Virtual Public Policy Committee
2024-06-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Phoenix)
Attendees will be provided an update on the public policy items MPA and it’s members are currently working on, as well as policy items that are on the horizon.

There will be no meeting in the month of June, as we are taking one month off for summer holiday.

Link to attend virtual meeting: Public Policy Committee
Wednesday, May 22 · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/Phoenix
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(MX) +52 55 8421 0898‬ PIN: ‪165 654 425 7178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Member2Member Event
2024-07-17 16:30 - 18:00 | The Eddy Hotel, 4626 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, 85718, United States
Our Board of Directors invites you to join them and other MPA Members for an evening of fun and food, hosted at the Eddy hotel!
This is your opportunity to engage with MPA, to learn more about what the organization’s goals are for the coming year. Like all MPA event’s this is a great way to expand your network and meet other industry Members who can help you connect and grown in Southern Arizona.

immersion Committee Kick-off
2024-08-07 16:00 - 17:30 | The Eddy Hotel, 4626 N Campbell Ave, Tucson, 85718, United States
Join fellow immersion alumn for happy hour as we form our committee and help us grow the program. Alumni are invited to a casual evening of drinks, food and conversation to re-connect with past cohort friends and make new ones. We are looking for 15-20 alumn who are wantning to continue expanding their professional development and networks by serving on the immersion Committee. This committee will assist in developing out future immersion courses as well as adding new alumni focused events such as “deep dive” days and future happy hours.
Graciously hoested by:

*Must be an alumni of MPA’s immersion program to attend*

Grand opening of Ari on 4th
2024-08-08 09:00 - 11:00 | Ari on 4th, 211 N. 4th Avenue, Tucson, AZ, 85705, United States
Join us as we celebrate the grand oppening of Ari on 4th
Hosted by the Opus Group & Bridge Investment Group

We invite you to a morning of fun and celebration, featuring food and refrshments from local 4th avenue merchants as well as enterntainment provided by local vendors. We will kick off the grand oppening with speeches from Opus Group Leadership, Bridge Investment Group and our guest of honor, Mayor Regina Romero, with a ribbon cutting to promptly follow at 9:15am

Limited grage parking available, we invite you to take advantage of the convient location of Ari on 4th and hop on the Sunlink for a unique experience

Lunch and Learn
2024-09-25 11:30 - 13:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Each Lunch & Learn event will be an in depth, informative panel style presentation and discussion on a timely and relevant topic to the land use and development industry. These events will be presented in partnership with another organization, providing greater opportunity for relationship building and expanding the access of information we are able to provide our Members with.
Join us for an update covering the RTA plan, a 20 year transportation plan with $2.1 billion of local project funding, expiring in June of 2026. Our presentation, delivered by Steve Huffman, Community Affairs Director for PAG & RTA will cover the success of the current plan, as well as the state of the RTA Next plan. There will be much to discuss, as a special meeting of the RTA Board will take place on September 5th, in consideration of plan adoption, which will ultimaely go beofre the voters of Pima County for approval.
Timeline:
Registration/Networking: 11:30am-12:00pm
Program: 12:00pm-1:00pm

Programming and discussion brought to you in partnership by:

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Topgolf with Top Officials
2024-10-24 15:00 - 17:00 | Topgolf, 4050 W Costco Dr., Tucson, AZ, 85741
VIP Reception hosted by:

Holiday Party 2024 - The Planning Center & MPA
2024-11-14 16:00 - 20:00 | Historic Chase Bank Building, 2 E. Congress St., Suite 600, Tucson, AZ, 85701

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2024-11-26 12:00 - 13:00, 2024-12-17 12:00 - 13:00
At November’s meeting we will be reviewing and discussing Pima County’s impact fee update. The County will present the draft LUA & IIP that has been prepared, ans answer any questions our Members may have. Through collaboration with the County and their consultant, Psomas, a commitment to phase in the proposed increases will occur over a 3 year period. Have one you would like us to cover? Just let us know and we will make sure to include it in our update!

Public Policy Committee
Tuesday, November 26 · 12:00 – 1:00pm
Time zone: America/Phoenix
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Breakfast
2025-01-24 08:00 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 100 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.

