Mayor Bob Jackson, right, meets with Elizabeth Mann, second from right, president and chief executive officer of AZ Sourcing (the parent company of PhoenixMart) and her associates after the mayor’s state of the city address Wednesday at The Property Conference Center./ With permission Oscar Perez/Dispatch
By Kevin Reagan | Casa Grande Dispatch
Mayor Bob Jackson did not cover many topics in his final state of the city address Wednesday afternoon at The Property Conference Center.
PhoenixMart was one, and he said he debated his approach. In last year’s address, Jackson said the project was expected to start “building soon.”
Some progress has occurred in the last year — hundreds of concrete footings have been poured and the city issued a foundation permit for underground utilities to be installed — but vertical construction on the PhoenixMart building has yet to begin.
