2006 Inaugural 85239 Magazine

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City of Maricopa Planning Direc- tor Amy Haberbosch-Arco speaks passionately about Maricopa and its small-town welcoming charm. “We’re a city of 20,000,” she says. “But it feels more like 5,000.” She says that working for the City, although it frequently requires working very long days, is like being part of a big family. “We spend so many hours together that this has become our second home.” Perhaps it is this same small-town aura that causes the residents of Maricopa to feel much the same way. Being part of the Maricopa community is being part of a much larger family. That sense of community, the own- ership that residents feel for their neighborhood, drives many Maricopa residents to educate themselves and get involved in city planning, as evidenced by the community’s response and involvement with the General Plan. 85239 The Magazine sat down with Haberbosch-Arco, the leader of Maricopa’s five-member planning and development team charged with de- veloping the City’s first General Plan, to speak about the City’s growth and what’s to come.