What 2012 has in store for Pinal County

The start of a new year brings with it a host of new opportunities and Today Publications spoke with Pinal County Communications Manager Heather Murphy about some of the things that the County has to look forward to in 2012. Murphy was quick to point out that this year will be unique in Pinal County’s history, as it will mark the transition from three to five supervisors. “Due to population growth citizens will have the opportunity to vote for two new supervisors,” she enthused. “We will be preparing all year to welcome the new supervisors.” The 2010 Census found that Pinal County’s population is at 375,770. By law, Pinal County must add two new supervisors once it passed the population threshold set in statute, as determined by the official US Census Bureau data. The new officials will run for election in the Nov. and will take their oaths of office in January 2013. Rather than build new offices for the incoming supervisors, Murphy explained that the county decided to renovate the 1891 Courthouse in Florence instead. “The project has been selected as a Centennial Project, one of a series designed to boost tourism and increase knowledge of the state,” Murphy explained. “Beginning in the construction phase there will be videos that walk people through the history of the court house.” Visit PinalCountyAZ.gov and click on the link to the 1891 Courthouse Renovation Project for a detailed look at the project. Murphy went on to note that 2012 will continue to see a positive trend in the access County residents have to medical care. “Pinal County has long been categorized as medically underserved but recently that trend has been shifting,” she said, “There is the Florence Community Hospital, Anthem and Banner Ironwood, which is planning an expansion, as well as two new health clinics.”

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