By Melissa St. Aude | Casa Grande Dispatch
The city of Casa Grande received a second-place award from VerdeXchange Arizona’s annual conference on sustainable economic growth.
Casa Grande was one of 16 Arizona cities vying for the conference’s top honor of 2015 Sustainable Economic Growth City, Airport and Economic Development Manager Richard Wilkie told the City Council Monday.
The city of Cottonwood took first place.
“Two rural communities beat out all the large metropolitan areas,” Wilkie said.