of his hands.  “Security came by and found him and (doctors) were able to reattach his hands,” Wilson said. “A fence went up immediately around the maintenance department.”  Justice Department outlined the circumstances of at least nine deaths at the facility:  a male patient who suffered from delusions and physical handicaps ran away from the facility His body was found leaning against a tree about a mile from the facility a month later.  • Another man also ran away and committed suicide in a nearby orange grove.  • A woman ran away from the facility and was hit and killed by a car on the Pennsylvania turnpike.  who had recently attempted suicide and was supposed to be on one-on-one watch killed herself in August 1994 after a shift change in which the overnight worker never took over watching her. Rigor mortis had begun to set in by the time she was found.  • Another woman was found slumped over a geri-tray chair with her throat and chin on the tray-table top She was supposed to have one-on-one supervision but no one was watching her when she died.  • At least two patients who were supposed to be on soft food diets choked to death on solid food.  • One man who had exhibited suicidal ideations was granted full facility privileges three days before he killed himself.  • And a woman was given a combination of powerful psychotropic medication which could have contributed to her death. She had also been given the wrong medication in the weeks before her death.  The letter described a facility that was understaffed, workers who were poorly trained and failed to protect patients from harm or death and medical staff who failed to provide adequate treatment or to develop or follow treatment plans.  the state decided to close the hospital.  “We tried to lobby for the place to stay open,” Wilson said psychiatrists and even patients went to a community meeting in Cape Coral with then-Gov Jeb Bush in 2001. “We sat down in a room with Gov Jeb Bush – about 20 or 30 of us. We tried to explain the good, the bad, and the ugly.. I think Florida's government wanted to get rid of the stigma and say if you put them in group homes they’ll live happily ever after. It’s a personal thing for me – my grandmother died in that hospital.”  with most going to three other state mental institutions. About 200 patients were moved to community treatment programs and supervised apartments. The state increased funding for community mental health programs that year by about $30 million. But eventually “Now there’s no safety net – they shut us down and now (long-term) patients are in group homes,” Wilson said. “A lot are out on the streets, a lot of them are dead. G Pierce Wood should not have been closed.”    the facility was remodeled as a juvenile detention facility and a fence was added. In 2014 G Pierce Wood was sold for $2.5 million to Power Auto Corporation There were plans to make it a car-racing training facility Now the facility sits empty except for a small helicopter repair business The constant beeping of a fire alarm could be heard near the complex entrance.    Ledger journalists drove around part of the property in November and saw three cars parked in a maintenance area.  All other buildings were closed and the main four-story hospital had graffiti sprayed painted on walls and windows Polk County's Peace River Center offers a 24-Hour Emotional Support and Crisis Line: 863-519-3744 or toll-free at 800-627-5906 Moore can be reached at kmoore@theledger.com or 863-802-7514 Follow her on Twitter at @KMooreTheLedger.  The primary objective on all lands owned or managed by the Department is the sound management and use of fish and wildlife resources resident thereon.  Be sure to review additional Department-Managed Area Rules in the regulations You can also check out some of the Department Lakes managed by the ODWC  Below are some resources to find additional places to go outdoors Additional features continue to be added to the Wildlife Department’s controlled hunts program Researchers are tracking cackling geese wintering in a five-state study area to learn more about their movements and habitat preferences Join us at Cherokee Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Saturday for this family-friendly hands-on learning event Donate today to help support Oklahoma's wildlife Careers & Internships Outdoor Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Foundation Oklahoma Wildlife Commission Lands & Minerals Legislative Tracker Submit Outdoor Calendar Events Hunting Seasons Online Hunter Education Harvest Reports Fishing Reports Surveys & Reports Cervide (Deer, Elk, Moose, etc.) Import Active Prescribed Burns ODWC Bids & Solicitations Ag/Hay/Grazing Leases Accountability Initiative Wildlife Encounters Oklahoma Habitat Enhancement Partnership Opportunity For Public Comment Purchase License Outdoor Store Outdoor Calendar Android - iOS Copyright ©2025 Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Links to the couples’ brief biographies and photos will be added as they are published in the Church News in the coming months This list can be found anytime at the bottom right of the Newsroom home page under Popular Topics The list includes assignments for the six new missions that begin this summer — five in Africa and one in Europe; 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Southeastern Louisiana institutes a clear bag policy with more info available HERE All games are slated to be streamed live, for a fee, on the NFHS Network, which is available via https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/associations/lhsaa Games are also available on LHSAA Network for free which can only be viewed on a smart television Download the “LHSAA Network” app You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience Arcadia - Athena Trailer 1080 from Andy J. Hall on Vimeo in order to really do something; you just have to plunge headlong into it and do it For director Andy Hall, that meant plunging headfirst into the making of Arcadia an art house film released earlier this year crafted with a measly budget of barely $12,000 Although the film has only been out since March, it has already been selected by the New York City Indie Film Awards, the Endless Mountain Film Fest and the Action on Film International Film Festival and Writer’s Celebration It all started with the grounds of the newly renovated People’s Bank Theatre in Marietta “I was involved in fundraising for the opening of the People’s