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How Maricopa supports people, projects – and spending – amid dizzying growth
First in a series examining the city’s budget
Maricopa not only is among Arizona’s fastest-growing cities but also among the fastest-growing in the country. With...
Major housing development, surf park headline council agenda
Zoning measures for DR Horton’s proposed 326-acre, single-family home development on the city’s southeastern side and a zoning change for PHX Surf Park highlight...
Poll: Readers want to sync, shorten traffic signals
Most of our InMaricopa reader polls have a couple of responses that generate about the same number of votes. But this week we asked...
Industrial project proposed for city’s west side
Scottsdale developer Emmerson Holdings has submitted pre-application documents to build an 80-acre industrial development on the city’s west side, just north of State Route...
Questions sharp, probing as students take on mayor in mock news conference
Mayor Smith fielded questions about crime, economic development, why there is no shopping mall and water usage at a proposed surf park in Maricopa.
But these...
Price looks to change fortunes of MEDA
When you have been mayor of a city for more than 10 years and step away, what more is there to do for your...
Permitting around Maricopa
Dish Wireless will spend $45,000 to modify a cell tower at 43929 W. Bowlin Road, with work to be done by Joe Test Electric,...
Business, development around town
Pet food and supply retail store Pet Planet has applied for zoning compliance for a 1,905-square-foot tenant improvement project at 20350 N. John Wayne...
Rockets launch at Desert Wind Middle School
Students from Desert Wind Middle School took to the skies Wednesday in the annual display of rocketry skills.
The event was created to give students...
Middle school students show off rocketry skills
Students from Maricopa Wells Middle School took to the skies Friday in the annual display of rocketry skills.
The event was created to give students...
Development around town
Major retail development coming south of overpass
Maricopa City Manager Rick Horst has confirmed that a major retail development is coming to the area at...
Business, development for the month of February
New, premanufactured metal bleachers will be installed at Sequoia Pathway’s expanded athletic fields with Willmeng Construction doing the work at a cost of $140,000.
The...
2021 was a busy year for commercial development
Residential development was clearly the major real estate story in town in 2021, but the city made steady progress in its efforts to expand...
Mayor’s State of the City blends present, future
Mayor Christian Price took the theme of Wednesday night’s State of the City address – “Pure Imagination,” from the song in the movie Willy...
Business, development around town
Sonoran Creek Marketplace at 20300 N. John Wayne Pkwy. will add landscape irrigation electric service along Edison Road at lots 2 and 3. Work...
West Side Story: Wave of development drives city forward
It is impossible to miss all the construction activity in Maricopa.
Graders and bulldozers moving earth on vacant land. Road crews improving and widening streets....
6 key projects west of SR 347
There is a long list of active and planned residential and commercial projects on Maricopa’s west side. Here are six that look to change...
Surf park plan features hotel, tiny-house village
Maricopans looking to have a bit of aquatic fun may soon be able to avoid a drive to a Valley waterpark or lake and...
City eyes water line to spur development west of city
The city has proposed construction of a major water line originating south of town and traveling west around the Ak-Chin Indian Community and north...
Business, development around town
Construction and planning continue for development projects around Maricopa.
A permit was issued for commercial electrical work at 41535 W. Shea Way, Building A, to...
Waiting on water: Business plans on SR 238 slowed by paperwork
Maricopa businesses on State Route 238, miles from John Wayne Parkway, have wonderful views of the Estrella Mountains and lots of room to spread...
Letter: Marsh is quick to find the right solutions
By Ted Yocum
My wife Kathy and I very strongly endorse Bob Marsh for Maricopa’s City Council. I hope all Maricopans will consider voting for...
Decade in Review: 2010-2019
By Joycelyn Cabrera
Maricopa has seen plenty of ups and downs as the decade came to an end. InMaricopa's top stories over the years paint...
Q&A: Supervisor Anthony Smith talks county achievements, challenges
Anthony Smith
Title: Pinal County Supervisor, District 4
Age: 66
Maricopan since: 2003
Family: Nancy (wife), five grown children in blended family with seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
Education: Bachelor of...
Business news in brief
La Quinta Inn & Suites, 44345 W. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., received a permit for on-site improvement.
Buff City Soap received a commercial tenant...
What’s new in business developments
Domino’s Pizza, 20046 N. John Wayne Parkway, is moving to the former Peñascos location, 20024 N. John Wayne Parkway in The Shops at Maricopa...
What’s new in business development
La Quinta received a development review permit for its plans to build a hotel at Copper Sky as the City works to commercialize the...
Hard-working veteran named ‘Best Mom’ for Mother’s Day
With 26 Maricopa mothers nominated by their family and friends and more than 2,000 votes cast at InMaricopa.com, Best Mom in Maricopa 2019 went...
What do you talk about at 6,000 feet without an engine?
Earlier in April, the fine folks out at Arizona Soaring invited me to go on an aerobatic ride in one of their gliders.
I can...