GAME OVER: The city government tried to get into gaming It failed inmaricopa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inmaricopa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
aricopa City Council approved the purchase of 309 acres of land Tuesday night for $29.3 million to be paid for from the city’s cash reserves to develop a “Smart Rail Park.”In his new capacity as Maricopa’s economic developer, Ricky Horst presented the concept to council members before they took action.Horst, addressing councilmembers during their meeting Tuesday night, described the proposed rail-served industrial park as 1,262 acres, about half of which is to be city-owned.The council’s action acquires almost 309 additional acres to create a cohesive industrial park plot with connecting acreage between West Cowtown Road and West Steen Road, east of North White and Parker Road.
The City of Maricopa’s plans for a second hospital and medical complex have fallen through a second time. Ricky Horst, the City of Maricopa’s chief strategy officer who last week retired as city manager, confirmed today that on Monday he represented the city in terminating an agreement with hospital developer Phoenix-based S3 Biotech.Horst’s letter to representatives of S3 Biotech basically states the company was not meeting the terms of its purchase and sale agreement with the city.“The funding commitment letter does not provide the level of assurance we seek, especially considering the many unmet deliverables over the past few years,” Horst said in the letter to S3 Biotech’s Britton Lee, Copper Sky Hotel and Residential Group representative Michael Patterson and Ryan Sullivan with The BR Companies.This is the second time a deal collapsed between the city and S3 Biotech. The first was in November 2023 when the company was asked to “immediately” remove fencing and equip
Juneteenth observance would cost city $2M by 2030 inmaricopa.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from inmaricopa.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.