BrightPath Day Care coming to Signal Butte, Guadalupe roads in Mesa
A one-story, 13,448-square-foot day BrightPath Day Care with a fenced playground area with shade structures is planned east of Signal Butte Road on the north side of Guadalupe Road.
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A BrightPath Day Care is to be constructed on 1.64 acres on the north side of the 10900 block of East Guadalupe Road in Mesa.
The look and landscaping for a day care for children three months old to school age were discussed at a recent meeting of the Mesa Design Review Board.
A one-story, 13,448-square-foot day BrightPath Day Care with a fenced playground area with shade structures is planned east of Signal Butte Road on the north side of Guadalupe Road. Vehicular access is to be from East Guadalupe Road and internally from an existing shared driveway, according to city documents.
Design review board concerns included the parking design and the need to designate an area for drop-off and pickup of children, Staff Planner Kwasi Abebrese said in an Aug. 8 recap of the board’s discussion.
“And there were some concerns with the use of glass, whether there will be some form of shading provided,” he said.
The materials board shows Western wave rigid wall panel in terracotta, anodized aluminum trim, Helios aluminum canopy, stucco colors based on the Sto Color Southwest Collection by Sto Corp., country ledgestone and Sto traditional-finish textures.
Plants include trees such as Indian laurel fig, blue palo verde, red push pistache, thornless honey mesquite and live oak; Mediterranean palm; shrubs such as Rosenka bougainvillea, pink muhly grass and gold star esperanza; accents such as medicinal aloe, octopus agave and Mexican grass tree; and ground cover such as tuttle natal plum and gold mound lantana.
Terrascape Consulting is the applicant. G Brown Investments 2 LLC is the owner.
BrightPath has more than 140 child care centers across Canada and the U.S., according to a written project narrative from Terrascape Consulting LLC.
“The proposed use of this commercial parcel is to construct and operate a children’s day care facility with children from age three months to school age. The day care is planned to have approximately 27 employees at peak times and will be licensed for up to 240 children,” it states. “There will be one 13,500-square-foot building that is on the parcel with additional parking, drives, landscape and signage. The day care building will sit on the east side of the parcel with the play area to the north, east, and south of the building.”
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
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Richard Dyer Managing Editor | East Valley @RHDyer
Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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