Bank Theatre so I had some access to it before it was re-opened,” said Hall “The person who was heading up the fundraising made a comment about how someone should make a film in the old theater building before the restoration was complete I thought ‘that’s a good idea,’ and I decided to do it myself.” What Hall had anticipated to be a short film grew over the spans of the year or so of filming The movie details the adventures of a curious journalist (played by Athens’ own Yang Miller) who decides to investigate the directions he finds in a map that he happens upon in a bookseller’s booth action-packed exploration of the nature of identity and what role art plays in the formation of the self; all against a gorgeous backdrop of a whole lot of Brothers Quay-inspired spooky eye-candy “One thing I kept in mind from the beginning was the old adage ‘show “I took that general tactic and started to think about how much I like to see strange things in film I thought about how I wanted to show things with a sort of vintage quality things that weren’t invented in the past 70 years or so and that are fascinating to look at I kept on thinking of things that would be fascinating visually and sort of wrote dialogue as it was needed It all evolved into a unique and powerful story.” who described himself as a mostly self-taught filmmaker said that the making of Arcadia was truly a learning experience for everyone involved “I had to learn lots and lots of things on set and off and I was constantly studying and storyboarding,” said Hall and right now they don’t really have a film community So the crew I was able to put together was entirely volunteer and not too many people had a lot of experience So the people running sound for the movie were running sound for the first time; the cameramen were filming like this for the first time We were all really learning at the same time and trying to keep an eye on one another.” Hall put together his crew with the help of a Facebook page which recruited everyone from actors to extras to sound technicians Since he had a hodgepodge of a willing crew he started to form the movie as to play to the strengths of the people who stepped forward to take part in the filming “I started casting people because maybe I liked their look If someone was exotic I would cast them in a exotic part I would write an improvised scene for them,” said Hall Marietta College’s theater department was also instrumental in the making of the film with several students stepping forward for roles in the film and one professor The theater department at the college also helped out Hall’s crew with some of their costume needs The funds for the movie came from all over including two Indiegogo crowdsourcing campaigns a grant from the Ohio Arts Council and a generous $5,000 contribution from Zane and Margaret Lazer Hall said that he has entered Arcadia into about 25 film festivals that he will continually hear back from until around January of next year At some point he hopes to secure some type of distribution for the film “I think people will enjoy the film a lot,” said Hall “It does not look like a micro budget film and I think people will be pleased with it.” Athens area film fanatics can catch a viewing of the film on July 31 at the Athena Cinema That presentation of the film will also feature a Q&A session with Hall and the opportunity to pick up various Arcadia promotional materials For more information on the film, visit zeteticstudios.com A draft environmental impact report published by the City of Arcadia offers up new angles, and new details, regarding The Alexan, a proposed apartment complex from Trammell Crow Residential The Alexan would rise just southwest of the Arcadia L Line stop at 150 N calls for razing two small commercial buildings and a surface parking lot to clear the way for the construction of a new seven-story edifice featuring 319 apartments above parking for more than 570 vehicles.  ranging from 540 to 1,220 square feet in size Trammell Crow Residential would set aside 26 apartments as affordable housing making the project eligible for density bonus incentives via SB 1818 Also included in the project site are an eight-story office building and one-level bank branch Plans call for the addition of a small cafe within the office buildings Studio One Eleven is designing the Alexan which is portrayed in conceptual renderings as a contemporary podium-type building A new outdoor plaza would separate the apartment complex from the neighboring office complex while an alley to the east of the new construction would be converted into a pedestrian paseo feeding into the L Line stop and Downtown Arcadia Upon the approval of discretionary entitlements by the City of Arcadia construction of the Alexan is expected to occur over a 26-month period commencing in June 2023 and concluding in August 2025 Arcadia is one of multiple cities in the San Gabriel Valley which has capitalized on the Foothill L (Gold) Line extension to foster development near its station, including neighboring Monrovia, where another Alexan apartment complex is planned The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was 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primary beam and results is a significant deterioration of detection limits of Ag All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. the author & photographer behind the Abandoned Southeast blog is gearing up to release his sixth book through Arcadia Publishing entitled Abandoned Alabama: Exploring the Heart of Dixie We caught up with Leland to learn more about his upcoming book & what he has planned next Want to read Abandoned Alabama: Exploring the Heart of Dixie? Visit Abandoned Southeast or Amazon to pre-order your copy If you love learning about oft-forgotten areas in the Southeast, you’re likely familiar with the Abandoned Southeast blog Abandoned Southeast is the work of Leland Kent his fascination with abandoned and forgotten places inspired him to document his travels on his blog—and eventually Kent has published five books under Arcadia Publishing: Leland Kent will be releasing his 6th book Abandoned Alabama: Exploring the Heart of Dixie The 96-page paperback book contains 140 color photos from 11 locations across Alabama including several right here in Birmingham We sat down with Leland Kent to learn more about his upcoming book Leland: “I started taking photos around 2013 I didn’t get serious about it until 2016 when I started the