THE FUTURE OF SUBURBIA II : Where The Jobs Are

Hey! Won't that be great - no more need to commute work!

This event will appeal to developers, urban planners, designers, transport planners, infrastructure experts, local, state and federal officials active in cities policy, and broadly anyone with an interest in understanding how the forces that shaped metropolitan development in the past won’t be the same as those which will shape it into the future.

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THE FUTURE OF SUBURBIA II: WHERE THE JOBS ARE

Brisbane. November 14, 2019, 7am - 12pm

Where the jobs of the future are going. And why.

The location and growth of jobs is one of the largest city-shaping forces of them all. From 19 century industry which generated factories and transport facilities to the 20th century and the paper factories and admin centres which spawned countless office towers and through to today where CBDs are becoming increasingly more about entertainment, recreation, education, cultural and retail pursuits. The one constant has been the change in work and how that has shaped the urban environment.Understanding how work will change in the future is the key to understanding the impacts on urban development, urban planning and property development. Not only will the types of industries and occupations change, but their locations will also change.

That’s why this year’s Future of Suburbia event is focusing on jobs: where they are, where they’re likely to be going in the future, and the forces that will reshape the employment landscape – and property markets with it. The half-day conference will be headlined by global head of research for Indeed.com (the world’s biggest job site), San Francisco based Jed Kolko.

Will high costs of living and rising congestion combined with a changing employment landscape to create new opportunities for middle ring and outer suburban areas in south east Queensland – much as it is doing across the USA according to Kolko? What industries are changing and where are the jobs going now? And what can suburban and regional centres do to attract these fast growing industries to bolster employment and economic vibrancy?

Helping explore this theme with Jed are a host of experts: Peter Seamer AO (former CEO of the Victorian Planning Authority and author of Breaking Point: the Future of Australian Cities); Kate Meyrick (CEO of The Hornery Institute); Kerrianne Muelman (Managing Director, Urban Economics); Russell Luhrs (Springfield City Group) and more. The conference will be opened by Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner who recently announced a “Better Suburbs Initiative” to support suburban centre development into the future.

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LINK > Suburban Alliance

PUBLIC NOTICE: 30-Day Comment Period For Proposed Renewal of AZ Pollution Discharge Permit at Greenfield Water Treatment Plant in Mesa

30-Day Comment Period The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Water Quality Division welcomes comments on the proposed renewal of Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) permit (AZ0025241) coverage to City of Mesa Water Resources for the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant in Maricopa County.   DETAILS: Read these!  PUBLIC NOTICE | Proposed Renewal of AZPDES Permit (AZ0025241) Coverage for the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Public Notice No. 19-21 Published in Arizona Business Gazette on Oct. 3, 2019 AZPDES Permit No. AZ0025241 ADEQ proposes to issue an Arizona Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (AZPDES) renewal permit to discharge pollutants to Waters of the United States to the following applicant, subject to certain effluent limitations and special conditions: Permittee City of Mesa Water Resources Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant (GWRP) P. O. Box 1466 Mesa, AZ 85211-1466  The City of Mesa applied for a renewal AZPDES permit for the proposed discharge of up to 30 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated domestic wastewater from the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant to the East Maricopa Floodway, tributary to the Gila River in the Middle Gila River Basin in Township 2 S, Range 6 E, Section 15, in Maricopa County, Ariz.  The GWRP is a publicly owned treatment works that receives domestic wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial sources in the City of Mesa and the Towns of Queen Creek and Gilbert.   Sludge is treated on-site and then either hauled by a licensed contractor to the Apache Junction Landfill or land applied as Class B Biosolids, with the back-up capability to pump and discharge to the Baseline Interceptor and send to the City of Phoenix 91st Avenue Waste Water Treatment Plant for treatment. ____________________________________________________ Review Documents Original Published Public Notice | View/Print > Draft Permit | View > Draft Fact Sheet | View >  You may also review the above documentation in person at the ADEQ Record Center | Learn How > Public Comment Period  Dates: Oct. 3, 2019 – Nov. 4, 2019 ____________________________________________________ Comments may be submitted as follows:      By Email | Send Email >       By Mail (Must be postmarked or received by Nov. 4, 2019):        ADEQ        Swathi Kasanneni        Water Quality Division        1110 W. Washington Street        Phoenix, AZ  85007 View Public Notice/Related Documents > ADEQ encourages and values your input and participation in our permitting process Comments may be submitted as follows:      By Email | Send Email >       By Mail (Must be postmarked or received by Nov. 4, 2019):        ADEQ        Swathi Kasanneni        Water Quality Division        1110 W. Washington Street        Phoenix, AZ  85007 About ADEQ Under the Environmental Quality Act of 1986, the Arizona State Legislature established the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality in 1987 as the state agency for protecting and enhancing public health and the environment of Arizona. For more information, visit azdeq.gov.

Facility Information

The City of Mesa applied for a renewal AZPDES permit for the proposed discharge of up to 30 million gallons per day (mgd) of treated domestic wastewater from the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant to the East Maricopa Floodway, tributary to the Gila River in the Middle Gila River Basin in Township 2 S, Range 6 E, Section 15, in Maricopa County, Ariz. The GWRP is a publicly owned treatment works that receives domestic wastewater from residential, commercial and industrial sources in the City of Mesa and the Towns of Queen Creek and Gilbert.  Sludge is treated on-site and then either hauled by a licensed contractor to the Apache Junction Landfill or land applied as Class B Biosolids, with the back-up capability to pump and discharge to the Baseline Interceptor and send to the City of Phoenix 91st Avenue Waste Water Treatment Plant for treatment.

