A new 12-story, 148,000-square foot hotel called The Maya with roughly 160 rooms is under construction Buckboard Trail and Indian Plaza in Scottsdale.

Goodyear finally has its downtown district and vibrant gathering place. Were it not for financial setbacks, that might not have fully happened.

However, after seeing an explosion of development around Goodyear’s new and expanding downtown corridor within the past four years, the 28-year-old ... input on building a civic center.