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Residents push to broaden language on 'community gathering space', question Marketplace funding expectation
Summary
Working-group participants said the draft general-plan text is too prescriptive in encouraging Oro Valley Marketplace property owners to fund a community hub; several speakers urged broader wording that looks at multiple locations and existing assets, and one resident recounted prior executive-session negotiations with Marketplace owners.
Participants spent considerable time on a draft action encouraging a "community gathering space" and identifying potential locations such as Oro Valley Marketplace, Steampunk Ranch and town-owned Rooney Ranch. Many attendees supported the goal of a walkable, connected hub but flagged the draft's emphasis on having Marketplace property owners "fund" the space as too directive for a 10-year planning document.
McKenna, who works with the Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce, said Marketplace already hosts festivals and functions as a central site but warned that "I…
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