Don't Miss This Opportunity for Residents to Meet "The Decision Makers"

Help Make Downtown Mesa Your Downtown

A public notice posted on Thursday, February 19 @ 4:24 p.m. from The City of Mesa Office for Public Information and Communications - less than a week in advance of inviting residents to attend and contribute their ideas and contributions for the long-term evolution of downtown.

It will be a two-hour open house for the Downtown Vision Committee DVC, established by the City Council in the fall of 2014, whose members are tasked with identifying:

• Future opportunities
• Untapped urban growth sectors
• Barriers to success
• Existing and future market potential
• Reviewing existing plans and strategies
• Working with key downtown partners and agencies.

According to a recent DVC meeting agenda, here's what to expect at this Open House.The idea is to have an open house with different stations, each having a specific goal to accomplish:

• Provide background data on downtown demographics, history,and timeline of city historical events showing what elements in history drew the most attention.
• Light Rail help people understand what Light Rail is going to mean for us, showing Light Rail alignment by year. 
• Information about transit-oriented development.
• Driving questions, each on a poster board, for people to provide their answers.
• Downtown related initiatives underway or being discussed. Examples: City Center Design, Downtown Restaurants, 2015 DT Holiday ideas, 10th Anniversary of Mesa Arts Center.
• The last station would be where the Committee itself would interact with the public, having 4 or 5 tables set up with laptops. The idea would be to collect feedback electronically, if possible.

In the press release Mesa City Mayor John Giles said: "“Cities across the nation are defined by their downtowns . . . It’s where you find the cultural fabric of a community and an identity that sets it apart from others. We have the opportunity in Downtown Mesa to boost our profile and share what we are all about.”

District 4 Councilmember Chris Glover said: “This is an exciting time for Downtown and I think it’s important that our residents get to share their ideas with the decision makers."

Location: Benedictine University @ Mesa Community Room 225 E Main St

Date: Thu 26 Feb 2012 

Time: 5:30 - 7:30 

Here's the link to press release posting
http://apps.mesaaz.gov/News/ArticleView.aspx?id=46190