$77 million spent on Rio Nuevo, and here is what we have so far…
- James S. Wood / Arizona Daily Star 2007
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In the nine years since voters approved the Rio Nuevo Downtown redevelopment district, the city has taken in — and spent — more than $77 million in taxpayer money. None of the museums and other downtown attractions that taxpayers were promised have been built yet.

