Thanks to a generous donation from the DeLong-Sweet Family Foundation, the Paradise Valley Estate front entrance is adorned with secure and elegant new gates. Three sections, two for incoming traffic and one for exiting, are each painted a “powder-coated” (very durable) green with the custom Paradise Valley Estate logo.

Don’t fret that someone might be tempted to abscond with a gate; each section weighs about 300 pounds. Six motors, with 12-volt back-up batteries to deal with electrical outages, swing the gate sections open and shut with ease. In the unlikely event that both electrical power and batteries fail, a manual disconnect will allow the gates to be opened by hand.