About Mesa
Mesa, located in Maricopa County, is one of the nation’s
fastest-growing cities.
There are solid reasons for Mesa’s growth:
- low costs of
doing business
- reasonable tax structure
- skilled and well-educated workforce
- low crime rate, superior schools
- affordable housing
- and an excellent
quality of
life
Mesa is the third-largest city in
Arizona and the nation’s 38th-largest city. The City
provides the advantages of a thriving metropolis while maintaining the feel of a
suburban environment. Just 15 miles east of Phoenix, Mesa covers 128 square
miles.
With dynamic recreational, educational and business environments, Mesa enjoys
the best in a variety of amenities including parks within easy walking distance
from home, a variety of sports facilities that cater to athletes young and old,
highly rated golf courses for every skill level, a diversity of special events
and community festivals, and Mesa’s ever-popular Chicago Cubs Spring Training
baseball.
The City of Mesa has a council-manager form of charter government and operates under a district system of council representation, with the
mayor
elected at large and six councilmembers
elected by district.
The City Manager, appointed by the
Council, is the chief administrative officer carrying out the policies of the
City Council. The City provides a full range of
municipal services including:
- police and fire protection
- parks and recreation
- libraries
- transportation
- neighborhood outreach
- the operation
of electricity, gas, water and wastewater utilities
- solid waste (trash/recycling pick-up)
- aquatics
- airports
- golf
courses
- and a community center
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