Located adjacent to Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and ASU Polytechnic campus, the Mesa Proving Grounds is the largest remaining parcel of contiguous land within the Mesa planning area. Voting Yes on 300 will allow the Mesa Proving Grounds Resort Core to be built, generating new revenue and jobs for Mesa.
This column has regularly, and largely futilely, railed against corporate subsidies of every sort, from sales tax rebates for shopping centers, to appropriations for high-tech research, to special tax treatment for solar component manufacturers.
Early voting ballots are arriving in Mesa ballot boxes for a March 10 election to determine if residents will support a rare moment to lock in a powerful new economic engine that would benefit the entire south East Valley.
"This type of tourism is what Mesa needs as the benefits of the community reach far and wide from the creation of jobs, boosting the economy, lowering taxes and enhancing the quality of life."
Robert Brinton, Treasurer, Yes on 300 Committee; President, Mesa Convention and Visitors Bureau
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