Yesterday I visited to State House in Phoenix with advocates from across the state to encourage the legislature to find a way to balance to budget without eliminating Adult Education.
While there, I spoke with Representative Steve Farley from Pima County Legislative District 28 and learned that Tucson was awarded $63M from the Department of Transportation to complete the installation of a modern street car. This street car will transport Tucsonans for the U of A to downtown Tucson.
Today, Mayor Walkup expanded on the immediate and future economic impact the street car will have on Tucson at the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Lunch today.
Here are a few points:
- Work is expected to start within 60 Days
- Tucson will be installing the only All-American made street car. This means 1000’s of jobs for Americans in 7 states
- This project will bring 3000 new jobs to Tucson over the next 3-5 years
- Over $1B of private capital is currently being invested in Downtown
- The U of A will begin expanding its campus Downtown. 6000 students are expected to move downtown
- Improvement of the downtown will attract larger businesses to Tucson and possibly become a driving factor for annexation of the Foot Hills into the City of Tucson. This Annexation will mean $80M in additional state shared revenue for the City of Tucson.
In my own words… Look out Phoenix. Tucson is about to get BIG…Fast!
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