Feb 20, 2023
MARTY GIBSON
HISTORY OF AHWATUKEE

<div> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">Marty was raised on Long Island, N.Y. and has been in Arizona for 35 years. </span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">He is a four-time President of In-Ahwatukee Toastmasters and a member of Hospice of the Valley's Speakers Bureau</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">With no historical repository when he arrived, he met with one old-timer at a time in an effort at compiling a history of the area. He has written tow books, capturing the nuances of how the village of Ahwatukee Foothills came to be.</span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;">He recently moderated a panel of key players who were here and told the crowd firsthand how we went from barren desert to a village approaching 90,000 people.</span></strong></p> </div> <p> </p>