With the town of Marana moving forward with plans for a 20-acre downtown district, discussions about Oro Valley’s own town center are resurfacing. While the idea isn’t new, one major challenge continues to stand in the way—available land.
Unlike Marana, which has open land for development, Oro Valley is mostly built out, making a proper downtown difficult to achieve.
“I think the bottom line is because of where we’re at today, we only have about 12 percent of the land base of Oro Valley that’s not developed,” Mayor Joe Winfield said…