Twenty years ago, the metro Phoenix suburb of Mesa didn't have an Asian District. Then, the transformation of an abandoned ...

Buchanan, whose mother is Vietnamese, lives in San Tan ... unique to Mesa and that should be marketed,” O’Donnell said. That report launched an initiative to brand the area with a name and logo.

Mesa, Arizona's Asian District, a two-mile corridor housing 100 Asian businesses, has rapidly grown since 2008. Mekong Plaza, opened in 2008, anchored the district's development and attracted ...