961 W Main St, Mesa AZ - LRA Restaurant Property Tour

Published on Aug 18, 2016

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Available Restaurant: 5,665 sf, 0.54 acres, zoned C-3, ample parking, faces light rail. contact Bryan Watkins @ 480.734.7878 (LRA Real Estate Group)

2052 W Main St MESA Green Acres RV Park

Published on Apr 4, 2015

Views: 190 [selling point = a Cash-flow property/minimal maintenance costs]

RV Park FOR SALE; 68 space/2 apts, very clean with remodeled bathrooms, Excellent reviews, 2 blocks from large light rail station (Dobson/Sycamore & Main); close to new Chicago Cubs spring training stadium, Cultural/Arts venues, Downtown Mesa, Tempe and Phoenix.

Valley of The Sun | Why Don't We Use It More? Hint = Political Obstacles

What this German community accomplished will surprise you       
By Jeffrey Joslin on July 3, 2015
In order to sustain ourselves in the near future, we need to transition toward renewable alternatives. Right now, many of us question the reliability and cost effectiveness of solar, wind and hydro power. It might surprise you to know that a community located in Friedburg, Germany produces four times more energy than it uses. In other words, we already know that the world can run on renewable energy–we just haven’t passed the political obstacles in our way yet.

Architect Rolf Disch was the first man to design a building that would capture more energy than it required. This Sonnenschiff, or Solar Ship, would eventually become the hub for Friedburg’s massive Solarsiedlung, or Solar Village, undertaking. The idea stemmed from the community’s desire to free itself of traditional dependence on the electrical grid, and instead create its own microgrid by installing a large number of rooftop solar arrays.

The Solar Village is the first community in the world to produce 4x more energy than it uses
After architect, Rolf Disch, built the Heliotrope (the first building in the world to capture more energy than it uses) he set his sights higher.
He successfully created a retail, commercial and residential space called Sonnenschiff, translating to “Solar Ship,” that was energy net-positive in 2004.  The building was a hit, and over the following years 60 more residential buildings have been constructed surrounding the solar ship, all with energy positive electrical systems.  Today the village, dubbed Solarsiedlung (Solar Village), is producing 4x more energy than it consumes.
Solarsiedlung is located in Freidburg, Germany, which is known as the ecological capital of the country.  It is the home of Europe’s largest solar research center.

Solar City Freiburg in Germany - Solar Power Companies

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Corporate, Military Training, General Aviation + 2 Flight Training Schools To Benefit from $10M Grant

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Receives $9 Million FAA Grant

Source: Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority (PMGAA) 
August 25, 2016

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport announced Aug. 25, one of the largest Federal grants it has received since transitioning from a fighter pilot training base to a bustling regional airport.  The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $9,126,000 grant to replace over one million square feet of concrete originally built in 1941. 
The concrete, referred to as the North Apron Area, will be replaced in five phases and includes areas used by corporate, military, general aviation and the two flight training schools that operate out of Gateway Airport.  The year-long project is being scheduled in phases in order to not disrupt daily operations at the busy airport.

 

Mesa, Ariz., Mayor John Giles, chairman of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority added, “This is a significant project that will create 105 jobs and enhance the airport’s ability to serve corporate customers, military training exercises, and other general aviation users.”
The $10,000,000 project includes a local grant match by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority. 
Construction is anticipated to begin on Sept. 20, following a groundbreaking ceremony, and will take a year to complete. 
After a competitive bidding process, Dibble Engineering was awarded the contract to oversee the project.  
The $10,000,000 project includes a local grant match by the Arizona Department of Transportation and the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority.  Construction is anticipated to begin on Sept. 20, following a groundbreaking ceremony, and will take a year to complete.  After a competitive bidding process, Dibble Engineering was awarded the contract to oversee the project.    

 

Take This Test: YOU rate Mesa

We are constantly bombarded, be-dazzled and honestly bamboozled by all the hype and hoopla from the City of Mesa Office for Economic Development, interviews on Mesa Morning Live and by press releases produced by the City of Mesa Newsroom - after all it is their job to cast a positive image in the game of public relations . . .for example, Mayor John Giles bragging that according to Forbes "Mesa is the best city in the Southwest to live in" while not daring to bring up the shortcomings of that survey, repeating time-and-time again that "Everything is great", or anyone else on the taxpayer-dime grabbing any snatch of what passes for news.
Well, how do the real people rate where we live and work?

Greatest Hits: The Strong Towns Strength Test
Find it  here and publish your comments and results on that site.
It goes like this

Here are ten simple questions we call the Strong Towns Strength Test. A Strong Town should be able to answer “yes” to each of these questions.

1. Take a photo of your main street at midday. Does the picture show more people than cars?
2. If there were a revolution in your town, would people instinctively know where to gather to participate?
3. Imagine your favorite street in town didn’t exist. Could it be built today if the construction had to follow your local rules?
4. Is an owner of a single family home able to get permission to add a small rental unit onto their property without any real hassle?
5. If your largest employer left town, are you confident the city would survive?
6. Is it safe for children to walk or bike to school and many of their other activities without adult supervision?
7. Are there neighborhoods where three generations of a family could reasonably find a place to live, all within walking distance of each other?
8. If you wanted to eat only locally-produced food for a month, could you?
9. Before building or accepting new infrastructure, does the local government clearly identify how future generations will afford to maintain it?
10. Does the city government spend no more than 10% of its locally-generated revenue on debt service?

My hometown of Brainerd scores a 1 or a 2, but only because the biggest employer (the school district) can’t leave town and there are a couple of neighborhoods where multiple generations could technically live within walking distance of each other. We're getting closer on local food, and many the rest are doable with some modest change in thinking. 
How does your town stack up?