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Sunday, June 27, 2021
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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
Hundreds more homes pegged for SE Mesa
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This Week
BY TOM SCANLON Tribune Managing Editor
NEWS ............................ 6 MCC developing app for troubled teens.
COMMUNITY ............. 16 Mesa scholar has four majors at ASU
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hile Apache Junction is making big strides to become “the next Mesa,” southeast Mesa continues to launch one huge project after another. Buoyed by the success of Eastmark and Cadence, a developer is launching another planned community that could bring another 2,000 people to the city. This week, the Mesa Planning and Zoning Board approved a preliminary plan for Avalon
Crossing, which will bring another 588 homes to District 6 in southeast Mesa. And by creating a district, the developer will be able to tax Avalon Crossing residents to pay for roads and other infrastructure to be built at Williams Field and South Crismon roads. The location is just south of Cadence and west of ET Motopark – the planned location for a massive development on former state land being annexed by Apache Junction. Developers Brook�ield, who planned and built Eastmark, and D.R. Horton are partnering on the project.
Arizona State Land Commissioner Lisa Atkins told the Tribune that homebuilder D.R. Horton purchased an 8,000-acre state trust land parcel next to ET Motorsports. Covering 270 square miles and commonly known as “Superstition Vistas,” the desert land is just outside the Mesa city limits. “D.R. Horton is preparing a development and rezoning plan with the city of Apache Junction for the 2,783 acres, plus approximately 5,000 additional acres in the sur
Rare open house Mr. Fireworks planned for Mesa Arizona Temple
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BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor
SPORTS ...................... 26 Mesa hoopsters shine at tournament. COMMUNITY ............................... 16 BUSINESS ..................................... 20 OPINION .. ..................................... 24 SPORTS ........................................ 26 GET OUT ........................................ 28 PUZZLES ...................................... 30 CLASSIFIED ................................. 30 Zone
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ffering the general public a rare experience unlikely to be repeated until the next century, the iconic Mesa Arizona Temple will be open for tours this fall as an exhaustive three-year renovation project ends. Of�icials from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last week unveiled a partial schedule for a project that has included construction of the new 18,000-square-foot Visitors Center and Family History Discovery Center. They said the temple open house from Oct.
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Fireworks Productions of Arizona, a Chandler pyrotechnics powerhouse, will shoot off fireworks at 81 shows around the Valley this week, including Chandler, Gilbert and Scottsdale 4th of July celebrations. Kendon Victor will light up the skies over Mesa as the “head pyro” of the July 3 celebration at Fiesta Mall. (Pablo Robles/Staff Photographer)
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