By Cecilia Chan | Gilbert Sun News (Photo via Town of Gilbert)
Visitors to the Heritage District could soon see another amenity – a public park offering live music, retail sales, food and beverages.
The park is proposed on a 0.42-acre dirt lot surrounded by a chain-linked fence at the southwest corner of Hearne Way and Bricomp Boulevard in front of a town-owned parking garage. The open-air concept, by O.H.S.O. Brewery and the lot owner, got the backing last week from the Gilbert Redevelopment Commission.
“It looks like an exciting project and a great use of land,” Chairman Peter Sciacca said. “There’s a great sense of arrival from the public garage.”
The project now goes for final approval for a conditional use permit to the Planning Commission on Sept. 1. If the permit is approved, the anticipated opening date is by the end of the year, according to architect Bob Gutierrez, the applicant.
Resident and downtown business owner Marc Barlow is leasing his lot, which is surrounded by commercial development, including O.H.S.O. next door.
