@@heartland96a I don't know but I can definitely tell this lake has brought $2.5 Billion to Tempe because everyone wants to build buildings around it. They should expand it.
@@elizabethlibera3820 I am 2 years late, but people still call it Tempe Town Lake. Sometimes, it may be referred to as the Salt River by non-Arizonans or as Rio Salado, but almost always Tempe Town lake.
The benefits are and were purely commercial. Mesa and Tempe were becoming popular before the fake lake was in vented. My grandparents lived in Mesa and we lived in Phoenix. Do you know where the water comes from when there is little rain, as is normal. Check into evaporation vs. the amount of rain per year.
The good thing about the Pacific Northwest is they have more water and no water problems like the Colorado river, lake mead and lake Powell going down.
There were early plans that placed some commercial development but the floods of '80 and '93 prevented such folly. The inflatable dams were a good concept but I guess the sun had to burst that bubble.
No, clean your ears out! The measure PASSED in Tempe meaning the city wanted it. It was scaled down from the original plan and only built in Tempe city limits.
Tempe Town Lake has changed so much over the past 10 years.
Have attitudes changed since the failed vote, are numbers of people still against it ? is there interest in expending the park area.
@@heartland96a I don't know but I can definitely tell this lake has brought $2.5 Billion to Tempe because everyone wants to build buildings around it. They should expand it.
@@uNr3al111 That's Great news , I hope that that could happen one day .
curious, how do you think it has changed? and do people no longer refer it tempe town lake?
@@elizabethlibera3820 I am 2 years late, but people still call it Tempe Town Lake. Sometimes, it may be referred to as the Salt River by non-Arizonans or as Rio Salado, but almost always Tempe Town lake.
Love Tempe lake and town.Barbro from Sweden 💖
The benefits are and were purely commercial. Mesa and Tempe were becoming popular before the fake lake was in vented. My grandparents lived in Mesa and we lived in Phoenix. Do you know where the water comes from when there is little rain, as is normal. Check into evaporation vs. the amount of rain per year.
Greatest invest ever. Look at all the high rises and companies that have been built along Tempe Town Lake.
😂they can only fit so many buildings near the lake, want more water then move to the Pacific northwest.
@@ghostshirt1984 don't want the politics
The good thing about the Pacific Northwest is they have more water and no water problems like the Colorado river, lake mead and lake Powell going down.
They need to finish the project and keep going East and West!
There were early plans that placed some commercial development but the floods of '80 and '93 prevented such folly. The inflatable dams were a good concept but I guess the sun had to burst that bubble.
I just made a small vlog about this place
So the people didn’t want it and they built it anyways. Tear it down.
No, clean your ears out! The measure PASSED in Tempe meaning the city wanted it. It was scaled down from the original plan and only built in Tempe city limits.