By Gary Nelson, The Republic | azcentral.com
When voters last approved a General Plan only 12 short years ago, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport wore its original name and no passengers went there. Light rail was just a concept. General Motors was testing cars here. Loop 202 was nowhere near finished. The Mesa Arts Center did not exist. Riverview was an alfalfa field and Cubs Park a golf course.
Some of the massive change that swept Mesa during the ensuing decade-plus was on the drawing boards in 2002, but much of it wasn’t. So it stands to reason that any planning document bearing that date might need at least a touch-up.
Mesa has gone far beyond a mere touch-up, however, with the General Plan that is now steaming toward a vote in the November general election.
