City Manager Rick Horst charts Maricopa’s future
by Jay Taylor | inMaricopa
If there is such a thing as a practical visionary who can survive in government, Rick Horst may be that “unicorn.”
On his arrival as city manager in 2018, he set about to build a city — without creating debt.
That economic development philosophy was honed over a 30-year career in public administration. And it led him to this city in the desert with plenty of open land to
execute his vision.
Horst is happy to be in Maricopa, primarily because he came for all the right reasons.
