PINAL COUNTY
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK
Pinal County has infrastructure in place to handle development boom
By STEVE BURKS
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little patience and a lot of planning is beginning to pay off in Pinal County. Public officials and private companies with the same vision have laid the groundwork, literally, for economic growth in the county. The towns and cities in the county have invested millions in infrastructure projects like roads and water and sewer; while private
companies also put their money into ensuring there was ample electricity and plots of land to build on. Combined, those entities have created an environment that is ripe for an explosion of development. “The private sector has really stepped forward and set the groundwork for business development down in Pinal,� said Jackob Andersen, president
LUCID PLANT: Current state of plant construction. (Courtesy Lucid Motors)
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