Abandoned Southeast blog I started learning about the places I was exploring spending hours researching the history of each address.” Leland: “A lot of the places I find just by traveling and exploring backroads you’ll have better luck finding abandoned places I’ll try to look for abandoned places in historic districts—that’s where the oldest homes will be I’ll stop and check the meter to see if the house has power that’s a good sign that it’s abandoned I’ll look up the history of the building or house I’ll try to photograph examples of their daily life I try to photograph the building’s architecture I love to photograph staircases in old homes—they’re always unique because most of them are hand-built it’s an ode to the craftsmanship of a place—you can get an idea of the house itself just based on the staircase.” Leland: “It’s kind of two-sided which isn’t possible when they’re renovated it’s great to see these buildings receive new life I’ve photographed all four buildings in the Heaviest Corner on Earth and all four have been vacant at one point a lot of the renovations don’t take the historic aspect into account when the Empire Building—now the Elyton Hotel—was renovated But it’s good to see that building have a new lease on life and since then the city has seen a lot of positive growth I’d love to see that growth come to parts of Birmingham that have been neglected Leland: “My favorite building in Birmingham has to be the Prince Hall Masonic Temple downtown the building is so beautiful inside and out Leland: “Now that I’ve published six paperback books I’d like to do something bigger—a coffee table-type book that focuses more on the photography aspect of my work I have several of my photos on permanent display at the new Valley Hotel in Homewood Want to read Leland’s latest work? You can pre-order your copy of Abandoned Alabama: Exploring the Heart of Dixie on Abandoned Southeast‘s website or Amazon All content on this site is Copyright ©  Rushing Waters Media LLC/Bham Now 2016-2025 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The ultimate list of best public golf courses in Michigan has been released for 2023 Golfweek has published its exhaustive state-by-state rankings for public-access courses and Michigan once again gets a list of the top 20 most highly rated spots The leader remains no surprise, as Arcadia Bluffs' Bluffs Course gets the honor of No a consensus top 50 public course in America is a nice refresher in style from most of Michigan's soft turf and woodlands golf both because it sits along Lake Michigan and because it's built through sand dunes with firm turf Arcadia Bluffs is a throwback to the origins of the sport in Scotland and you feel this on the course with the wind off the lake unencumbered by trees READ MORE: Arnold Palmer gives you a chance at one of most rewarding golf shots in southeast Michigan Arcadia Bluffs last June was named among the top 10 19th holes in the U.S. its patio and Adirondack chairs offering unlimited views of 3,100 feet of Lake Michigan shoreline Michigan's top four remains unchanged from last year, but Arcadia Bluffs' South Course crept up one spot to No A few courses in the Upper Peninsula made the cut. The acclaimed Greywalls, a Mike DeVries-designed special in Marquette cut through one-of-a-kind rock outcroppings Belvedere, perhaps the most underrated course in the state and an old-school classic One new course entered this year's top 20: Out goes last year's No. 17, The Orchards in Washington Township, one of the top courses in metro Detroit, and in comes Boyne Highlands' Arthur Hills course in Harbor Springs at No The Hills features one of the most spectacular and fun holes in the state which plays down the mountain and offers awesome views of the forest below FORE: 5 most important tips for proper golf etiquette: Here's what you should not do Golfweek's vetted course-ratings panel of hundreds nationwide "continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria on a points basis of 1 through 10 Those overall ratings are averaged to produce all our Golfweek’s Best course rankings." To qualify a course must allow public play in some fashion there’s a tee time — no membership required," Golfweek quips Now, onto the top 20 rankings for 2023 If you're looking for the best courses in and around metro Detroit, the Free Press curated its ranking of the top 10 publics, with insight on each A CLASSIC: This might be Michigan's most underrated golf course READ MORE: Why American Dunes Golf Club feels like a Fourth of July party while honoring fallen soldiers READ MORE: No. 1 public golf course in metro Detroit brings some of The Masters to Michigan For more, find the rest of Golfweek's state-by-state rankings FREEP'S TOP 10: Ranking metro Detroit's Top 10 Public Golf Courses: Here's who made the list and why GOLFWEEK'S BEST: Where to play incredible golf in Michigan Want more state of Michigan sports and news? Download our free mobile app on iPhone & Android Stay informed on what's happening across Michigan: Subscribe to our news alert emails A winter storm that passed through Michigan Wednesday night dropped nearly a foot of snow in some areas Snowfall spread out mainly across the state's Lower Peninsula, with reports at over 10 inches in some areas, the NWS said Snowfall reports by National Weather Service observers were still being updated Thursday morning Wednesday's snowfall reached nearly 8 inches along Lake Huron Southeast Michigan and Detroit saw up to half a foot of snow throughout the region West Michigan saw nearly half a foot of snow Wednesday in places Plainwell: 5.8 inches west of cityPlainwell: 5.6 inchesHart: 5.5 inchesBeechwood: 5 inchesLudington: 4.8 inchesAlamo: 4 inchesWayland: 3.9 inchesBellevue: 3.5 inchesKentwood: 2 inchesHow much did it snow in mid-Michigan?Widespread snow up to nearly a foot was reported across central Michigan More: How can you stay safe while clearing snow? Here's what to know in Michigan Light snowfall fell in the Upper Peninsula with the winter storm focused on the state's lower peninsula Contact Jenna Prestininzi: jprestininzi@freepress.com Michigan is one of the best states in the U.S with hundreds of courses spread around the state In fact, with more than 650 public courses alone, GolfDigest has ranked Michigan as the second-best state for public golf in the U.S GolfWeek released its annual list of the best public golf courses by state in 2024 It comes after their annual "Best Courses