New day care, preschool center planned for north Peoria
A new daycare and preschool center is planned for Lake Pleasant Parkway and the Avenida Del Sol alignment in north Peoria.
City of Peoria
A new day care and preschool center is planned near the Lake Pleasant Parkway and the Avenida Del Sol alignment in north Peoria.
The Peoria Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved a rezoning case that will allow for Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool on about 2 acres in north Peoria.
Specifically, the land was rezoned from suburban ranch 43 to convenience commercial.
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A new day care and preschool center is planned near the Lake Pleasant Parkway and the Avenida Del Sol alignment in north Peoria.
The Peoria Planning and Zoning Commission recently approved a rezoning case that will allow for Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool on about 2 acres in north Peoria.
Specifically, the land was rezoned from suburban ranch 43 to convenience commercial.
The land consists of two parcels and is currently undeveloped along Lake Pleasant Parkway.
The facility will include a 10,500-square-foot building and an adjacent 5,150-square-foot turf playground. The business will serve students between 6 weeks and 6 years of age, and business hours will be 6:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Monday-Friday.
The site is largely surrounded by single-family homes including the communites of Avenida Del Sol and Camino De Oro.
Development standards include, but are not limited to, 20-foot landscape buffers between the site and adjacent residential developments, and a maximum building height of 30 feet.
Access to the business will be limited to one driveway onto Lake Pleasant Parkway and no public access provided to Avenida del Sol.
Little Sunshine’s Playhouse & Preschool has locations in 11 states. This will be the fourth location in Arizona.
Meet Philip Haldiman is an award-winning journalist who most recently took first place for investigative reporting in 2023 from Arizona Newspapers Association. He joined Independent Newsmedia, Inc., USA, in 2015, covering Sun City West his first year. Since 2016, he has covered the city of Peoria. Prior to coming to INI, he was a reporter with The Arizona Republic for seven years, covering numerous cities throughout the Valley. Before that, he was a freelance writer.
Community: Haldiman spearheads the Peoria Independent Hometown Heroes Awards program, honoring local individuals and businesses that give back to the community. He has hosted local candidate forums over the years and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists. Haldiman also served as a member of the Journalism Program Community Advisory Board at Glendale Community College. Outside journalism, Haldiman served as a member of the city of Peoria Complete Count Committee for the Census, 2019-2020. Lastly, he has served as a member of his HOA governing board since 2021.
Education: Arizona State University with a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications and a BA in Theater.
Random Fact: Haldiman is a fourth-generation Arizonan as well as wrote and produced an autobiographical comic book about his time spent in Hollywood and his life as a cult film star.
Hobbies: He enjoys hiking Arizona’s mountainous landscapes and is currently working on a play for the stage.
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