In a sprawling metropolis known for its strip malls and scorching hot summers, Culdesac aimed to be an oasis for 1,000 people ready to live car-free. They may have decided to flunk school, but the decision to ditch the unusal academic route didnt do any of these extraordinarily successful entrepreneurs.

There would not, however, be a single parking spot for residents. There would be shady courtyards, ample bike parking and a stop on the Valley Metro light rail, a 30-mile tram system connecting Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa. Culdesac’s founders were planning to build about 700 apartments on a 17-acre lot in Tempe - a suburb of nearly 200,000 on the southeast edge of Phoenix - along with a restaurant, grocery store, coffee shop and other retail. The advertisement had found its target audience.

Billed as “the first car-free neighborhood built from scratch in the US,” the development in Arizona checked all the boxes on his wishlist: Chaffeur wanted to move somewhere warm, walkable and that wasn’t a retirement community. Here at Argoe’s Nautical Dredging, we offer our customers 'boat freedom'. Three years ago Robert Chaffeur, a retiree living in the suburbs of Tacoma, Washington, was looking for a new place to live when he saw an online ad for Culdesac Tempe. Cold Gold Clutha Limited is seeking resource consents to operate a 24m-long suction dredge with a 6.6m beam along sections of the Clutha River between Luggate and the top of Lake Dunstan until.

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