You Can Play" ranking Hundreds of members from the course-ratings panel continually evaluate courses and rate them on 10 criteria integrity of design (classic courses) or quality of shaping (modern courses) variety & variety & memorability of par 4s condition and ecology and "walk in the park" test the courses have to allow public access in some fashion Below are the best public courses in Michigan, according to GolfWeek the largest international hotel operator in Southeast Asia has announced that one of Phuket's largest and most popular beachfront resorts will soon be rebranded as Pullman Phuket Arcadia Karon Beach Resort introducing inspiring and energising premium hotel experiences to one of Asia's most desirable destinations Pullman Phuket Arcadia Karon Beach Resort is nestled in 75 acres of lush gardens A phased renovation project will take place over the next 24 months to modernise the resort in line with Pullman's brand markers that are centred around immersive art and design ranging from 44 to 170 square metres and all featuring private balconies with garden or sea views This makes it ideal for every type of stay from couples' escapes and immersive family vacations to rewarding business breaks and balanced work and play The resort will introduce a number of experiences amongst the expansive grounds with a focus on activities for families and MICE guests Guests can dine and indulge at eight diverse restaurants and bars A kid's club will also provide a full range of activities for youngsters Event organisers will be able to achieve peak performance with some of Phuket's best meeting facilities five flexible function spaces and outdoor event venues These facilities are immersed in one of the largest tropical grounds in Phuket and one of the longest beachside frontages of any resort on the island Pullman Phuket Arcadia Karon Beach Resort is perfectly positioned on Phuket's sunset coast of the spectacular Karon Beach It is located less than 10km from the restaurants and nightlife of the popular Patong Beach and 48km from Phuket International Airport Accor is the largest hotel operator in Thailand with a network of 87 hotels and resorts across key destinations Pullman Phuket Arcadia Karon Beach Resort will become the third Pullman hotel in Phuket Hotel website Brand OwnerAccor Subscribe To The Newsletter to receive relevant stories By Arcadia are heading to Indonesia to perform at the biggest heavy music festival in Southeast Asia this May Arcadia came to be in 2008 and is currently composed of Ariel Lumanlan and Mel Enriquez on guitars, Enrie Estevez on vocals, Keith Francisco on bass, and Kenneth Abad on drums. Lumanlan is also part of the metal supergroup JUGGERNAUT alongside members of Kamikazee the band released their latest single entitled “Gloom” last March 8 Listen to Arcadia’s “Gloom” below: © 2025 Modern Media Group Inc. is a subsidiary of AGC Power Holdings Corp. All rights reserved Print After two seasons at the helm of Hoover High football and following one of the more successful seasons for the Tornadoes in some time Andrew Policky has stepped down from his post as Hoover’s head football coach to return to his alma mater taking over as the new Arcadia head football coach announced his departure to his team on Thursday after accepting his new position on Wednesday it wasn’t something I thought a lot about,” said Policky of returning to Arcadia where he played football and graduated in 1999 and later returned as an assistant coach “I was just focused on Hoover and building up the program the situation just fit and I decided to try to go back home Policky was called back for a second interview on Wednesday he informed Hoover Principal Jennifer Earl he had accepted the job and on Thursday told his Tornadoes who guided the Tornadoes to a 3-7 season last year I’ve built good relationships with the kids “I love all of them and I hope the program can continue to move forward.” Policky’s departure was a surprising development for the school he had coached at for the past five seasons — the first three as an assistant “I was surprised,” said Hoover athletic director Jack Van Patten who added that he was upset to lose Policky but to a further degree when considering the kids Hoover defensive lineman Arada Gholian said the team was sad to see their coach leave but we understood the situation,” Gholian said “He kinda described it as returning home.” the Tornadoes went 3-7 and 1-6 in the Pacific League with the three victories the most for a Hoover team since 2005 That was also the last season Hoover had begun a season with a 2-0 start Its season-opening 46-0 win over Blair also snapped a 17-game losing streak and its 37-8 Pacific League win over Pasadena broke a 17-game league losing skid and was the first league win for the Tornadoes against a team besides rival Glendale since 1994 “I felt good about it,” said Policky of last season and where he had the Tornadoes headed “I felt like we were doing some things to get us headed in the right direction as a program I was hoping to continue building in the same direction I never anticipated the Arcadia position opening up.” for the second time in less than two years took over Hoover’s head coaching slot before the 2008 season with Policky as an assistant Policky was promoted in mid-May of that year Long was Arcadia’s coach last season and Policky will take over for him after a disappointing 4-7 season in which the Apaches lost in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Southeast Division playoffs it will begin the search for its fourth head coach in seven seasons Particularly troubling about the transition is the timing of it all who had been involved in weight training according to Gholian were set to begin spring practice next week no matter how quickly Hoover is able to make a new hire it will make for a shortened transition period for the new coach and his players before the 2013 season begins in the fall but there’s worse things that happen in the world,” Van Patten said Gholian said assistants Dave Beard and Chris Hoffman are set to lead spring practices “They’re gonna take care of us until we get our new coach,” Gholian said And so a new chapter in Hoover football will begin Subscribe for unlimited accessSite Map Print SOUTHEAST GLENDALE — When the Arcadia High boys’ basketball team cut Glendale’s lead to one Vahe Aristakessian found a way to score on a jumper Aristakessian hit one of his five three-pointers When the