More Good News from Town Hall: Incoming Town Manager Andrew Ching

Dear Fellow Paradise Valley Resident:

Paradise Valley’s non-partisan, limited government remains laser-focused on service with excellence.  As your Town Council sets overall policy for our Town, we rely upon the skill, experience, knowledge and advice from a top group of professional employees – led by our Town Manager – to deliver results.

We have benefited greatly from Jill Keimach’s dedication as Town Manager over the past four years.  Jill is an exemplary person and leader, and has done more terrific work to help our community than I could possibly list here.  We are very grateful that even as she retires as Town Manager, Jill will continue to help our Town with special projects on a part-time basis.  Please feel free to join us on May 24 at 2 p.m. at Town Hall if you’d like to congratulate Jill in person.

Upon searching hard for a highly qualified successor to Jill Keimach,  I am excited to share that we have recruited a person of the very highest caliber.  Please join me in welcoming Andrew Ching as Paradise Valley’s next Town Manager.  Among other distinctions and qualifications, Andrew has the valuable experience of excelling for many years as both a City Attorney and City Manager in Arizona, and has consistently risen to the top in the various roles he has earned throughout his career.  You can learn more about Andrew Ching in this press release.  I have the highest confidence in Andrew Ching and his ability to carry on the great work that is underway -- and beyond. 

Our Town is moving from strength to strength, and I remain committed to each of you and your families to maintain and enhance our Town’s standing as the finest residential community around.  Here’s to a great summer, and thank you for the privilege of serving our community as your mayor!

Respectfully,

Mayor Jerry Bien-Willner

A Season for Reflection, Giving and Gratitude in Paradise Valley

Dear Friends,

This is the season of giving, and also for reflection and gratitude.  I am very grateful for the privilege to serve as Mayor of such an amazing community, especially during these challenging times.  

My primary aim throughout my service as your Mayor has been to ensure that Paradise Valley citizens continue to experience an exemplary, safe, and well-run Town like no other.  Consistently meeting this ongoing goal has required overcoming many serious challenges during the past couple of years, but the dedicated effort is well worth it.  Our recent results are clear:

·       Unparalleled Quality of Life:  Current data confirms that Paradise Valley is a top-ten place to live in the United States.  Indeed, “Paradise Valley is the best place to live in Arizona if you care about home values, low crime, and a high quality of life.”

·      Outstanding Public Safety:   With the lowest violent crime rate in Arizona, a high ratio of public safety personnel, and an accredited Police Department (earned for the first time in 2021), Paradise Valley is consistently ranked among the very safest places to live.   Our outstanding record of safety has continued throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic and periods of unrest and disruption throughout the nation.

·       Top Home Values:  Paradise Valley is the only place in Arizona to rank in the top 100 zip codes in the U.S. for highest home values– coming in at #50 in the nation!

·       World-Class Resorts:  When it’s time for that staycation, great night out, or life event, the “best of the best” resorts are in Paradise Valley!

·       Healthy Finances:  Notwithstanding the pressures of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its economic ripple effects, our Town continues to be in excellent financial condition, we have carried on without significant disruption during challenging times, and now are moving forward without missing a beat thanks to the Town’s careful and strategic preparation for such challenges, which I had made a priority at the start of my service as Mayor, well before the Pandemic.

There is so much to be thankful for in our resilient, kind, and strong community.  I am very proud of our Town, and grateful for all our citizens, stakeholders, and Town professionals who help make it such an amazing place to live while preserving and honoring its wonderful traditions and character.

I hope everyone has a blessed Holiday Season, with time to enjoy family and friends, reflect and relax, find strength from each other and our spiritual communities, and, most of all, to look forward to a great year ahead!  

Warmest Holiday Wishes,

Mayor Jerry Bien-Willner & Family

Update on COVID-19 and steps the Town of Paradise Valley is taking

Dear Friends:

I want to share with you directly what the Town of Paradise Valley is doing in response to the Coronavirus.  The Town continues to take all appropriate measures to protect public health and safety.   These actions began many weeks ago and include implementing best practices with our first responders and at Town Hall, publishing a Town webpage with reliable sources of up-to-date information for the public, and ongoing communication and vigilance in concert with County, State, and Federal agencies and officials.  We are observing best practices for preparation and precaution (and never ignorance or fear) to navigate this situation with prudence, steadiness, and common purpose.

While our Town, like many other smaller municipalities, is not organized to run point on large-scale public health matters, we are plugged in with our valuable governmental partners at the County, State, and Federal levels and therefore integrated into a team-based, common approach.  This has served and will continue to serve us very well, and eliminates conflicting messages, needless duplication of effort, and other inefficiencies.

Rest assured that, as your Mayor, I am actively staying on top of this evolving situation together with the Town’s very seasoned and accomplished senior professional staff, and I am ready and prepared to take any and all necessary actions for the Town and our community, along with the Town Council and professional staff.  I am likewise mindful of the need always to act responsibly and thoughtfully and in the best interests of the public – which clearly includes avoiding confusion of message or causing unnecessary alarm.  In short, we have a plan we are following, we have our eyes and ears open, we’re prepared to act as appropriate, we are united and unafraid, and we will neither overreact nor bury our heads in the sand.

Last, if you have not already done so, let me remind you to register online for the Town’s free AlertPV system. This system improves our first responders’ connectivity to citizens during any kind of emergency situation, and also works to notify citizens of Town updates.

We will continue in our mission to promote the health, safety, well-being, and enjoyment of everyone living, visiting, working, or doing business in our great Town.  As we get through this challenge together, please continue to do your part to follow the excellent and timely advice coming from national experts on this issue to stay healthy, informed, and reduce the chances of spread.