I love what they are doing at the historic Hayden Flour Mill in Tempe. Historic preservation, adaptive reuse and making a cool community gathering spot where fences once kept the public away. I walked the area a couple of weeks ago and read the information just outside of the walls of the mill while looking […]
Ground Broken
It was a party. Complete with big top tent, a bunch of food and drink from local businesses and a band playing in the streets. Hundreds of people gathered today to celebrate the future light rail extension that is coming to Mesa. In addition to the party atmosphere, people rubbed elbows with the movers and […]
Another Historic Day For METRO Light Rail
Tomorrow, METRO will break ground on the Mesa light rail extension. This is another historic day for METRO and is a big step forward for Mesa, as well. The Mesa light rail extension will be the first expansion of the current 20 mile light rail line that travels in Phoenix, Tempe and in Mesa. Currently, […]
Walk About – A Rising Trend
It doesn’t take a genius to realize that living near our light rail line gives people easy access to a LOT of cool stuff. In Arizona, the term walkable community seemed like an oxymoron for a very long time. To some, it probably still does. We have cars, why would we need to walk anywhere? […]
On Two Wheels
I recently wrote a post titled “Bikes And Transit – Peanut Butter and Jelly?” The obvious implication is that they go rather well together. In fact, the more I ride MY bike for recreation, exercise, to run to the store, etc., the more I like it. I can recall MANY years ago when I was […]
Community Spotlight – Sycamore Square
For this community spotlight we head to Mesa, just north of the Sycamore station, to check out Sycamore Square. Sycamore Square consists of 30 homes that feature covered parking and a nice community pool in a very “transit friendly” location. On the map below, you can get a good idea of how close the community […]
Foreman Talks Tempe Transit
Transportation in Tempe, or anywhere around the country, can be a very interesting topic. With a couple of very heated battles happening in the Tempe political arena recently, transit seems to have been a bit more quiet than one might expect. Tempe has light rail, their bus system and the popular Orbit systems for people […]