Apaches couldn’t score and needed a stop Aristakessian made sure the Nitros’ Pacific League opponent didn’t get it The senior guard did it all for the Nitros in Wednesday’s Pacific League game six rebounds and five assists to lead Glendale to a 59-56 home victory I can create for myself and my teammates,” Aristakessian said “I’m confident that I’ll hit the big shots.” Aristakessian hit shots in the first quarter was double-teamed and quiet in the second and third quarters before making crucial baskets in the fourth He was four of six from the field in the first quarter He did more distributing than scoring in the next two quarters as he notched three of his assists in the two frames Brian Taylor (14 points) and Stephen Smith (11 points) took turns keeping Arcadia within reach “We lost all momentum,” Glendale Coach Steve Snodgress said “When it was time to execute and extend a lead with 5:35 to play in the fourth quarter after Bowen hit four consecutive free throws — two on a foul and another pair on a technical foul that was assessed to the Nitros A stop and another Aristakessian basket gave the Nitros a five-point lead But Smith hit a three-pointer of his own with 1:10 remaining to cut Glendale’s lead to two only to see Aristakessian hit a three-pointer with 58 seconds left “Vahe brought his offensive A-game today,” Snodgress said the Nitros extended their lead to six and seemed comfortable Missed free throws almost cost the Nitros the game Glendale was seven of 14 from the free-throw line including a pair of missed free throws with 24 seconds on the clock After Taylor made two free throws to make the score Aristakessian trapped himself in the corner A jump pass to Arada Zakarian was nearly intercepted but Zakarian zipped a pass to Rene Saavedra who found Alex Miralis open for a layup with eight seconds left Miralis was the only other Nitro in double figures with 10 points A desperation three-pointer from half-court was short “Arcadia-Glendale is always a coin flip,” Snodgress said “You do what you have to do to get those 50-50 games.” The 38 Best Tacos in Los Angeles The Best Barbecue Restaurants in Los Angeles, According to Eater Editors The Hottest New Restaurants in Los Angeles The San Gabriel Valley just east of Downtown Los Angeles is a trove of incredible dining destinations The expansive area that includes cities like Arcadia and San Gabriel contains some of the finest Asian restaurants in Southern California a guide to essential restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley Probably SGV’s most high-end omakase destination Kogane is a seven-seat counter that serves incredible sushi from chef Fumio Azumi at a price of $300 for dinner Opening co-chef Kwan has since moved on to a new sushi restaurant in Ohio Those looking for a more reasonable experience can check Kogane out at lunch which costs $120 for a smaller nigiri omakase Kogane remains a special sushi experience deserving of the highest accolades This classic fast-food spot makes sliced pastrami an attainable art form and burgers used as a format for serving the preserved brisket The Hat has always been a reliable spot for after-school snacks and late-night munchies in the SGV 15 Great LA Chili Dogs For Those Comfort Food Needs One of the main Sichuan restaurant powerhouses in SGV (the other being always-solid Chengdu Taste) Sichuan Impression has a way of serving polished almost elegant regional dishes with enough spice to draw a decent of sweat on the brow Start with the cold house special noodles and end with the mapo tofu with a bit of steamed rice The Best Dinner Deals for Dine LA Restaurant Week 11 Excellent West LA Restaurants Serving Takeout and Delivery This bustling Hong Kong-style cafe with outlets in Monterey Park and Rosemead has a huge menu of everyday Cantonese fare including congee and rice rolls by day and more shareable noodle dishes and stir-fries at night The Best Rice Porridges to Savor in Los Angeles 20 Classic Los Angeles Greasy Spoons Every Angeleno Should Try A modern Asian American restaurant with chef flourishes Yang’s Kitchen made some major changes over the past few years but has settled into good groove in the past year or so including a customizable set meal and cornmeal mochi pancakes check out the ‘dan dan’ campanelle pasta or the claypot mussel stew The Best Restaurants for Lunch in Los Angeles Malaysian and Singaporean flavors haven’t made large inroads in San Gabriel Valley the melting pot of Peranakan and Malaysian flavors that trickled down into Singapore offers a compelling set of flavor-packed dishes like nasi lewak plus beef rendang and the ever-popular bat kut teh an herbal pork soup influenced by Hoklo and Teochew communities Braised meats with huge piles of steamed rice are the name of the game at this Shanghainese late-night diner of sorts lauded by Los Angeles Times critic Bill Addison for its tender soy-braised pork slow-cooked and served with pickles and seasoned boiled eggs The beef noodle and dumpling soups are pretty good too but the comforting meat-and-rice dishes are the reason to come which is pretty late for this part of town The 17 Best Hidden Gem Restaurants in Los Angeles elegant dining room that feels grown up compared to some of its SGV rivals Jiang Nan Spring is a Shanghai-style restaurant with a big menu and elegant cooking across the board The kind of place to have a slightly fancier Chinese dinner if the need arises with a menu and dining area big enough to please a crowd The house special fried fish flecked with seafood is especially good while the saucy pork ribs coated in a sweet sauce will put on anyone’s face The Best Chinese Restaurants in Los Angeles Editor’s Favorite Restaurants to Try This Weekend in LA Arguably the best overall Vietnamese spot in SGV but everything from the bun to the pho are fantastic too People are almost always waiting for one of the small strip mall restaurant’s coveted tables A post shared by Ewa & Jeromy Ko (@nom_life) Los Angeles's 18 Most Iconic Restaurant Dishes With an expansive Cantonese menu with Cambodian influences this huge standalone building in San Gabriel remains one of the region’s top overall restaurants especially for its fresh lobster made with green onion and garlic Everyone makes sure to order the garlicky pea shoots to complement the seafood 20 Classic Los Angeles Restaurants Every Angeleno Must Try A true Cantonese all-day cafe with some of the quickest service anywhere in town Place an order and