By Wayne Schutsky | East Valley Tribune
Mesa wants to reinvigorate the city’s downtown core by making the area a hub for business and innovation – and do it without displacing the residents who already call it home.
Over the past few years, the Brookings Institution – the Washington D.C.-based think tank – evaluated Mesa’s potential as the site of a future innovation district.
The goal is to bring more prosperity to more Mesa residents, Mayor John Giles said.