Chandler officials plan to air preliminary design plans for a $9.3 million project to reinvigorate the Arizona Avenue corridor through downtown at a public meeting Sept. 8.

Homeowners in some of Chandler's historically low-income, largely black and Hispanic neighborhoods could find themselves significantly wealthier in the next few years as the city invests in downtown redevelopment.

Arizona Avenue in Chandler will be closed to all traffic between Frye Road and Knox Road from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

Arizona Avenue in Chandler will be closed to all traffic between Frye Road and Knox Road from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

Arizona Avenue in Chandler will be closed to all traffic between Frye Road and Knox Road from 6 a.m. to noon on Saturday.

Valley Metro LINK buses begin service along Arizona Avenue on Jan. 24.

Chandler has installed three new mid-block crosswalks along Arizona Avenue with recessed in-pavement lights that flash when activated by a pedestrian, according to a news release.

Chandler has installed three new mid-block crosswalks along Arizona Avenue with recessed in-pavement lights that flash when activated by a pedestrian, according to a news release.

Frye Road will close at Arizona Avenue for about two weeks staring at 3 a.m. Monday as part of the Arizona Avenue improvement project.

The proposed narrowing of Arizona Avenue through downtown Chandler could cut the amount of traffic traveling the roadway each day by up to half.

A Mesa man has been arrested on suspicion of firing a shot into the air on Arizona Avenue as he tried to scare another man late Monday morning in Chandler, police said.

More than just a Fiesta Region championship title is at stake tonight when Chandler and Hamilton high schools meet on the football field.

Chandler has installed three new mid-block crosswalks along Arizona Avenue with recessed in-pavement lights that flash when activated by a pedestrian, according to a news release.

After nearly 13 years as executive director of the

Sightings of comedian Jerry Seinfeld created some excitement Saturday on Tempe’s Mill Avenue.

The Tempe Gateway building in the Mill Avenue District is set to become home to the Valley’s third Loco Patron Mexican restaurant.

If you were born in September, be at Long Wong’s. If you were born in February, be at Fat Tuesdays. If you were born before 1983, go to Coffee Plantation. And look for the man or woman with the red balloon.

Making money on Mill Avenue hasn’t been an easy task lately. It started with a citywide smoking ban at bars and restaurants. Then construction on every major downtown road.

From grandiose redevelopment plans to vacant storefronts - and don't look for a revival anytime soon. But what to do with Tempe's Centerpoint on Mill until then?