expect everything from the kaya toast to the Hong Kong milk tea to arrive in mere seconds Comforting bowls of shrimp wonton soup and fried rice give way to one of the best fried fish filet dishes in the SGV The menu’s got all the hallmarks of a classic Chinese restaurant but with affordability Cantonese bakeries are numerous across SGV but Diamond Bakery might be near the best of the bunch with a huge array of individually wrapped pastries to egg custard tarts to full cream-filled sheet cakes A new entrant to the Xian-influenced school of noodle making this cozy restaurant in San Gabriel throws together well-executed biang biang noodles (wide Prices are low enough that bigger groups can order a bevy of noodle plates and share without a huge dent to the wallet Get Into the Guts of LA Dining With 19 Delectable Offal Dishes It’s incredible that 78-year-old Siu Chen went from home cook to restaurant owner during the pandemic The family-run operation is now Rosemead’s hub for Indonesian fare with beef rendang It’s a takeout model where all food is prepared and pre-packaged so order early or walk-in and try your luck 12 Beautifully Spicy Restaurants to Try in the San Gabriel Valley Japanese comfort food is on full display at Ducks a family-owned restaurant serving katsu curry and all manners of tempura at reasonable prices It’s easily one of SGV’s most beloved and enduring Japanese restaurants Don’t mind all the ducks on display inside the dining room In Rosemead lies perhaps the city’s best banh mi spot serving the platonic ratio of ingredients stuffed into a bread baked on the premises with a choice of French roll or light baguette Staff recommends the latter for a lighter crispness and crisp pickled vegetables with the intense spice of fresh jalapeño and bright cilantro The Best Places to Eat on the Drive Between Los Angeles and Palm Springs The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Los Angeles Previously awarded a Michelin star but no less stellar years after the award Bistro Na’s boasts an extensive menu of palace-style fare with an ambience to match Prices will be commensurate with the quality but there’s no doubt that Bistro Na’s is the most upscale place to eat in San Gabriel Valley Try the spicy dry-braised black cod served in a long oval platter The chef is especially proud of the intricate Chinese-style rice cake desserts The Best Splurge-Worthy Restaurants in Los Angeles Sporting two locations within a mile of each other in Arcadia — one on Baldwin and another on Live Oak — a city already quite blessed with Chinese food let alone terrific noodle spots Lao Xi noodles command one’s attention for its superbly executed bowls of Shanxi-style noodles from husband-and-wife owners Joe Tao and Ellen Li tinted with a tomato-and-egg sauce with stir-fried pork belly offers a picture of the creative but regionally based flavors here Daoxiao-style fried pork noodles (the house special) come studded with guoyou pork Tony He’s most streamlined dim sum and evening Cantonese restaurant which comes from Vancouver has expanded from Arcadia over to a shiny new location on the ground floor of the spacious Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Monterey Park Though dim sum offerings are best available during the day a few popular dishes remain in the evenings it’s best to order Cantonese seafood favorites like salt pepper shrimp The original landing spot in North America for this Taiwan-based chain Din Tai Fung has relocated to inside the Westfield Santa Anita serving Shanghai-influenced xiao long bao and other stir-fried fare try the refreshing cold cucumber appetizer and comforting pan-fried rice cakes There are other mall locations in Century City Save Space for These 22 Orange County Desserts Though LA’s passion for Sichuan cuisine has waned somewhat from a high water mark a few years ago Chengdu Impression has stayed the course and cooks perhaps some of the best overall Sichuan food in Los Angeles right now but the large shareable entrees like chile-flecked sliced snakehead fish in pickle broth are better for showcasing the kitchen’s prowess with spicy flavors The 21 Hottest Restaurants in LA Right Now The region of Gansu might have the best noodles in all of China with the city of Lanzhou featuring a slew of hand-cut or hand-pulled noodles served in soup or with dry spices 1919 Lanzhou Beef Noodle follows much of the same recipe as the lauded Lan Noodle in Arcadia with similarly great broths and spice blends to make every bite interesting Tired of “handmade pasta” and its sky-high prices The portions and affordability of Lanzhou noodles will put a smile on your face "LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN TUCSON," by Catherine H Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints influenced the history of Tucson when the first Mormon settlers began farming in that area testament to the fact that the Mormon Battalion marched through that area nearly five decades earlier These incidents and many other events and contributions are chronicled in the recently released book “Latter-day Saints in Tucson,” by Catherine H provides an interesting compilation of 200 pictures with corresponding captions giving a sense of the strong Mormon influence in the entire Southwest region Among the events and activities pictured is the Mormon Battalion and its legacy Chapter 1 explains the formation of the battalion at Council Bluffs where Brigham Young pled with the Saints to respond to the government’s call to provide 500 able-bodied men to join the U.S “Battalion members blazed trails through miles of rugged terrain thirst and exhaustion”; but they arrived in Tucson in December of 1846 where they spent three days before heading out again to follow the Santa Cruz and Gila rivers to Southern California It is believed that the battalion hoisted the first U.S some who returned to colonize the area had been members of the battalion an early Mormon settlement along the Rillito River the extended Bingham family not only established homes for other settlers to farm and to survive in the harsh desert conditions Later chapters in the family-friendly pictorial history describe contributions the Latter-day Saints made as the church grew in that area illustrate the founding of the University of Arizona and LDS Institute of Religion and detail influences the Mormons had in their community many still commonly heard in the Tucson area today creating a deeper understanding of the