This evening was the inaugural meeting for an innovative new volunteer panel assembled by Mesa mayor Scott Smith, the Mesa City Council, and the the Mayor's Chief of Staff. The iMesa initiative is a project that elicits and enacts citizen driven ideas for municipal improvement, and utilizes a board of Mesa residents and business owners to help in implementing the objectives of the unique grassroots plan:
http://www.mesaaz.gov/imesa/
Mayor Scott Smith was present to give an inspiring introduction and was cool enough to visit briefly with each one of us, shaking hands and saying hello.
Mayor Smith modeled the plan after the "MAPS" project that transformed Oklahoma City in the late 1990's/early 2000's. Major emphasis of the iMesa initiative is within identifying "Transformative" ideas, and the plan emphasizes firmly that absolutely any idea is up for analysis.
In a climate where municipal heads make timid, strategic promises, Smith's iMesa takes bold strides into real grassroots community involvement and reaches for an innovative culture not found anywhere else in the Valley.
Although the very first solution is not yet fully activated- from a firsthand perspective- it carries a vital energy for the city's future. The location of HeatSync Labs to 140 W main St in Downtown Mesa is the very first iMesa initiative, and the company is set to move into it's downtown location in Early June.
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Check out iMesa and get involved!:
http://imesa.mesaaz.gov/forums/111089-central-corridor-village
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