INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS: Mon., April 9, 2007
Marana jumps county line in race to the north
The Town of Marana has crossed the line into Pinal County and is now looking northward, possibly as far as Red Rock.
In March, the town council voted to annex 440 acres along the east side of I - 10 north of the Pima-Pinal county line. Last week, at its April 3 meeting, the council approved a plan to develop the property as part of 1,780-acre project named Villages of Tortolita. The plan makes room 6,500 houses, town homes and apartments.
“We have a good relationship with Pinal County,” said Jim DeGrood, assistant town manager for community services. Expanding from 10 square miles with 1,500 people to 120 square miles with 30,000 people in three decades, Marana has been following development northwest of Tucson, along I-10.
He said it is a key link in the forecast development of the Sun Corridor, one of 10 areas of the country defined as a “megapolitan area” in which Tucson and Phoenix will merge, ultimately stretching from Prescott to Sierra Vista.
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