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Light Rail Celebration on Saturday, 12/27

December 24, 2008 – 12:13 am

Tempe, Phoenix, Mesa and METRO are joining together to throw a week long celebration of the opening of the new light rail system.  The kick-off will be this Saturday beginning at 10:00am and going until just after 6:00pm.  There will essentially be mini-block parties at almost every rail stop with food, music, vendors and light rail and [...]

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DMB announces plans for Mesa Proving Grounds Project

September 11, 2008 – 5:29 pm

After purchasing the 3,200 acre, General Motors Proving Grounds site in east Mesa, DMB & Associates, developer of several high-profile projects in Arizona, last week introduced its development team and proposed uses for the key site.
The site is located directly east of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. DMB has teamed up with some major [...]

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Reason for Light Rail Cracks Determined

March 17, 2008 – 8:42 am

About four months ago 17 cracks were discovered in the newly laid rail of the Phoenix light rail system. The cracks ranged in size from about half an inch to seven inches. This lead to all sorts of speculation on inept planning and design, inevitable delays, safety issues, and skyrocketing construction costs.
Fortunately, the [...]

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Aerotropolis Could Be Coming To Mesa

February 29, 2008 – 4:53 pm

Many of you are asking – what exactly is an Aerotropolis? The simple answer – it’s an aviation-oriented urban business cluster stretching approximately 20-25 miles outward from the airport. The former Williams Gateway Airport, recently renamed the Phoenix-Mesa Airport, could potentially create another major urban core unlike any other in the valley.
Mesa is still growing [...]

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Light Rail Cracking Down

January 27, 2008 – 7:00 pm

Officials at METRO announced that our much-anticipated Light Rail system has already experienced some preliminary problems.
Over the course of the 20-mile track that runs through Phoenix, Tempe, and Mesa, seven mysterious cracks have been discovered. According to Marty McNeil, the marketing manager for METRO, it is unknown why the flaws occurred, which process caused [...]

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Aqua Terra

December 22, 2007 – 11:28 pm

In October of 2004 I came to visit family in Arizona from New York. I honestly did not know what to expect. Being from a big city I thought Arizona was just one big desert. What I witnessed was totally the opposite of what I had imagined. I saw a state that was experiencing tremendous [...]

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