Mesa, AZ hotel site is happily found “slum and blighted”

"Developers planning a hotel and convention center near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa, Arizona were counting on the future site being designated “slum and blighted”—a designation that brings with it valuable tax breaks to support redevelopment. And things have gone their way.
The City Council unanimously approved the designation last week, finding that asbestos contamination " (2008-12-17)
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