Jurisdictions throughout Southern Arizona are facing housing challenges, such as affordability and diversifying housing options. Although the challenges facing the greater Tucson region are similar, the methods to address them differ between the county, city, and surrounding suburbs. Join panelists from Pima County, City of Tucson, Town of Marana, Town of Oro Valley, and the Town of Sahuarita to dive into the nuances each jurisdiction is facing and their tailored approaches to address these challenges.Participants:Koren Manning, Interim Director, City of Tucson Planning and Development ServicesChris Poirier, Deputy Director, Pima County Development ServicesJason Angell, Development Services Director, Town of MaranaAnna Casadei, Community Development Director, Town of SahuaritaMilini Simms, Long Range Principal Planner, Town of Oro Valley

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-01-28 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA Members for an informative and interactive presentation by Micahel Racy, of Racy Associates. Mr. Racy will dive into the politics at play as we head into the 2025 legislative session, providing valuable insight and predictions of state and federal policies impacting the land use and development industry in Arizona, focusing on Pima County.A little more about Mr. Racy:
Michael Racy heads the lobbying and government relations firm of Racy Associates, Inc., a Tucson based public policy and government relations firm representing private and public clients before all levels of government. Mr. Racy has over 30 years’ experience in the government relations field and represents a broad range of southern Arizona based businesses and public entities as well as numerous state and national corporations and associations. In front of the Arizona State Legislature, Mr. Racy and his firm has been the primary lobbyist on a diverse range of issues including redistribution of sales and gas tax, transportation, business taxation, aviation, budget and many many others.Additionally, the firm maintains a significant practice in real estate development and represents a number of master planned communities and commercial developments and developers in southern and central Arizona. Our representation includes full consultation through the entitlement process, Specific Plan creation, Development Agreement and Community Facility District negotiations.

This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-02-25 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA and other engaged members to learn more about public policy and process issues facing the development community in Southern Arizona. Our Policy Committee meets monthly and features a new topic of discussion along with exploring ongoing issues.

Our February meeting will include a presentation from Milini Simms, Principal Planner at the Town of Oro Valley. Milini will provide an update on OV’s Path Forward, the Town of Oro Valley’s next 10-year plan. Over the past year, residents shared the ideas and expectations for the Town’s future. Now we need your help to help craft goals, policies and actions. The purpose of this presentation is to inform the group about OV’s Path Forward and ways you can make sure your voice is heard.
This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Breakfast
2025-02-28 07:45 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 80-120 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.

Relationship Building & Breakfast: 7:45-8:15AM
Presentation, Q & A: 8:15-9:00AM

Our February Breakfast presentation will be provided by Heath Vescovi-Chiordi, Director of Economic Development for Pima County. Heath will be reviewing the County’s draft comprehensive plan, focusing on the County’s efforts to expand upon their Economic Development strategies as outlined in the draft plan.
The Pima County Comprehensive Plan 2015 update, Pima Prospers, addressed sustaining and
advancing the county forward in three key areas: economic development and growth,
environmental conservation, and community health and well-being, encompassing individuals,
families, neighborhoods, and the multi-national community. Pima Prospers celebrates and
capitalizes on the county’s unique diversity, culture, arts, and natural beauty, while supporting and protecting growth and prosperity for all county residents, present and future. And it is these exceptional and irreplaceable natural, cultural, and heritage attributes that contribute and bring value to growth and prosperity in the county. The Pima Prospers 2025 update has a ten- to twenty-year planning horizon. The update identifies future construction, facilities, and infrastructure needs.

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-03-25 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA and other engaged members to learn more about public policy and process issues facing the development community in Southern Arizona. Our Policy Committee meets monthly and features a new topic of discussion along with exploring ongoing issues.This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Breakfast
2025-03-28 07:45 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 50-100 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.

Thank you to our March Breakfast Sponsor:

Breakfast & Relationship Building: 7:45-8:15
Presentation: 8:15-9:00
Mosaic Quarter: An Economic Engine Fueled by the Power of Public + Private Partnerships

Common Ground Awards 2025
2025-04-18 17:00 - 20:30 | Hacienda Del Sol, 5501 N Hacienda Del Sol Rd, Tucson, AZ, 85718
Congratulations to this year’s winners & honorees!

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-04-22 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA and other engaged members to learn more about public policy and process issues facing the development community in Southern Arizona. Our Policy Committee meets monthly and features a new topic of discussion along with exploring ongoing issues.
Our April meating will focus on an update from Eric Shepp, Director of Pima County’s Flood Control District. Eric will be reviewing the proposed changes to the County’s Hydrologic Modeling policy and implementation plan. MPA and our Members have been working with staff on this ammednment over the course of the last 12 months. This proposed update changes the methodolgy of how future anticipated rainfall is measured. The result of the change in methadology dictates infrastructure needs for both residential and non-residentail developments, potentially adding costs and reducing the developable area of projects in Pima County.
This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Kind of a BIG Dill: MPA's 2025 Pickleball + Cornhole Tournament
2025-05-02 14:00 - 16:30 | Tucson Racquet Club, 4001 N Country Club Rd, Tucson, 85716, United States

MPA's Quarterly Pima County Stakeholer's Meeting
2025-05-21 11:30 - 13:00 | Pima County Deveopment Services, 201 N. Stone Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85701, United States
Join MPA Members and Pima County Leadership for in depth discussions on items impacting the land use and development industry. MPA hosts quarterly meetings with Pima County Departemnt heads to discuss current and upcoming policy items relating to and of interest to our Membership.
To attend, you must RSVP as space is limited, this meeting is open to any MPA Members. Meeting will take place at the Pima County Development Services Building, basement room C. This meeting is offered in a hybrid format, please select your prefrence at RSVP.

