Mesa wants to showcase music as a main draw in the redevelopment of its downtown into an economic engine.
The city currently hosts an annual three-day Mesa Music Festival and in May launched the two-day Mesa Amplified featuring local bands.
“This idea of establishing Mesa as a vibrant music center in the Valley – it’s really not a mantle anybody else in the Valley is claiming,” Jeff McVay, Urban Transformation manager, recently told City Council’s Economic Development Committee…