Sustainability for Higley - The Issue of Our Age

In 2007, ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Global Institute for Sustainability issued a publication named Sustainability for Arizona - The Issue of Our Age to bring light to a topic detrimental to the future of our communities.

For many who think of sustainability, the term "green" often comes to mind first, however, Make Higley Historic! has linked to this ground-breaking publication to demonstrate the issue is much more than recycling, keeping the air clean and conserving water. Sustainability, in a nutshell, is achieving a balance between environmental, social and economic issues as to not deplete our resources for future generations.

In all actuality, "sustainable" can be applied to any practice it precedes, but fostering sustainability, local through global levels, has been historically challenging for citizens and governance alike. Today, azcentral.com has released two articles referencing the challenges of achieving sustainable growth in and around the community of Higley. We have included them to illustrate the broader view of the topic.

Gilbert county island fire district annexation costs millions - Alia Beard Rau

Williams Field - Higley road widening in Gilbert delayed - Astrid Galvan

To explore the history of these articles further, a library card and/or access to news archives will reveal plenty of information as they have been in discussion for years. And again, we invite everyone to report their findings on the community's relationship to sustainability here at MHH! To research other public policy issues affecting our great state and find more about the history of the Morrison Institute's namesake, check out morrisoninstitute.org. The Institute's research is truly invaluable to Arizona and the family's Higley Road farming fame makes us swell even more with pride. We thank all the players there for making it known that in Higley's 100th year, and Arizona's upcoming Centennial, sustainability is an issue of historic proportions.