families that were a part of the area’s roots the author uses the short captions and chapter introductions to effectively illustrate how the Mormons made a difference and what the depicted events meant to the development and heritage of the Southwest Cecily Markland is a freelance writer, book editor, publicist and author of "Hope: One Mile Ahead" and the children’s book "If I Made a Bug." She owns Inglestone Publishing and produces cecilymarkland.com Rolls-Royce represents a new chapter in the definition of luxury the third vehicle in the Rolls-Royce Coachbuilt series is more than just a car; is a work of art that combines timeless elegance and superior craftsmanship With inspiration drawn from the idyllic landscape of Arcadia and the peaceful forests of Southeast Asia this car is designed as a "heavenly" escape from everyday life The exterior of the Arcadie Droptail shines in a unique white color that shimmers in the light thanks to the aluminum and glass particles in the paint this customer requested that the normally exposed carbon fiber elements be painted in a special silver color The rear part of the vehicle is decorated with a curved hood made of wood which adds a finishing touch to the vehicle The interior of the Arcadia Droptail is just as impressive The main part of the cabin is painted in a unique white color that mirrors the exterior color while a contrasting beige shade borders the outer parts of the seats and headrests door panels and the curved section behind the seats All these wooden works were created in 8,000 hours of painstaking manual work The coachbuilding team at Rolls-Royce spent more than two years developing and five months assembling the dashboard clock The watch with 119 facets and the Rolls-Royce brand logo represents the pinnacle of precision and elegance The watch has hand-painted hands that require a magnifying camera to accurately apply the black paint Although performance isn't the focus at Rolls-Royce the Droptail is powered by a twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V12 engine that develops 593 horsepower (442 kW) and 840 Nm of torque The Rolls-Royce Arcadia Droptail is more than just a car; is an expression of ultimate luxury and individuality By delivering the vehicle to its owner in Singapore Rolls-Royce proves once again that their vehicles are more than just means of transport – they are dreams realized in metal The Arcadia Droptail is proof that Rolls-Royce remains steadfast in its commitment to excellence the Arcadia Droptail is a ticket to a world where luxury meets art From 2004 we research urban trends and inform our community of followers about the latest in lifestyle From year 2023 we offer content in major global languages From 2004 we research urban trends and inform our community of followers daily about the latest in lifestyle style and products that inspire with passion we offer content in major global languages -- A 3-year-old Southeast Missouri boy missing for more than two days was found alive Wednesday afternoon three miles from his rural home A volunteer found Joshua Childers in the rugged terrain of the Mark Twain National Forest The boy had slipped out of his house more than 50 hours earlier sneakers and a pull-up diaper...By CHERYL WITTENAUER ~ The Associated PressJoshua Childers the 3-year-old boy who slipped out of his family's mobile home near Arcadia is loaded into the back of an ambulance after he was found about three miles from his home Wednesday The child was evaluated and listed in fair condition first at Iron County Hospital and later at Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Crystal City where he was transferred because it has a larger pediatric unit Volunteer searcher Donnie Halpin said he saw a couple of dogs along an all-terrain vehicle trail late Wednesday afternoon Halpin walked over to the dogs and spotted Joshua Childers lying on the ground Halpin didn't know if the boy was alive but said That's when Joshua turned around and smiled at the 57-year-old construction worker Halpin said the boy was wearing only a T-shirt and one tennis shoe He wrapped the child in his shirt and carried him a half-mile to a home Joshua was evaluated and listed in fair condition "The parents would like to thank everyone who has assisted in the search and treatment of Joshua and they ask that their privacy be protected at this time," said Ed Gast chief executive officer of Iron County Hospital Monday from his parents' home near the small town of Arcadia about 60 miles northwest of Cape Girardeau The couple searched for about 45 minutes before calling police setting off a massive search that lasted through the night and into Tuesday and Wednesday So many people wanted to help find the boy that some were held back at the staging area "Today we brought in professional rescue people," he said "We tried to cover everything again and widened the scope." you can't believe it," Lewis said "I'm going to go home and take a shower and go to bed." Louis that the woman had been "begging God to see that little boy alive one more time Stockham described Joshua as a "tough little kid" and resilient He said conditions were wet and muddy with creek levels that would have been up to the boy's chest it's a miracle they found him," he said On Monday evening a searcher found a tennis shoe that the boy's parents confirmed he was wearing when he slipped away from home Lewis said the shoe was found nearly a mile from the family's mobile home in the forest Joshua's father works an overnight shift and was home sleeping late Monday morning His mother was watching the child but was briefly distracted Connect with the Southeast Missourian Newsroom: 5th March 2018—More than 1.3-million live animals and plants 1.5-million skins and two thousand tonnes of meat from CITES-listed species have been exported from 41 African countries to East and Southeast Asia since 2006 a ground-breaking new TRAFFIC report funded by Arcadia[1] and published today reveals Exports included 975 different taxa listed under either CITES2 Appendix I (most endangered) or Appendix II (not necessarily threatened with extinction but may become so unless trade is closely controlled) the focus on wildlife trade from Africa has centred on the illegal trade and the devastating onslaught on iconic species like elephants and rhinos Comparatively little attention has been given to legal wildlife trade from the continent—until now is the first of its kind and endeavours to shed