By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa
Each year, city manager Rick Horst holds a futures planning meeting for the city council to outline city priorities for the coming year and get their blessing to pursue certain avenues of progress for the city.
Last year’s meeting was full of bold visions such as a large, multi-purpose stadium at Copper Sky and a massive City Center development project in the current Santa Cruz Wash floodplain; major infrastructure projects like the Loop Road around the city and an overpass on Green Road; and some pie-in-the-sky dreams such as a light rail train between Maricopa and the Valley.
This year’s meeting steered more toward the pragmatic. In fact, a sign at the front of the room during Horst’s presentation outlined his feelings on growth and planning.
