New Marana general plan balances growth and conservation, town says
by Tony Davis | Arizona Daily Star
As Marana’s population tops 50,000, officials of the booming suburb want voter approval of a new general plan they say balances growth with conservation and inner-city revitalization.
On Aug. 4, Marana voters will decide whether to adopt the new plan. It lays out a densely detailed, 192-page blueprint for how town government services including roads, parks, water and sewers will adapt to a population of 75,000 people by 2040. The town is required by state law to win voter approval of revisions to the plan every decade.
The plan has some environmentally friendly elements. When the Town Council approved it last December, environmentalists won a big victory when the council changed the draft plan to guarantee the existence of the 2,400-acre Tortolita Preserve near the Dove Mountain development for decades to come.
