Arizona Progress & Gazette
(Editor’s note: Posting opinion pieces is strictly for purposes of discussion.)
Proximity to Sky Harbor, freeways, a great downtown, the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix Zoo, the Indian Bend Wash.
“South Scottsdale” should be a prideful label, not a derogatory one.
Maybe the two strip clubs in the area advance the negative connotation. Or the automobile dealer departures along McDowell Road.
Or maybe the big talk but little action from both public and private sectors that has yielded an ASU office facility, but one without urban coattails.
Politically, there is no reason to keep doing the same thing. It hasn’t worked since the demise of Los Arcos Mall and the failure to realize the voter-approved arena district. Countless task forces and master plans aren’t getting it done.
What might?
