In recent weeks, many Gold Canyon residents were in distress over plans to sell 11,700 acres of Arizona state trust land east and adjacent to the unincorporated Pinal County area.
The state land department had sought changes to the county’s comprehensive plan for property south of Peralta Road to employment from moderate low-density residential of one to 3.5 dwelling units per acre. The proposal included some residential north of Peralta Road and a buffer zone of 4,000 acres to the north. The property is between the Peralta Trails and Entrada del Oro communities.
Arizona’s State Land Commissioner Lisa A. Atkins withdrew a comprehensive plan amendment application in an Aug. 3 letter to Pinal County Manager Leo Lew.
