Job creation, education among governor’s future priorities
Article by Jim Ripley
“She (Gov. Jan Brewer) also praised plans for developing the former General Motors Proving Grounds in East Mesa as “proof that the East Valley and the State as a whole has a bright economic future.”
The proving grounds along with the Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport are at the heart of a region that Mesa and other East Valley leaders believe will eventually generate more than 100,000 jobs.
Roc Arnett, director of the East Valley Partnership and host for the breakfast address, noted that earlier this week proving grounds developer DMB Associates Inc. announced that the proving grounds is being renamed Eastmark.
“The future heart and hub of the East Valley will be known as Eastmark,” Eneas Kane, president and chief executive officer of DMB said in a statement.
Kane said Eastmark aspires to be a “hub for major industry, entrepreneurialism and vibrant daily living.”
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