February 2007
 
In This Edition: V.6 No. 1 Cover Story: Doing Well While Doing Good: African American Developer Soars in South Mountain Village Developer Del-Monte Edwards was born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio. "For most of my life I told people I was going to be in read-estate. I use to say that I was the neighborhood champion of Monopoly," said Del-Monte. After finishing college with studies in economics, politics and naturally real estate, he came to Phoenix in 1996 when his wife Tonsa, was offered a job at the Dial Corporation. He knew that he could do real estate anywhere in the country. It was just a matter of getting re licensed. Soon after he accepted the director's position over Tanner Properties where he remained for a number of years. Edwards had always had a vision of developing affordable housing. However, while looking for locations to fulfill his vision, he was offered a different kind of property at 15th street and Baseline road in Phoenix. "This was great opportunity to put together housing geared for the land it is sitting on and use them as a springboard to build affordable homes later." Said Del-Monte. Thus, Casitas Grande @ South Mountain was developed under his own company AME Reality Services. Located along the scenic Baseline Corridor, Casitas Grande is a 34 home subdivision designed along European "Tuscan" lines. These are semi-custom homes with a lot of upgrades build in," said Edwards. "We wanted homes with the quality one would find in Scottsdale (an upscale suburb of Phoenix). For example, the insulation has been increased in the walls and the windows to save the owner on energy costs and doors have been changed from wood to fiberglass to reduce maintenance. In addition all the houses are pre-wired for cable and satellite." The single and two-story homes range from $307,900 to $355,000 in price and range from 1,747 to 1,996 square feet in size. Download magazine for full story and more. (see below) TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 5 Staff Contributing writers Index of Advertisers Page 7 Prologue (Op-Eds) Page 8 Video Viewing Instructions Page 10 Moving Up Page 12 News Page 14 Snapshot Black Chamber Banquet Page 15 Podcast Page 18 On The Air with City of Phoenix Equal Opportunity Dept. Director Carole Coles Henry: How to do Business with the City of Phoenix Pt. 3 Podcast Page 19 Driving the Dream: Vision to Reality Ed Beasley Glendale City Manager Transformation From Now to NxT Page 22 Announcing NxT Horizon Magazine Event:ASU Noontime Lectures. Page 25 Harnessing the Synergy of Diversity Opinion:Beyond the Box Page 26 If there be any good thing. by: Simon ?Mac? McNeil Snapshot Diversity Leadership Page 27 Alliance BizTips: Life Lessons : Page 28 The Balancing Act by: Shirley Lytle BizTips: Are you overlooking a tax Page 29 benefit: by: Mary Ellen Dunn Chillin Q&A with Carol Ray and Page 30 Nick Colionne by: Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. Travel Awesome Places Page 34 by: Adam Abraham Cover Story:A New Breed of Page 37 Developer by: Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. Marketplace Page 43
Volume 6. Number 1.
Sunday, May 20, 2007
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