Go Ahead > Tell Me. Does This Look Like "The Grove on Main Street" ????
In Nature, A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts. Areas in northeast Mesa are filled with citrus groves where many acres have been turned into high-price real estate developments and huge homes for most of Mesa's millionaires, including the mega-millionaire Bob Worsley. Do you see "a grove" of any kind in this image of the SEC Main Street/Mesa Drive? Nope. It's a 10-acre commercial, residential and retail development. _________________________________________________________________________ Here's an announcement written by Jill Adair updated 01 June 2018 that was published in https://www.thechurchnews.com/arizona-temple-area
Church plans large redevelopment project west of Mesa Temple
A rendering of what the area near the Mesa Arizona Temple will look like upon completion . . . HmmmWhere is "The Grove on Main Street" in this rendering of what the area near the Mesa Arizona will look like??_______________________________________________________________________MESA, Arizona — In an effort to protect and revitalize the area surrounding the Mesa Temple, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints plans to begin construction this year on a redevelopment project to the west that includes residential and commercial development.
After years of planning in cooperation with city government and local development groups, officials revealed details for“Mesa and Main,”a new construction project on 4 ½ acres west of the temple along Mesa’s Main Street light rail corridor, between Mesa Drive and LeSueur. "The temple redevelopment project is a welcomed addition to downtown Mesa," Mayor John Giles said. "We have many projects on tap that will help spark the revitalization of downtown and this is one of them. I'm excited to see the new homes and businesses that will welcome people into the heart of Mesa." _____________________________________________________________
BLOG INSERT: The Heart of Mesa?What you can clearly see - after years of planning in cooperation with city government (that we didn't know about all those years) is what has now materialized > the obvious conjunction and intersection of For-Profit Religion and Government here in Mesa and The entire East Valley. _____________________________________________________________ “You will see a transformation, a revitalization,” said Dale Bills, communications director for City Creek Reserve Inc., an investment affiliate of the LDS Church that previously developed City Creek, a 23-acre urban community of residences, offices and retail stores in downtown Salt Lake City. ______________________________________________________________________ BLOG INSERT:That so-called"urban community of residences, offices and retail stores in downtown Salt Lake City" is under Fed scrutiny now in a land fraud tax case by the same for-profit branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of The Latter-Day Saints, City Creek Reserve, Inc. ______________________________________________________________________
“Mesa and Main represents years of patient planning in cooperation with city government, business development groups and other stakeholders,” Bills said at a press conference Thursday.
“We hope City Creek’s commitment to significant investment at Mesa and Main will serve as a catalyst to encourage further development, here in the heart of downtown Mesa.” < Then AZ State Senator Bob Worsley and former U.S. Congressman Matt Salmon onFeb 2018 appeared in front of the Mesa City Council. Worsley at that time holding public office and the public trust was buying up eight downtown commercial properties speculating of real estate holding for his own personal financial gain and private wealth creation. Congressman Matt Salmon resigned from office to take a job as a high-salaried lobbyist for ASU as "Vice-President of Government Affairs." _________________________________________________________________
The project includes a new mixed-use community of 240 apartments, 12 townhomes, 1.6 acres of landscaped open space, approximately 12,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 450 stalls of underground parking. These elements will replace vacant lots and buildings and seven single-family rental houses that have been requested to be torn down for the project. “This is a beautiful and well-designed project, said Mike Hutchinson, executive vice president of the East Valley Partnership and former Mesa city manager. “This will be a great example for other development interests in the downtown.”