What's Next? Mayor John Giles Spoon-Feeds A Junior Journalism Intern

Here we go with another lovin' spoonful of Spoon-fed news from Mesa Mayor John Giles with not a mainstream reporter but a junior journalism intern, majoring in who-knows-what paying tuition to Maricopa Community College, learning how not-to practice professional journalism at MyNewsMesa that publishes everything's that good news or what they want good news to be. Your MesaZona blogger is blessed to have a natural gag-reflex for any attempt at "Spoon-Fed News".

Mesa works to create, grow successful innovation district in downtown

By John O'Brien 20 Feb 2018

And, of course, it's all about John Giles who got "sent back to school" in a group of 40 mayors for three days last year by Mike Bloomberg. Ready for all the Giles Jive???
"As Mesa grows, city leaders continue to plan for its future. One such plan is to designate downtown as an innovation district, a place where businesses, learning institutions and public services all come together with the help of retail and transit to create a successful environment.

While at a U.S. conference for mayors, Mesa Mayor John Giles was struck by a presentation from the Brookings Institute about a model they were researching for rebuilding and revitalizing the urban core of a city. . . "
. . . Mesa leaders and planners have been working towards creating the assets and features of an innovation district without realizing it.
“We’ve been working on this for a long time without really knowing that this was what we were doing . . .Giles hopes the innovation district will bring big changes to Mesa."

– John O’Brien is a Mesa Community College journalism intern for MyNewsMesa.com.