Mesa is one of the best-run cities in America
By Alexis Potter | Arizona Republic WalletHub released its annual list of the best-run cities in America, and one Arizona municipality made the cut. Mesa scored a top spot on 2019’s Best- and Worst-Run Cities in America. The report, which WalletHub released Monday, ranked 150 U.S. cities by quality of service; total budget per capita; and their overall […]
Read More →Google picks Mesa for giant data center
Google / East Valley Tribune By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune Technology giant Google is coming to Mesa, lured by a tax incentive agreement to build a massive data center in the emerging Elliot Road Technology Corridor. In a major coup for the city, Google will join fellow tech heavyweight Apple, which already operates […]
Read More →Mesa lovin’ results of neighborhood program
East Valley Tribune By Jordan Houston | East Valley Tribnune Two Mesa neighborhoods received a $350,000 makeover thanks to a new pilot program geared toward re-vamping struggling areas within the city. Residents say they see fewer instances of crime, graffiti and rundown properties as a result of the Love Your Neighborhood program, according to Housing […]
Read More →East Valley ‘city’ aims for seniors with cash
Mesa Mayor John Giles spoke at the groundbreaking for Grande Vita. The sprawling “bio city” is expected to bring 450 jobs to the city. / East Valley Tribune By Jordan Houston | East Valley Tribune East Valley seniors with some extra cash will soon have the opportunity to enjoy a lavish lifestyle — complete with […]
Read More →Swanky development rockin’ ranch site
The Zen development in Phoenix also sports decks atop garages as its Mesa counterpart will feature once construction of the site on Baseline Road gets underway. / Special to the Tribune By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune Another nostalgic property that harkened back to Mesa’s frontier past is fading into memory. The Rockin’ R […]
Read More →Study: Falcon Field a soaring economic engine
By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune Mesa has big plans for Falcon Field, already a powerful economic force as the fifth-busiest general aviation airport in the nation with 300,000 take offs and landings per year. When combined with its international mega-corporation neighbor, The Boeing Co., the northeast Mesa aviation hot spot generates an estimated […]
Read More →Industrial subdivision to open near Mesa’s Gateway Airport
City of Mesa Photo / KTAR KTAR A 20-acre industrial subdivision is set to open soon in southeast Mesa, the city announced Wednesday. The Landing at PMG will consist of six buildings for a total of 281,000 square feet in the city’s Phoenix-Mesa-Gateway Airport area near Ray and Sossaman Roads, according to a press release. So […]
Read More →Mesa to consider Lennar townhouse development plans at Eastmark
By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board will hear a request from Lennar Homes on Wednesday for a proposed 121-unit townhouse development in the Eastmark master-planned community. Lennar wants to build the development called Eastmark Row Towns on 8.56 acres. The townhouses will have three 3 bedrooms, two stories […]
Read More →More housing proposed in downtown Mesa
Mesa City Hall / Wikicommons By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter More housing could me coming to downtown Mesa. Huellmantel Affiliates has put in a request with the city of Mesa to expand the Residences on First apartments on First Avenue and MacDonald. The complex currently has 24 units. Huellmantel wants to build […]
Read More →Little-known fund fuels Mesa Council clash
Councilman Jeremy Whittaker, Mayor John Giles, City manager Chris Brady / Special to Tribune By Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune Mesa City Council member Jeremy Whittaker wants a City Charter amendment to improve financial sustainability, but Mayor John Giles said Whittaker’s initiative would “burn the place down’’ instead. Whittaker’s has filed his intention to […]
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