In 1990, construction started on Maricopa Town Centre, a shopping plaza on Hathaway Avenue next to the post office, which was also constructed around the same time. The artist’s rendering of architect Jonathon Martens’ design showed the first, 5,100-square-foot phase of the planned Newport Properties project. Today, it houses businesses offering chiropractic services, dental work, guns and meat.

This item appears in the June issue of InMaricopa.