Review Documents

Original Published Public Notice | View/Print >
Draft Permit | View >
Draft Fact Sheet | View > 

You may also review the above documentation in person at the ADEQ Record Center | Learn How >

Public Comment Period 

Dates: Oct. 3, 2019 – Nov. 4, 2019

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Mike Pence Impeachment Strategy Cold Open - SNL

Yeah let's have a 
2-For-1 exit from The White House. . . It's taken far too long already

Phoenix-Mesa Metro Area Has Highest Rate of Extreme Poverty in Arizona

You won't hear Hizzoner Mesa Mayor John Giles - or any of the other six members of the Mesa City Council - saying that too loud anytime soon. That's not the story they want to be told. 
Everything is great! 
We're the fastest growing city in the country! 
Here's a map that shows readers of this blog the income distribution by zip code here in Mesa where you can see the concentrations: 


If we needed to be reminded of the fact that what's out there for Feel-Good Stories don't always match some inconvenient facts, Arizona Business Daily published a stark reminder yesterday. 
However, it is not a new study at all - it was first published back in July 2019 (see below)
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale's Concentrated Poverty Rate 
Is The Highest in Arizona
By Arizona Business Daily reports | Oct 5, 2019 
The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro area’s share of extreme poverty – neighborhoods where at least 40% of residents live below the poverty level – is the highest in Arizona, according to a new analysis from the website 24/7 Wall St. 
> Among the metro area’s poor population, 17.5% live in neighborhoods where four out of 10 residents live in poverty, the analysis found. 
The overall poverty rate in the metro area is 15.7%. 

> Extreme poverty affects 64 out of 976 neighborhoods in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, 24/7 Wall St. found. And the unemployment rate in these regions is 10.1 percent.

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Here's a source for more details:

http://www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Mesa-Arizona.html

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• Residents of the high-poverty neighborhoods are 50 percent less likely to be homeowners or have a college education compared to other neighborhoods, 24/7 Wall St. reported. And residents are twice as likely to be jobless than those who live in more affluent areas, the study said.

Jeff Fake: The Flawed Imperfect "Foil" and Stand-In For Saint Mitt, U.S. Senator Romney from Utah

Here in Mesa, Arizona in 2017 we had a fore-shadowing of sorts in an accidental revelation due to an open-microphone slip-up that was caught forever between Brother Jeff Flake and Brother John Giles, the mayor of Mesa - who always says he is "non-partisan" - where Giles said Flake could be a foil . . . at the same time calling Trump an idiot

(Scroll down farther to see that and listen

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Romney: Trump requesting Biden investigation from China ...

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Mitt Romney, who criticized the president's interactions with Ukraine, serves as a case study of what happens ...

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Now-Senator Mitt Romey Has Plans For The Highest Office-In-The-Land

It might be another opportunity for one more Mormon moment early in-the-game when he didn't land a job in Trump's Cabinet as the Secretary of State.  
Now Mitt says "he's sickened" by the Mueller report: 
"Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said that while it’s “good news” there was “insufficient evidence” to charge President Trump with conspiracy or obstruction, he was dismayed by the “pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection” by Trump and those around him. 

Salt Lake City Tribune

In the Friday statement, Romney said he was pleased the “business of government” co

Mesa Mayor John Giles Caught Prodding Jeff Flake On-Stage with Hot Open Mic

 Here's our self-described "non-partisan" Mayor getting caught on an open mike pinned to Flake's lapel pin encouraging him to run for President . . . Couple of nice LDS dudes, huh??

Published on Nov 17, 2017

Views: about 740

ABC15's microphone picked up a conversation between Senator Flake and Mesa's major Giles joking about President Trump. uld now “move on.” “The alternative would have taken us through a wrenching process with the potential for constitutional crisis,” he wrote. “Even so, I am sickened at the extent and pervasiveness of dishonesty and misdirection by individuals in the highest office of the land, including the President. . . 
Reading this report is a sobering revelation of how far we have strayed from the aspirations andprincipals of the founders,” he wrote.

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Never Too Late For Jon Talton: No More Daily-Grind. He's Decided to Do What?

After 37 years, time for reflections and thanksOct. 4, 2019 at 6:00 am Updated Oct. 4, 2019 at 6:01 am 

"After 37 years at daily newspapers, I am ready to begin to be a journalist. But after much reflection, I have decided to retire and focus on writing mystery novels and history, while continuing my personal blog, Rogue Columnist.

This is my last column in The Seattle Times (although you’ll see me one more time come January in Pacific NW magazine).

It’s been a great ride and I’m honored to finish it here. The Seattle Times is an extraordinary organization. I’m especially grateful to publisher Frank Blethen, the Blethen family, and my editors Becky Bisbee, Rami Grunbaum and Suzanne LaViolette.

To have the title of columnist is a serious responsibility. I’ve seen my job as offering opinion backed by facts, starting conversations, trying to see around corners, providing history and context. When I started writing this column, I said I didn’t have all the answers. I still don’t." 

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