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Heritage breaks ground on $16 million school

by Melissa | Mar 5, 2019 | Development, Education, Maricopa

Heritage breaks ground on $16 million school by Jim Headley | inMaricopa Friday Heritage Academy officially broke ground on its new $16 million school set to open in July. The campus in Maricopa will be the fourth Heritage Academy to open in Arizona. The company has...

Ducey: No need for farmers to give up growing cotton

by Melissa | Mar 4, 2019 | Economy, Environment, Government

Ducey: No need for farmers to give up growing cotton by HOWARD FISCHER | Capitol Media Services Gov. Doug Ducey said Friday he sees no reason for farmers to give up growing cotton in the desert, even with the ongoing drought situation. Ducey told Capitol Media...

Casa Grande experiencing housing boom

by Melissa | Mar 4, 2019 | Casa Grande, Development, Real Estate

Casa Grande experiencing housing boom by Heather Smathers | Casa Grande Dispatch Casa Grande’s building department issued 101 new home permits in January, a number the city hadn’t seen in years. But that number might just be an anomaly, said Paul Tice, the city’s...

Balancing the access to groundwater for Pinal County community

by Melissa | Mar 2, 2019 | Development, Environment, Government

Balancing the access to groundwater for Pinal County community by Mark Phillips | ABC15 For generations, the Gila River ran mostly under the Gila River Indian Community. Now, along one small stretch of desert, it glistens in the sun marking the site of a newly...

ADOT moves ahead on study to widen I-10 between Casa Grande, Chandler

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Casa Grande, Development, Government, Transportation

ADOT moves ahead on study to widen I-10 between Casa Grande, Chandler Maricopa Monitor A long-awaited study will now be conducted for the possible widening of Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Casa Grande, state officials said. The Arizona Department of Transportation...

Apache Junction development fees to go up in 4 of 6 building types, according to draft plan

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Apache Junction, Government

Apache Junction development fees to go up in 4 of 6 building types, according to draft plan by Richard H Dyer | Apache Junction/Gold Canyon Independent Fees per residential unit may go up, while development fees for nonresidential construction would go down, under a...

20 acres in Opportunity Zone near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport sold for $2.25 million

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Development

20 acres in Opportunity Zone near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport sold for $2.25 million by Apache Junction Independent SVN Desert Commercial Advisors recently sold 20 acres in an Opportunity Zone across from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport for $2.25 million. The property...

House OKs open-spaces bill that includes thousands of acres in Arizona

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Government

House OKs open-spaces bill that includes thousands of acres in Arizona by Andrew Howard | Cronkite News It’s taken two years stretched over two Congresses, but La Paz County should finally be able to get its hands on 5,935 acres of federal land for a proposed solar...

Sharon Girard Announces Run for Arizona Legislative District 8

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Government

Sharon Girard Announces Run for Arizona Legislative District 8 SanTanValley.com Sharon Girard is kicking off her campaign for the Arizona House of Representatives with a District Eight tour that will reach from Globe to Casa Grande. Her campaign announcement is...

Eloy council excited to move into new ‘amazing’ City Hall

by Melissa | Mar 1, 2019 | Development, Eloy, Government

Eloy council excited to move into new 'amazing' City Hall by Maria Vasquez | The Eloy Enterprise Construction of the new City Hall is nearly complete, and during the Eloy Chamber of Commerce’s business mixer last week, a handful of community members received a tour of...