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Consultants outline Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan; council presses for broader outreach
Summary
Consultants introduced goals, boundaries and an engagement summary for a Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan that aims to balance preservation and new development; council members asked for more developer and longtime property-owner outreach before recommendations are finalized.
Consultants and city staff presented the draft approach for a Downtown Tempe Historic Core Plan at the City Council work study session on Jan. 15, 2026, saying a draft will be available in March–early April with a final plan for council consideration in late June 2026.
Zach Lechter, the city’s historic preservation officer, said the plan is an implementation action of the Tempe Tomorrow general plan and that the consultant team (MIG Inc., working with Tucson-based PMM) has been conducting stakeholder meetings, tribal consultation and public engagement. The presentation noted more than 550 visitors to an online interactive survey and identified Mill and 5th, Hayden House, Flower Mill and Tempe Butte as focal points for the…
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