SUPERIOR: What is in store for 2023

by Mila Besich, Mayor, Town of Superior

courses at the Superior Enterprise Center.

• Finalizing the purchase of the land exchange parcels, comprised of 546 acres on the west side of town including our Superior Municipal Airport. Purchasing the land from the federal government is the first step to expand our economic and community development opportunities.

Shifting our focus to infrastructure development in that area.

• Our welcoming in March to an AmeriCorps Crew to live and work in our community. The eight-member team will be building fire breaks around Superior and assisting with invasive species removal. They will also be volunteering with other community organizations and getting to know what life is like in our community.

• Our Youth Council heads to Washington, D.C., in March to attend the National League of Cities Conference. These incredible young leaders have devoted the past five years of their school careers to serving on Town’s Superior Youth Council.

• Our Town leadership, in partnership with Resolution Copper and the Arizona Water Company, are laser focused on our immediate and long-term water needs. The release of water into Queen Creek to replenish our aquifer is slated for this year.

We hope to create a rain water garden to help with drainage on upper Main Street. This project likely will kick off a longer-term plan to address drainage issues across town.

• We are still waiting for the Resolution Copper Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) to be re-released by the federal government. We need to increase our advocacy for this to happen.