City Manager Rick Horst charts Maricopa's future
InMaricopa "I feel my primary job is to create an environment where everyone can succeed, whether that’s a single parent or a church or small business or a big business or a developer," says Maricopa City Manager Rick Horst. "I don’t want to create the city of Maricopa’s wealth, I want to create the community’s wealth.” If there is such a thing as a practical visionary who can survive in government, Rick Horst may be that “unicorn.” On his arrival as city manager in 2018, he set about to build a city — without creating debt. That economic development philosophy was...