Marley Park Elementary Students Participate in Arbor Day Celebration in Surprise, AZ
SURPRISE, AZ (April 28, 2005) - A year ago, Marley Park began its Arbor Day tradition with a tree dedication ceremony heralding the beginning of the new community emerging in Surprise, Arizona. Today, students from Marley Park Elementary School took part in what is to become an annual community celebration by hosting their own Arbor Day event at the school.
The event included welcoming remarks from principal Lance Chebultz, who thanked the Marley Park Community Association for the donation of a bench and two trees dedicated during the ceremony. Following Chebultz' remarks, first and second grade students read a brief history of Arbor Day; recited poems; and presented thank-you notes, poems and drawings to the Marley Park Community Association. The event closed with the dedication of two shade trees, which the students helped plant, and a bench, decorated with mosaic tiles designed by students in the eighth grade art classes.
"The trees and the bench are our way of saying thank you to Marley Park Elementary for being a part of our community," Paula Randolph, Director of Community Operations for Marley Park, told the assembled students.
The K-8 Marley Park Elementary School, part of the Dysart Unified School District, is located adjacent to the Heritage Club within the 45-acre public-use education and recreation complex in the northwest Phoenix home community of Marley Park. Marley Park is designed to be a classically styled community celebrating the most valued characteristics of historic neighborhoods. Taking its cues from the area's rich agrarian history, the Arizona new home community of Marley Park emphasizes open spaces, shade trees and diverse and traditional architecture. Marley Park is being developed in phases by Marley Park LLC, an affiliate of Scottsdale-based DMB Associates, Inc. (DMB).
DMB is a diversified real estate investment and development firm with real estate holdings through affiliated companies that include current and planned resort/recreational and primary residential communities, signature commercial developments, country clubs, hotels, health clubs and spa properties. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., DMB is one of the most active community developers in the West, with properties in Arizona, California, Utah and coming soon to Hawaii. The firm's name is synonymous with high-quality real estate developments.
