UN-Covering Mesa: Light Rail Milestone

This blog doesn't attempt to cover Mesa - it's a dedicated initiative to discover the progress on The Regeneration of The New Urban Downtown Mesa.

To be clear, your blogger is not "an old root". 
He's a Latter Day transplant, somewhat like the pioneer Mormons who arrived here laying claim to the territory in the 19th Century in the original "One-Square Mile". 
Mesa today in the 21st Century is a multi-generational community evolving to become a Micropolitan area whose future will include mass public transportation.
Three articles on the extension of Valley Metro's Lightrail have already been posted here.  You can read them following this new entry. 
MesaZona blog connects with and features all different and local media that report news and information on the New Urban Downtown Mesa... here's a 1:16 minute video done by Mesa's one and only television station Channel 11 that was uploaded to You Tube on Wednesday March 25, 2015.
Channel 11's crew was on-location at the same time as your MesaZona guy on Monday from 1:00-2:00 for the Valley Metro Celebration for progress on the Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Project.
This video follows through on the theme of Old Roots New Growth - or Regeneration - as was done here in three different entries, and has live interviews with the Steve Banta, president of Valley Metro, together with Vice Mayor Dennis Kavanaugh, and Mesa Mayor John Giles who states  "The economic salvation of downtown Mesa is riding on this train" 
SAY WHAT?. . . the light rail trains are good people-movers for sure, with the Mesa Arts Center likely the biggest and best downtown attraction to bring people downtown for a few hours and then they leave

Pay attention since this video goes quickly ... and you might want to turn down your volume at the start.
                                              

New Urban Downtown Mesa is Changing Fast: Eyes on the Light Rail Route Today

What is it?

Keeping up with improvements and changes to transform the new urban vision for Downtown Mesa , this blog  -a news, opinion and information source - featured an on-the-spot report for the Valley Metro Celebration of the station progress of the 3.1 Mile Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Project at Mesa Drive just two days ago and got it up online the same day. As you can see by the image on the left, other stations are getting their eye-catching public art installed.

People in Downtown Mesa can't miss this: Construction crews have raised another monumental public artwork as work moves ahead on the station platform at Center Street, the soon-to-be second stop in Central Mesa Light Rail Extension Project when the light rail trains start running.

Is your blogger becoming an all-in cheerleader for progress??

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.