At best this looks like a nothing sandwich. Dubbed the "Harbridge Ark "by local folks checking it out.

At worst an ecological disaster in the making, 

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Tiny Mammoth has some big growth plans
  Fading community looking to revitalize through annexation of 16,490 acres
  By Brian J. Pedersen Arizona Daily Star
Apr 10, 2008

  A mammoth land grab by one of Arizona's smallest municipalities is being hailed by town officials as a way to finally bring growth and revitalization to a long-stagnant community.
  Critics, however, say the moves made by Mammoth late last year could spell doom by stretching thin an already-stretched revenue stream.
  In November, Mammoth, a former mining town 30 miles northeast of Oro Valley, annexed 16,490 acres that increased the size of the town from just under one square mile to almost 27.  (To continue click the "read more" below)

  Located on Oracle's doorstep, the proposed development has a complicated history dating back to an annexation by the town of Mammoth in 2007.  It calls for several thousand new residences and a new school. This may have a big impact on our future with all kinds of questions that need answering.

  Talk about photogenic!  How about these leading lights at the Oracle Community Center.  But looking good played second fiddle to another gratifying community gathering - a Thanksgiving meal. 

  Most of what we know about the Faraday project in the Galiuros is taken from  https://www.coppercreekmine.com/subscribe/ .

  A community event conducted by Faraday folks a few weeks ago in Oracle didn't shed much light on the situation. But it did make me stop and take note of a familiar dynamic with which many of us are familiar.
  Having lived in Arizona for over forty years we've seen many schemes come and go.  Willow Springs, Cherokee, Rancho Coronado, Buffalo Bill Cody's gold mine claims, not to mention long forgotten gold and silver digs. 
  When I say come and "go" I don't necessarily mean stake-in- the-heart gone.  In fact a thing called "Cielo" seems to be a sort of zombie project still on the books in Mammoth and Arizona State Lands - never having been de-annexed as far as I know.  So there it lies in the land of the real estate undead.  Another bad idea in purgatory.  Indeed, there's a ton of real estate plattings, zonings, PADs, area plans, and mining claims littering our landscape as half dead schemes of aspirants looking to leverage someone else's money.
  So what about Faraday?  Some say it's a "bull shit scam".  Others point to the drilling, bulldozing, building and water pumping on location as "real".  Maybe even real enough to appear on a "prospectus" in money-ville if not "real" enough to lead to the actual blasting, hauling and smelting of ore that is what mining is all about. 
  There is a common denominator here.  Water.  There's the rub.  Any way you look at it there isn't enough of it to undergird what project touts propose.

  The "episode" I just published about Jim Huntington on frankpierson.substack.com is by far the most viewed of the series to date.  Maybe it's because JC is such a fascinating character, born and raised in the Tri-Community only to return from a stellar IT career in Metro Phoenix to publish The Oracle and defend our community against all comers. Maybe it's because he woke up local residents to the twin threats of of water contamination and scarcity when many of us had fallen asleep.  Or maybe it's because he was skeptical about the claims of power players who would exploit the natural beauty of our region for economic benefit.   Where and how he died is an important part of the story too. That's when fire and flood enter the picture.
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More to come on JC.  A friend of mine said after the Voices in the Oaks concert this afternoon was a classmate in San Manuel!  I'm looking foreard to hearing her stories.

  The OAST studiio tour reminded me once again how difficult self promotion of one's own work is. No agents heaping praise on creative ventures - just an artist self touting, putting it out there.

  It's a risky business that inevitably attracts slings and arrows.  "I don't like" this a customer mutters about a piece that took weeks to create.  So and so is much more accomplished "we're wasting our time here. Let's move on."  "The colors suck."  Hard stuff for a creative to deal with, especially those new to the scene.  Vulterable.  Speaking of vulnerable it's not just artists with their work.  It's also new businesses  boot strapping, standup comics launching,  And I'd include all sorts of crafts, musicians, and food entrepreneurs (bagels anyone?) in this discussion.
  Take Tina Bolt for example.  We renewed our connection on the art tour last weekend.  Not only around fabrics and hand made constructs of all kinds but also "fermenting" vegetables.  That's right!  Oracle Ferments. She and her musician husband, Austin Owen, a locally renowned musician, offer a range of products of their own creation that includes bread, pizza dough and sauce.  And they deliver which is kind of an unbelievable convenience.  How about that? 

 We didn't get to visit every location today (more tomorrow) but those we did proved richly rewarding https://www.oracleartiststudiotour.org/