Clayton Homes is constructing a manufactured-home dealership office building near Main and Lindsay in Mesa.
The Mesa Design Review Board on March 10 discussed the look and landscaping for the development on 3.9 acres at 2849 E. Main St. Board member Denise Dunlop was absent.
A building at the site is to be removed and replaced, Staff Planner Kwasi Abebrese told the board.
“So the proposed project entails demolishing the existing office building and redeveloping the site with an approximately 2,093-square-foot new office building,” he said. “The proposed landscape plan shows a variety of trees and shrubs proposed at the perimeter of the site as well as the parking lot and the foundation base of building.”
Clayton Homes has recently acquired Bronco’s Mobile Homes to renovate and update the property for the sales of Clayton Home’s manufactured housing, Dylan Tarr of Tarr Group LLC wrote in a project narrative.
“The replacement building itself will be assembled on-site using premanufactured materials. It will be permanent and will not change out like the display units,” Tarr said. “Clayton Homes does not require or desire permanent stands for these display models. The goal is to be able to move them in the future based on what is available for purchase as customer demands change over time. Dimensions of these display models will not stay the same for the various models, so permanent structures would not be good for the proposed use.”
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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