By David Madrid, The Republic | azcentral.com
Mayor Jackie Meck delivered the first State of the City address in Buckeye on May 13 to more than 200 people, telling those gathered of the fast-paced economic development in the rapidly growing Southwest Valley enclave.
In January, Buckeye became a city after voters approved a change in its designation from a town. Buckeye never had a state-of-the-town address.
Meck said that in 2000, the town’s population was about 6,000 residents. Today, the city is nearing 60,000 residents.