25 January 2016

ASU State Press Discovers "Hidden Gems" Off The Light Rail

Your MesaZona blogger is happy to see anything that promotes the New Urban DTMesa - for example this article by freelance reporter Nicole Dusanek uploaded 10 hours ago in the first of three reports about taking Valley Metro Light Rail to each station on the Central Mesa Extension, inaugurated into service five months ago.
Any increase in light rail ridership at all in this travel direction along the route for the many attractions and destinations is appreciated in any way to reach the thousands of students enrolled at Arizona State University in Tempe.  
Yes, it's good "to get the news out" about  what's here, but there's nothing "hidden" in the three attractions close by the Center/Main Street station.
The article has a sub-heading: Uncover hidden gems all over the city with reporter Nicole Dusanek as she gets off at a different light rail stop each week to explore.
Except for "vision-challenged" persons, who can miss the blockbuster international award-winning main $98 million-dollar attraction in downtown?
It's been one beef of yours truly that what's missing in this central city is people - look hard Can you see any people?? 
This destination is not hidden at all, as you can see in this accompanying image of the Mesa Arts Center taken yesterday on Jan 24, 2016.
About one million people get attracted here each year! . . . most people "do their homework" to plan what to see and what to do here either picking up hardcopy materials at visitor information locations or accessing online resources like www.visitmesa.com or www.mesaaz.gov/thing-to-do or https://www.facebook.com/VisitMesa or Facebook or Trip Advisor or http://www.simplyrealmoms.com/posts/visit-mesa-family-friendly-activities/ or many other websites.
Maybe students, or student-reporters, are not too keen getting homework done. There is, however, something to be admired about just "winging-it" [or using public transit] with no particular agenda or plan when making a decision to take the time to travel here. Every person will have a different story in The New Urban DTMesa.
In a report titled
Gems off the light rail:
Art and antiques in downtown Mesa
how could anyone miss this?

Let's all give a shout-out to ASU State Press reporter Nicole Dusanek and encourage her and her readers to explore more around the other two light rail stops in Central Mesa.

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