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State moves ahead with Mesa annexation of 640 acres for new development off Loop 202. (Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents the dairy farmers involved in the potential development.) And that potential development is a proposed mixed-use called Hawes Crossing. Reporter Mike Sunnucks has the latest news on the project in RLGR. http://bit.ly/2Lua0lo
Apache Junction looks to annex 6,687 acres of State Trust Land. State officials were briefed on allowing AJ to annex the land in Pinal County, near Elliot Road and SR 24. And Mike Sunnucks briefs us on how the briefing went in his brief report for RLGR. http://bit.ly/2GiEPoL
Site preparation underway for Lucid plant in CG. They’re shoving dirt around at the future site of Lucid Motors’ manufacturing plant at Thornton and Peters in Casa Grande. CG Dispatch files this breezy report with a handful pics showing pieces of heavy equipment doing their thing. -> http://bit.ly/2LV83hj
Home builders pivot to hit the market with more affordable homes as millennials start to buy. KB Home CEO Jeff Mezger and Toll Brothers Sr. VP Fred Cooper weigh in on the “shift in homebuilder offerings” and how “‘affordable’ means different things to different builders” — with Toll Brothers’ The Crossings at Meridian in Phoenix serving as an example. Forbes. http://bit.ly/2XVQf7R
Pinal, Yavapai counties ranked among Forbes’ ‘Best Employers.’ And Mesa and Phoenix didn’t fare too shabbily either! Those counties and cities are among Arizona employers that “have what it takes to attract and retain top talent.” The kudos comes courtesy of Forbes in its “first-ever ranking of America’s best employers by state.” http://bit.ly/2xTP9yZ
See where Phoenix ranks as a technology market. How does Phoenix stack up against other cities it competes with when it comes to tech talent? CBRE produced the report and reporter Mike Sunnucks has the key tech-market takeaways in RLGR. http://bit.ly/2Z4xS2g
Arizona airports set to take off with federal funding boost. “A total of 13 airports in Arizona are part of a new round of funding in [USDOT’s] Airport Improvement Program, which started funneling money to airports across the country in the first round last year.” AzBigMedia. http://bit.ly/2LY73Jb
Dignity Health and Phoenix Children’s celebrate expansion milestone.The final beam in the construction of the new Women’s and Children’s Pavilion on the Mercy Gilbert campus has been put into place. A 20-second flyover video of this ‘state-of-the-art facility” highlights this project update fromAZRE. http://bit.ly/2JFRVP7
[OPINION] Sunnucks: Scottsdale bond pursuit is honest, transparent effort. Mike Sunnucks dons his spokesperson cap on behalf of a campaign in favor of the city’s bond program and responds to a recent letter to the editor in Scottsdale Independent that asked for more transparency in the upcoming bonds elections. http://bit.ly/2Gj0fCj
Light rail prop campaign continues heating up. Exhibit No. 1 comes courtesy of Councilman Sal DiCiccio, “a proponent of the anti-light-rail measure,” who wonders: “$245 million per mile for light rail. Seriously, how can anyone support this waste?” Exhibit No. 2 comes via Bob Altizer, president/CEO of MusicaNova Orchestra, who takes aim at Councilman DiCiccio’s view, as well as the prop, saying it “would do severe — if not irreparable — harm to arts organizations in Phoenix, with shockwaves felt in adjoining cities.” AFN. http://bit.ly/2xVK6hC
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Eloy farmer Shedd announces bid for CD1. She came up short in 2018, but Republican Tiffany Shedd will give CD1 another shot. With progressives pushing “detrimental” policies like “socialism, open borders and the Green New Deal,” Shedd says “It’s urgent to get into the fight.” ACI. http://bit.ly/2LsgC3G
4 Arizona Democrats vote to condemn Trump ‘go back’ tweets; 4 Republicans oppose.CN delivers a post-vote wrap-up on the House’s 240-187 approval of a resolution Tuesday to condemn ‘squad’ tweets from President Trump over the weekend that many saw as “racist” in a bigly way. http://bit.ly/2JDOpoh
House panel OKs bills to rein in mining around Grand Canyon, elsewhere. “Democratic lawmakers beat back a series of Republican amendments Wednesday before advancing bills to restrict mining around the Grand Canyon and on tribal lands in Arizona and New Mexico.” CN. http://bit.ly/32DXrJJ
