By Eric Betz | Arizona Daily Sun
This week, Grand Canyon National Park officials again weighed in on the tiny town of Tusayan’s near-complete general plan.
Their main question: Where will the water come from?
An Italian mega-developer wants to build thousands of homes in the Grand Canyon gateway community. Town officials see the development as necessary to provide housing and home-buying opportunities to its mostly seasonal workers.
The town plan includes 142 acres of commercial development, 1,874 multi-family dwellings, 534 single-family dwellings and 300 dorm units. They also want a water park and a cultural center, among other things.
As the public comment period closed, the Park Service told town officials they should be upfront with where the water for such development will come from. Stilo has been tight-lipped about where they might get the water to fuel their project and the general plan doesn’t address it either.
