Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Pomeroy and his wife Cecil have made a $10,000 grant to the Mesa Historical Society and Museum for the purpose of developing an entrance garden and plaza area on the museum campus. The area, to be known as "Pomeroy Plaza," is part of an ongoing renovation effort for the buildings and landscaping on the museum campus on Horne, north of McKellips. "This is a generous and wonderful 40th anniversary gift for the Mesa Historical Society,” commented Dennis Kavanaugh, Chair of the Mesa Historical Society. Kavanaugh added "we hope this gift will set the tone for other support for the museum from Mesa residents and businesses."The Mesa Historical Museum is in the former Lehi Elementary School, the oldest surviving school building in the City of Mesa, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum has just opened its first new permanent exhibit in twenty years, “Searching for Mesa: Finding Ourselves in our History.” The exhibit covers over 2000 years of Mesa’s history, from the prehistoric Hohokam to the modern city of almost 500,00 people.
