Welcome to episode 3 of the Around Chandler Podcast. Today we have Kim Moyers about her role in making Downtown Chandler a destination. Make sure you subscribe to the podcast in your favorite podcasting app or at AroundChandler.com and follow us on Instagram at @aroundchandleraz

Background

• Born and raised in small-town Indiana
• Selementarytary school as son and daughters went to
• Graduating class was only about 130 people
• Indiana University graduate
• Moved here 13 years ago

Were you working in city government when you moved here?

• Her first job was at a Chamber of Commerce
• Took interest in redevelopments in downtown
• When moved to Arizona, Downtown Chandler felt like and reminded of home
• Started working in Queen Creek on their downtown
• Spring 2014 went to work for Chandler

Downtown Redevelopment

• We needed redevelopment like many downtowns across the country
• Difference was Council was devoted to the downtown and planned this decades ago

When you started what was the vision/goals?

• Upgrade infrastructure to make sure we had enough water and sewer for us to start building verticle
• Needed density into downtown to attract the restaurants and businesses we wanted
• Alta Steelyard was first complex with 301 units
• Were so happy with downtown they also purchased 6.5 acres and built Alta San Marcos along Chandler Blvd and another 273 units
• DC Heights, another 201 units coming soon
• This creates the night time and morning traffic downtown we like to see
• Also helps us attract offices to downtown

DC Heights

• 201 unit behind San Tan Brewery
• Part of reason punched through Dakota Street
• Phase 1 rentals, Phase 2 condos

Overstreet

• SW Corner of Arizona and Chandler
• First Flix Brewhouse Cinema to Arizona
• 3-4 restaurants
• 17,000 sq feet of office
• All office glass and overlook AJ Chandler Park
• 350 car public free parking garage
• This is phase one to be completed by end of 2018
• Phase two will be additional offices north of the parking garage

Parking and more development

• Across from City Hall will be developing where the current dirt lot is called New Square
• There are 3 public parking garages on the east side of Arizona and Overstreet now on the west
• Phase one will be 47,000 sq foot building, 3 stories of office
• A second building of 8700 sq feet that will be retail along Arizona
• Green space
• Behind will be a 108 bed Hilton hotel
• Phase two will be another 5-8 story office building
• 600-800 new jobs in downtown
• West side of Oregon will be another 930 space parking garage

Will there be more restaurants and development

• More moving down south of the current core
• Current Arizona Blvd work from Frye to Pecos
• Sidewalks and lighting you see in downtown will be continued down there

SE Corner of Arizona and Chandler

• North side of Jack 'N Box is developer owned and the south side is city-owned
• Same developers that did Overstreet will do the city-owned area

Downtown events

• Spooktacular
• Christmas tree lighting
• Beer BBQ Festival
• Oct-April most weekends will be some event there

Farmer's Market

• Now open in November on Saturday Mornings
• New vendors
• Christmas baskets join between vendors

South side area

• Perch, Local, Ganglplank, Improvmania all helping towards the south side
• Along Frye will have Flo Yoga and Cycle
• Along Frye will have more restaurants

The Wave

• Thursday, Friday and Saturday they work downtown, free transportation
• 5-9pm
• You know them when you see them, holds 5 passengers
• Can call, numbers on parking garages

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