For Star subscribers: Millennials are poised to take over offices around Tucson with their vision of a city that is more urban, with vibrant neighborhoods and dense housing development.
Tim Steller They’re not poised to take power just yet, but their ideas are starting to take hold in Tucson anyway.A new generation of leaders, many in their 30s, is pushing to change how Tucson grows. Broadly speaking, they favor denser housing development within the city, vibrant and walkable neighborhoods, and multiple modes of transportation.
Ward 6 Council Member Steve Kozachik supported Kotwica’s re-election, but the newcomers won handily, taking leadership of a square mile in midtown bounded by East Speedway, East Grant, North Country Club and North Alvernon. When I reached her Friday, Kotwica preferred not to talk about the fractious election process that left her ousted after years in charge, though obviously some hard feelings remain about the 30-somethings who took her on and won.Now, she said, “I’m helping other neighborhoods that want my help.”
She points to the accessory-dwelling unit ordinance as an example of an issue where the Old Guard opposed the New Guard’s efforts at making a change to accommodate more housing. Some neighborhood organizations opposed the change, which set up a city-wide permission for building guest houses or casitas with full kitchens in people’s back yards.
“We simultaneously have a need for housing and more open space,” he said. “They run counter to one another.” “Sometimes the way we think about preserving culture and traditions is for nothing to change, for it to stay the same,” she said. “I’ve never understood tradition to be static. I’ve always understood is as something that evolves and adapts with its times.”
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