Lunch graciously provided by:

Breakfast
2025-05-23 07:45 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 80-120 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.
Lobbyist and MPA Board Member, Michael Racy will provide a summary of the legislative session, discussing what passed and was signed or vetoed by the Governor. He will place a special emphasis on issues of interest to MPA members, including but not limited to business regulation, taxation, land use housing, water education, elections and others.
Breakfast & Networking 7:45-8:15
Program 8:15-9:00

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-05-27 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA and other engaged members to learn more about public policy and process issues facing the development community in Southern Arizona. Our Policy Committee meets monthly and features a new topic of discussion along with exploring ongoing issues. Our May presentation will be given by Mark Holden of Pima County Development Services. He will provide Members with a presentation of the County’s general plan update: Pima Prospers.
This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Golf Tournament Committee
2025-06-20 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-11 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-07-25 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-08-01 09:00 - 10:00, 2025-08-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Psomas, 1745 East River Road ste 245, Tucson, 85718, United States
Join MPA’s Colf Committee, Chaired by Greg Mohl of Sunbelt Holdings. This fun and dynamic Committee is a great opportunity to get connected with other Members and lend your ideas and assistance in raising funds for our immersion program.
Interested in joining the Committee? Just click on the RSVP button below, we look forward to seeing you and collaborating on this exciting event!

Virtual Public Policy Committee
2025-06-24 12:00 - 13:00
Join MPA and other engaged members to learn more about public policy and process issues facing the development community in Southern Arizona. Our Policy Committee meets monthly and features a new topic of discussion along with exploring ongoing issues.
Our June presentation will be given by Mark Holden of Pima County Development Services. He will provide Members with a presentation of the County’s general plan update: Pima Prospers.
This meeting is open to ALL MPA Members:
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/smw-hhav-nfa
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 304-774-5087‬ PIN: ‪702 363 178‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/smw-hhav-nfa?pin=1656544257178

Breakfast
2025-06-27 07:45 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 80-120 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.
Town of Marana Mayor, John Post and Manger, Terry Rozema will provide MPA Members with a development and economic development update. There are some BIG and exciting things happening in Marana, especially their downtown. This is an update you won’t want to miss!

Breakfast & Networking 7:45-8:15
Program 8:15-9:00

Breakfast
2025-07-25 07:45 - 09:00 | Culinary Dropout, 2543 E Grant Rd., Tucson, AZ, 85716, United States
Monthly, MPA hosts a breakfast open to members and future members. These informative and educational breakfasts can be presentations, panel discussions, debates or forums. Topics cover relevant issues of interest to our community, as they relate to the land use and development industry. This event typically draws 80-120 attendees and is an ideal way to interact with community leaders, elected officials and colleagues.

Data Centers in Tucson: Facts, Figures, and the Future
For the past several years, the Tucson Region has been on the radar of data center developers. A data center project is now going through the entitlement process, and MPA is giving its members the ability to get the real facts and figures about this emerging industry, and how it will benefit our region’s future. The July breakfast will include members of Pima County and City of Tucson Economic Development, and the Project Blue team to educate you on the project’s economic benefits, as well as the affects the project will have on our water and power supplies.
Breakfast & Networking 7:45-8:00
Program 8:00-9:00

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immersion Deep Dive Day: All About Infill
2025-08-13 08:00 - 16:30 | Psomas, 1745 East River Road ste 245, Tucson, 85718, United States
Calling all immersion program alumni, join us for our 1st deep dive day!
Our deep dive days are carefully curated to provide participants with a complete understanding of the topic being taught. These deep dive days offer alumni the opportunity to take a deeper dive on a development related topic covered during their immersion program.
All about infill will provide participants with an understanding of both the policies that allow and guide infill as well as the financial and operational components to successfully executing infill projects in Southern Arizona.
At this session, we will be hearing from both public sector and private sector leaders, providing a balanced and encompassing view on infill, its role in the development of communities and the unique challenges that are presented with such types of projects. Participants will hear presentations that educate on both residential and non-residential infill, covering adaptive re-use as well as re-development of underdeveloped and undeveloped sites.

Schedule
8:00-8:30 coffee, breakfast & introductions
8:30-11:30 presentations
11:30-12:00 lunch
12:00-3:00 presentations
3:00-4:30 hosted happy hour

Deep Dive Day Host
