Petition Would Put Rural Incorporation on November Ballot
A recently filed Petition for Incorporation, aiming to create the City of New River-Desert Hills, meets with opposition from a community group and one key politician.
Read More >>>A recently filed Petition for Incorporation, aiming to create the City of New River-Desert Hills, meets with opposition from a community group and one key politician.
Read More >>>The New River-Desert Hills Incorporation Committee announced today its intent to drop a sliver of Anthem from its proposed boundary map. Anthem officials has threatened litigation over the initial proposal.
Read More >>>After attempts to reach what it called a neighborly solution, Anthem Community Council today sent a letter to the four leaders of the New River-Desert Hills Incorporation Committee, threatening litigation if the committee refuses to remove the sections of Anthem that are in its proposed incorporation map.
Read More >>>Some rural residents hope to combine New River and Desert Hills into one formalized town. They aim to include some of Anthem’s businesses, and then likely add a local sales tax. But a number of residents—rural and suburban—are voicing opposition. Learn the pros & cons, the process, and what it means to be a town.
Read More >>>The New River–Desert Hills Incorporation Committee contracted an expert to provide a preliminary budget analysis for the proposed town. But not everyone is buying the numbers.
Read More >>>A map illustrating a proposal to incorporate New River and Desert Hills into a town mostly jogs around Anthem―but notches into the southernmost commercial district along Daisy Mountain Drive to include Circle K, CVS, and the Anthem Crossroads Plaza, where Fry’s Marketplace is located.
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