Scottsdale Progress

Scottsdale Progress is a free weekly newspaper that serves the Scottsdale, Arizona area. This publication features a diverse range of local news, community topics, exciting events, and stories that resonate with the residents. Our main focus includes civic news, local businesses, neighborhood updates, entertainment, sports, and information about local government and school districts. We also offer a platform for expressing opinions through editorials and letters from our readers. In addition, Scottsdale Progress acts as a marketplace for local businesses, allowing them to promote their products and services both in print and online.

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Scottsdale authors featured at new book festival

17 hours ago | scottsdale.org | Srianthi Perera

Scottsdale authors are participating in a new book festival with a mission to raise funds for programs that help individuals with autism. The free Arizona Author Book Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at 30 N. 56th St., Phoenix, to support SEEDs for Autism, a nonprofit that provides education and vocational training for young adults on the spectrum.
Scottsale lawyer becomes golf team co-owner

2 days ago | scottsdale.org | Srianthi Perera

Justin Brandt has spent his career navigating the green, both in the legal cannabis space and in the courtroom. As the co-founder of Scottsdale’s law firm Bianchi & Brandt, he’s made a name for himself as a leading attorney in cannabis and psychedelic law. Now, he’s bringing that same strategic mindset to a different kind of green. Brandt is stepping onto the fairway as a co-owner of Phoenix United, a premier team competing in The Grass League.
Scottsdale plastic surgeon debuts new filler

3 days ago | scottsdale.org | Holly Morgan

Dr. Oren Tessler’s Defyne Plastic Surgery in Scottsdale is the first medical practice in Arizona to offer alloClae, a groundbreaking structural adipose filler that could transform the future of aesthetic procedures and body contouring. Considered a groundbreaking advancement in regenerative aesthetics, alloClae uses natural growth factors and proteins to stimulate true tissue regeneration.
Scottsdale’s crime rate continues fall

5 days ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

It may not seem to be the case. After all, this time last year, North Scottsdale was collectively freaking out over “the dinner-time bandits” – a ragtag band of break-in artists from Chile using their tourist visas to plunder high-end homes. Add to that social media tales of road rage around the city, criminally rowdy behavior at the 2024 WM Phoenix Open and the now-normal drunken brawls at the University District, topped with unsupervised teens racing around on ebikes.
Hobbs signs ‘Axon bill’ into law

6 days ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

After a referendum roadblock to its wild Scottsdale expansion plans, Axon successfully detoured through the State Legislature. Though she threatened to veto bills she received as part of an unrelated funding fight, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed Senate Bill 1543 on April 18.This allows the Taser maker to bypass a planned Scottsdale rezoning election and build some 1,900 apartments and a hotel with a spaceship-themed office in North Scottsdale. Last month, at the request of Axon, Rep.
Ethics complaint against Graham continues

1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

An attorney’s terming an ethics complaint against Councilman Barry Graham as “frivolous” was not enough to convince Judge Kenneth Fields to drop the case. Instead, Fields forwarded the complaint to a three-person panel for review and ultimate recommendation. On March 23, Laura Norton filed a complaint, alleging Graham violated city charter by directing staff to halt a planned sidewalk 68th Street sidewalk extension.
City of Scottsdale: Overall budget down, operating budget up

1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

Is the glass 3.8% less full – or 16% overflowing? Pessimists and optimists can have a raging debate over Scottsdale’s initial 2025-26 budget, which goes into effect July 1. Before that, there is work to do.
Axon bill passes House, heads to Senate

1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

State representatives who said they were trying to protect Scottsdale residents from an Axon-friendly bill failed miserably last week. Senate Bill 1543, also known as “the Axon bill,” sailed through an April 10 Arizona House of Representatives vote.
Roundabout out, Caton in

1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Tom Scanlon

Before an April 8 meeting featuring a controversial intersection, Mayor Lisa Borowsky attempted to play traffic cop with City Council. But the other six Scottsdale elected officials repeatedly ignored her plea of “stop!”After Council again rebuffed Borowsky, the mayor was on the losing end of a 4-3 vote that “canceled” a planned roundabout in North Scottsdale.
The Business of Cosmetic Surgery: Dr. Richard Brown’s Practice is thriving

1 week ago | scottsdale.org | Laura Latzko

Plastic surgeon Dr. Richard Brown focuses on health in his own and his patients’ lives. The entrepreneur has been a prominent member of the Scottsdale cosmetic surgery community since he founded the practice in 2009. He owns and operates his own practice, which is at Scottsdale Road and Shea Boulevard. He is the only plastic surgeon at Brown Plastic Surgery. Brown noted that working alone can be challenging, but often, other plastic surgeons have inflated egos.