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"I feel my primary job
is to create an environment where everyone can succeed, whether that’s a single parent or a church or small business or a big business or a developer," says Maricopa City Manager Rick Horst. "I don’t want to create the city of Maricopa’s wealth, I want to create the
community’s wealth.”
If there is such a thing as a practical visionary who can survive in government, Rick Horst may be that “unicorn.”
On his arrival as city manager in 2018, he set about to build a city — without creating debt.
That economic development philosophy was honed over a 30-year career in public administration. And it led him to this city in the desert with plenty of open land to