A Mountain America Credit Union with a drive-thru is to be constructed on 1.5 acres at the northeast corner of East McKellips and North Recker roads in Mesa.
The development’s look and landscaping were discussed during the Aug. 11 Mesa Design Review Board meeting. Board member Nicole Lynam was absent.
It includes a 5,434-square-foot financial institution building and 2,397-square-foot facilities building, Staff Planner Kwasi Abebrese said at the meeting.
“Both the credit union and the facilities buildings will be located at the west portion of the site. The credit union will include a dedicated drive-up ATM lane as well as a dedicated teller lane on the east side of the project site with an approximately 700-square-foot canopy,” he said.
A total of 26 parking spaces are required and 32 spaces are to be provided on the east side of the credit-union building. Access to the site will be from McKellips and Recker roads, he said.
Construction for MACU branches typically take nine months to complete. The credit union is to be open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, closed Sunday, M. Shane Sanders, Sanders Associates Architects managing/design principal, wrote in a project narrative.
“The footprint has been designed to service members’ banking needs within the location area and designed to accommodate up to 17 employees to service those needs,” he said.
The all-volunteer Mesa Design Review Board is unique in that its composition is set by the zoning ordinance to include two architects; two from other design professions such as landscape architecture, engineering, urban planning, interior design or other design-related background; one contractor or developer; and two residents, according to the city’s website.
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Meet Richard Richard Dyer has worked at Independent Newsmedia Inc. USA since 1987, starting his career in Apache Junction as a copy editor and being promoted over the years to work as the editor of the Mesa Independent, news services editor for the East Valley office in Apache Junction, managing editor for the East Valley office, news services editor for the East Valley office and eventually also for the newspapers at INI’s then-Chandler office, managing editor again and as a news editor covering Apache Junction/Gold Canyon and Queen Creek. He helped start the Florence Independent while the news editor covering Apache Junction and Mesa news. In January 2023, he became associate managing editor for the East Valley newspapers and in August 2023 became managing editor for the East Valley newspapers of Chandler/Tempe, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Florence, Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon, while also reporting on Mesa and Apache Junction/Gold Canyon.
Community: Since 2009, he has worked as a volunteer to design The Blue Guitar Magazine, Blue Guitar Jr. magazine and Unstrung magazine, which are projects of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts; and since 2014, has been overseeing the art submissions.
Education: University of Arizona with a master of arts in journalism and a bachelor of science in agricultural communication. Also continuing education at Mesa Community College in welding in a metal art sculpture class.
Random fact: Saw his first tornado on May 31, 2010, which was classified as an EF-2, as part of a stormchasing tour group.
Hobbies: He is an artist of welded-steel sculptures, selling his artwork at juried and non-juried art shows.
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