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Cave Creek Development Services Director a ‘lifer’

Cave Creek Development Services Director Luke Kautzman talks during a meeting of the Open Space Ad Hoc Committee December 17, 2025.

(Courtesy of the Town of Cave Creek)

Cave Creek Development Services Director Luke Kautzman has been with the town for over 20 years and has lived in Cave Creek for the majority of his lifetime.

(Bo Larsen/Town of Cave Creek)

Cave Creek Development Services director Luke Kautzman has seen it all in Cave Creek, right from the beginning of his life.

Kautzman attended grade school at Cave Creek Elementary and Black Mountain Elementary. He attended Cactus Shadows High School.

He even met and married his high school sweetheart.

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