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House Refuses Loan To Pinal Farmers Facing Colorado River Water Shortage

by Melissa | Feb 27, 2019 | Government

House Refuses Loan To Pinal Farmers Facing Colorado River Water Shortage by Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services Farmers will have to wait for federal money to replace lost water for their crops after lawmakers blocked a plan to drill new wells. The House...

PhoenixMart takes ‘suspicious’ investment group to court

by Melissa | Feb 27, 2019 | Casa Grande, Development, Government

PhoenixMart takes 'suspicious' investment group to court by Kevin Reagan | Casa Grande Dispatch PhoenixMart developers are attempting to recoup money the company gave to a real estate investment group in a $115-million deal that fell through. According to court...

Dreamport Villages: Massive amusement park slated for Casa Grande finalizing ‘any day now’

by Melissa | Feb 27, 2019 | Casa Grande, Development

Dreamport Villages: Massive amusement park slated for Casa Grande finalizing 'any day now' by Danielle Lerner | ABC15 It is supposed to be Arizona's big chance to host a major amusement park -- our own Disneyland in the desert where I-10 and I-8 meet in Casa Grande....

Resolution, Town of Superior sign historic agreement

by Melissa | Feb 26, 2019 | Development, Government, Superior

Resolution, Town of Superior sign historic agreement CopperArea.com The Superior Town Council held a special meeting on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, to discuss and approve a series of economic and community development agreements between the Town of Superior and Resolution...

Promoting Superior and the Copper Corridor in London

by Melissa | Feb 26, 2019 | Development, Economy, Superior

Promoting Superior and the Copper Corridor in London by Mila Besich-Lira | CopperArea Last week I was honored to have represented our community in London. The trip was a whirl-wind adventure crammed into just a few short days. London is a beautiful city and if I...

At Gateway Airport, U.S. and Mexico are one

by Melissa | Feb 26, 2019 | Economy

At Gateway Airport, U.S. and Mexico are one by Jim Walsh | East Valley Tribune A simple chain link fence inside a vintage 1940s aircraft hangar in east Mesa marks a new boundary – and a vast opportunity – in trade and international relations. To get an idea of how...

Committee kills bill to fund groundwater for Pinal County farms

by Melissa | Feb 26, 2019 | Environment, Government

Committee kills bill to fund groundwater for Pinal County farms by Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services A House panel quashed a bid Monday by Pinal County farmers to get the state funds they say they need to produce the extra water needed for the drought...

Water an issue but not a crisis, Pinal panel says

by Melissa | Feb 25, 2019 | Development, Economy, Government

Water an issue but not a crisis, Pinal panel says by Heather Smathers | Maricopa Monitor Steady rain and some sleet made an ironic backdrop for a discussion on drought Friday in Pinal County. During the monthly meeting of the Pinal Partnership, held at Gold Canyon...

Arizona Drought Contingency Plan bridge to a dryer future

by Melissa | Feb 25, 2019 | Development, Environment, Government

Arizona Drought Contingency Plan bridge to a dryer future by Callan Smith | Rose Law Group Reporter Snow was falling in Gold Canyon when an eager crowd gathered to listen to panelists talk about water and the Drought Contingency Plan (DCP) affecting Pinal County, at...

GRIC gets behind drought plan as Shope makes assurances

by Melissa | Feb 25, 2019 | Development, Economy, Government

GRIC gets behind drought plan as Shope makes assurances by Howard Fischer | Capitol Media Services The Gila River Indian Community will provide the promised 500,000 acre feet of water for the state's drought contingency plan after being assured that legislation the...