2024 New Resident & Visitor Guide

TWO DECADES and counting

I nMaricopa celebrates its 20th year of operation this year. Over the last two decades, InMaricopa published 26,000 articles about the happenings in Maricopa (more than four stories per day on average) and has proven itself as the go-to source for citizens who want to know about the community in which they live. InMaricopa has been there for it all. We published our first story a mere few months after the city’s incorporation in the fall of 2003. The goal here at InMaricopa has been to cover the successes and failures of this city, and to do it with accuracy, consistency and urgency.

Bartle launched Outside the Box Marketing in 2000 and was looking for an opportunity to take advantage of the growth.” New kid on the block In 2004, there were two monthly newspapers in the tiny town of Maricopa, then home to just over 4,000 people. Bartle felt Maricopans deserved better. “They didn’t serve the community like I thought they could have,” Bartle said. “I knew we could compete in that arena. I had a background in advertising and sponsorship, and I liked to write. I felt like I could do it, so

We believe in an informed citizenry and the reason we’ve been able to further that goal all started with the dreams of one man, Scott Bartle, the founder and publisher of InMaricopa . Bartle launched our newsgathering organization as 85239.com in March 2004 as a hyperlocal, online news source for the growing community in the midst of a housing boom. Bartle’s father, Jeff, was part of the team that developed what was then called Southern Dunes Golf Club. “That’s how I got introduced to the town of Maricopa,” Bartle said. “They had incredible projections for growth.”

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OCTOBER 2009

Fabulous Founde

BUSINESS The importance of marketing. Local expert shares tips. Page 2

Maricopa News. Classifieds. Coupons. Business Directory. Community Calendar. Message Board.

Everything but the kitchen sink.

NEWS New traffic study promises new roads, eventually. Page 8

COMMUNITY Feed Our Families drive to raise money, awareness of hunger in Maricopa. Page 16

FOUNDERS DAY SPECIAL INSERT

MakINg MarICOpa “We did something in Pinal County that had not been done in almost 25 years; we created a city.” — Edward Farrell, city councilman and founding member of the incorporation committee

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