Apache Junction Councilwoman Christa Rizzi recalls speaking years ago at the call-to-the-public portion of a council meeting and suggesting the city set aside property for businesses.

That memory came full circle when the council discussed the issue at a meeting June 5, she said.

“My addressing the city was over the old Grand Hotel property. I started out by saying how the community offered to step up and assist with any clean up or repairs needed to preserve the historical site,” Councilwoman Rizzi said in a prepared statement June 7. “What I wanted to add was that after being told by the former city manager ‘the city of AJ isn’t in the business of buying (and) owning land,’ my response was ‘well it should be,’” she recalled.

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