light on legal trade trends the diversity of species and countries involved It provides a comprehensive overview of legal trade from Africa to East and Southeast Asia and includes detailed regional and country analyses Until now the legal wildlife trade between Africa and Asia has been largely overlooked but TRAFFIC’s new study aims to fill in some of the blanks in our understanding of this vast complex and legitimate intercontinental exchange of natural resources The report highlights significant changes and trends between 2006 and 2015 the most recent decade for which a fairly complete CITES trade dataset is available Trade reported to CITES so far by member states for 2016 and 2017 has also been analysed to identify emerging patterns The results of this project illustrate how CITES trade data can be used to understand wildlife trade dynamics better, highlighting major commodities and species in trade and the countries involved. The database—which is publicly accessible at https://trade.cites.org—is an important tool for monitoring species in trade emerging trends and potential threats to listed species African Elephant skins were exported to Asia the largest exporter of Cape Fur Seal skins most of which were Leopard Tortoises and Ball Pythons Media Team +44 7542 229210 Enable JavaScript to view protected content Marcus Cornthwaite Acting Head - Global CommunicationsEnable JavaScript to view protected content Arcadia helps people to conserve and restore nature Since 2002 Arcadia has awarded more than $1.2 billion to organizations around the world ReTTA is a TRAFFIC project aiming to Reduce Trade Threats to Africa’s Wild Species and Ecosystems The project is funded by Arcadia—a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Find out more here Following the 77th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC77) an unusual number of countries are suddenly facing the stark prospect of not being… This joint paper by the Taskforce on Nature Markets and TRAFFIC asserts the crucial role of the business and finance sectors in facilitating strong… TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working to ensure that trade in wild species is legal and sustainable for the benefit of the planet and people.Sign up to inspiring stories and updates > Developed by Ian Kimber at Lakeside Web Services We use cookies to enhance the functionality of this website. To learn more about the types of cookies this website uses, see our Cookie Statement You can accept cookies by clicking the "I accept" button or by cancelling this cookie notice; or you can manage your cookie preferences via "Manage Cookies" You can opt out of certain types of cookies (e.g those used in social media sharing) by choosing "I do not accept" The website will still largely function well but with slightly less functionality in places To manage your cookie preferences in future visit the "Cookie Statement" link at the bottom of any page Everyone knows about the huge Babcock Ranch development but few realize that another smaller yet similarly ambitious project is under way 10 or so miles from the huge town-in-the-making Joe Cameratta figures it is a $1 billion deal -- the estimated build-out value of his plan to create a new city on a 5,860-acre ranch near Arcadia in DeSoto County The project will "drastically change the landscape but also with some negatives," said Craig M chief executive of Cleveland-based Cameratta Properties bought the former Carlton ranch and adjacent properties near 6077 2x4 Ranch Road S.E Coffey is "pleased" that a project of such a scale has emerged in DeSoto County a huge increase in the county's population of 35,000 "I think you're going to see a new city," he said Cameratta Properties' founder has developed real estate for a quarter-century and is no stranger to huge projects Cameratta also has two major Fort Myers projects under way in a $100 million partnership with the Carlyle Group The partners are building High Point Place the tallest residential tower in the region Carlyle is not an investor in the DeSoto project The 9-square-mile 2x4 ranch property is on State Road 31 and is now home to a commercial cow-calf operation It has about 4,200 acres of improved pasture 665 acres of citrus groves and 860 acres of wetlands the site will have up to 15,000 residential units and 1.5 million square feet of commercial space he presented a plan to the Florida Department of Community Affairs that calls for a total potential density of six units per acre A study shows that potential mining of portions of the property could provide commercial grade shell base and fill sand Cameratta is exploring the permitting process for mining 160 acres in the southeast corner of the future town has been deeded to the county as the future site of a waste-water treatment plant Although the county government has agreed to sewer and water plant siting it does does not yet have a "fully structured plan" with the new owner The Southwest Florida Water Management District has issued a water-use permit for a standard annual average quantity of more than 2.2 million gallons daily DeSoto County has been undergoing something of an economic and development boom in recent years prompting government leaders to figure out how to deal with the new growth DeSoto is now experiencing urban development pressures for higher densities and intensities of land use than in previous decades 900,000-square-foot Wal-Mart Distribution Center The Florida Department of Transportation has been working to improve major access roads connecting Arcadia to the Interstate 75 corridor The county also is in the process of amending its Comprehensive Land Use Plan Cameratta seems unconcerned about the recent slowdown in sales of newly constructed homes Cameratta said he is a big believer in more inland developments insurance costs and hurricane risks are smaller compared to coastal areas The development timetable for his proposed community is so long that short-term market swings will not really affect the development potential of the site He does acknowledge that many developers are going to suffer in the short term "There's going to be lots of blood in the water," he said So how far is Cameratta Properties founder Joe Cameratta's 5,860-acre proposed master community from me The property is roughly 10 miles from Babcock Ranch 40 miles from Fort Myers and 50 miles from Sarasota It is within 45 miles of Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers.