Our Stories-The New Deal in Arizona

300 South Chandler Village Drive,Chandler AZ 85226

30 April, 2022

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From iconic to unexpected, discover the elements of Arizona's New Deal legacy. You probably know about Arizona’s famous New Deal projects, like rustic park buildings and imposing dams. Did you know President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ambitious initiatives also produced sidewalks and stadiums, outhouses and amphitheaters, roadside monuments and remote stock tanks? Federal investment in 1930s Arizona accounts for much of our current infrastructure. In Chandler, New Deal programs modernized water delivery, improved school buildings, operated a 320-acre farm, and provided apartment housing for workers. Join us as historian and Arizona Culture Keeper J. J. Lamb brings Arizona’s New Deal to life, revealing the local politics that brought in federal dollars. After the program, stay to experience the exhibition “Picturing Home: Dust Bowl Migrants in Chandler,” opening March 8, 2022. Photographs by Russell Lee, courtesy Library of Congress