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We don’t want to be average’: Scottsdale’s new mayor says she doesn’t believe in concept of affordable housing

​​After defeating incumbent David Ortega, Lisa Borowsky has been elected to serve as the mayor of Scottsdale, the Valley’s sixth-largest city. 

In a sit-down interview with 12News, Borowsky said she has big ideas for new development in Scottsdale and wants new projects to fall in line with the “high-end reputation” the city has earned. That means fewer apartment complexes. 

“We don’t want to be average, we don’t want to be downtown Phoenix. We don’t want to have a ton of high density in our community,” Borowsky told 12News. “We’ve had really an overrun of apartment complexes that have come across all parts of the city and it’s really, it has not been thoughtful in that a lot of cities, they focus it in one certain area, so it’s not impacting the quality of life of neighborhoods.”

Borowsky doesn’t want to lose the city’s reputation as an upscale community.

“I believe we are, our history, I’m a lifelong Scottsdale resident, actually a Valley native, and we’ve earned our high-end reputation and No. 1 spot for tourism in the Southwest because we are a high-quality, upscale community. The projects and the development that comes before the council should evidence that.”

 

Source: https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/scottsdales-new-mayor-says-she-doesnt-believe-concept-affordable-housing/75-8a8a7479-01a2-43f6-a002-7e5138822698

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