By Jay Taylor | InMaricopa
Mayor Christian Price stunned the citizens of Maricopa last week by announcing his resignation as mayor, effective July 1.
In his fourth term, Price has spent a decade in office. He is leaving the mayor’s position to lead an agency crucial to the city’s growth as president and chief executive officer of the Maricopa Economic Development Alliance. The agency, known as MEDA, is a public-private partnership that works directly with companies to help them evaluate options to locate in the city.
Price’s role will be to attract business and industry to Maricopa and help increase employment opportunities in town, so fewer residents need to commute to jobs out of the city, taking their dollars with them.
With his resignation, we asked some of the many women and men who have worked with him over the years to reflect on his legacy as mayor and his influence on the growth of a city that has ballooned from 1,500 residents in 2000 to 65,000 today.
