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Mesa Gateway Strategic Development Plan

Mesa, Arizona

Community Design + Architecture was the lead urban designer on a consultant team assisting the City of Mesa, Arizona in preparing a strategic development plan for the Mesa Gateway Area (MGA) in southeast Mesa. MGA includes the rapidly developing area around Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, formerly Williams Air Force Base, which is planned to become the economic engine for southeast Mesa and the surrounding East Valley region. The MGA is approximately 52 square miles, and located within its boundaries are freeways, universities, the airport, large landowners, railroads, roadway access points and planned developments.

The planning philosophy is to enhance the area’s assets, recognize the value of the airport, integrate land use and transportation, create fiscally responsible solutions, and develop a comprehensive growth strategy that will provide the vision for high quality and innovative development in this unique area of Mesa. The plan includes strategic market assessments and economic development; land use planning; community facility, infrastructure and utilities plans; transportation master planning; and funding and implementation plan to achieve the infrastructure and community facilities needed to support the vision and prosperity of the area.

The results of a stakeholder visioning workshop were used to develop alternative land development scenarios that was considered during the two-day public workshop. Upon completion of the workshop a comprehensive land development plan was developed, including requirements for multi-modal transportation, utilities, public safety and community facilities, economic development strategies, infrastructure needs and funding alternatives. The City of Mesa adopted the Strategic Development plan in 2008.