By Roland Murphy | AZBEX
For long-time Arizona residents, the growth and maturation of Glendale is still somewhat surprising. It wasn’t all that long ago the city was viewed as perpetually stalled – a kind of backwater where grand, and occasionally even modest, visions were proposed that then withered on the vine without coming to fruition.
The completion of the Loop 101, followed by the long-promised and eventually delivered Loop 303, and, later, the western leg of the Loop 202, finally put the stars in correct alignment, and project after project, employer after employer and rooftop after rooftop have followed, rewarding the faith of Glendale’s long-suffering boosters with the gift of being able to say, “I told you so.”
When viewed through this lens, two recent submittals to the Glendale Planning Commission, both of which are significant on their own, reflect the city’s ongoing maturation.
Breaking News: Arizona Governor’s Regulatory Review Council passes ADAWS rules allowing Pinal County and much of the west valley to develop!
(Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents landowners advocating for Alternative path to Designation of Assured Water Supply.) The Governor’s Regulatory Review Council today approved the Alternative