November 2019
The Desert Club’s Christmas Idea House offers a ‘Lasting Impression.’ See more on page 8.
Falcon Field area getting long-awaited hotel
Old mobile homes, ‘bedroom’ image vex Mesa
By Haley Lorenzen
By Gary Nelson It may seem odd to say this about a city of 500,000 people, but Mesa is grappling with what it wants to be when it grows up. That emerged as the basic question when the City Council heard an update on Mesa’s efforts to This dilapidated mobile home park in West Mesa is being replaced revise its housing by a condo project spearheaded by the nonprofit Chicanos Por La Casa. (Nearby News file photo) master plan. That slow-moving, largely bureaucrat- 20 years. ic procedure will soon produce a docuWhat city staff sought in the study sesment aimed at guiding the development sion was endorsement of five overarchHotel...continued on page 12 of Mesa’s housing stock over the next Housing...continued on page 13
A new hotel in Northeast Mesa is about to rise in an area which developers say has not received enough attention – until now. A groundbreaking was held last month for a Home2 Suites Stakeholders in the new Home2 Suites by Hilton Mesa Longbow by Hilton Mesa Hotel dig dirt at the groundbreaking at a 3.2-acre site next to LongLongbow hotel, an bow Golf Course, near Recker Road and the Red Mountain Loop 202. (Photo courtesy city of Mesa) extended stay hotel that will be built at a 3.2-acre site next great celebration and a milestone for this to Longbow Golf Course, near Recker submarket that unfortunately has not reRoad and the Red Mountain Loop 202. ceived a lot of attention over the years,” “This is a great day for Mesa. This is a said Jon Green, senior vice president of
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