Casa Grande

It was once a month.

But upon coming to Providence Reformed Baptist Church here in Casa Grande, Arizona, they were already practicing weekly communion.

And I was already in favor of that.

Even before I moved to Texas.

A lot of our friend group went there.

And then one of the people we went to school with, His dad was a pastor in Casa Grande, Arizona.

And he called me one day.

He's like, hey, I want you to pray about coming out here.

There, God saved him and set him free.

Soon after his release, he attended seminary and received his master's degree and is now the senior pastor of Desert Sky Baptist Church, where he serves with a passion for biblical theology right here in Casa Grande.

Now let's join our host, Pastor Dominic Grimaldi.

Pastor Dominic Romaldi here with Street Talk Theology.

We take theology and we bring it to the streets.

Thank you for joining us for Street Talk Theology with Pastor Dominic Grimaldi.

You can visit Pastor Dom at Desert Sky Baptist Church at 891 West Corson Road, Casa Grande.

And for more information, visit us online at www.desertskybaptist.org.

I thought you were 55.

You told me that you're doing a Casa Grande, Arizona with your RV named Felicia.

And it was a 55 year old or older.

So

What town is that in?

That's in Casa Grande.

Okay, yes.

I was trying to get a, yeah, I was trying to call Joshua, but this was the second number there.

You're listening to Main Street Unscripted with myself, Matthew Wallen, and my co-host, Holly Nash.

This is a podcast put on by Casa Grande Main Street, a local nonprofit organization here in Casa Grande, Arizona.

And welcome to episode number eight.

I'm so glad that we're here.

Mike is with us to talk a little bit about...

Why people develop in the downtown area.

What makes somebody come down here? What makes somebody choose the downtown area? Being a longtime resident of Casa Grande, Casa Grande was, or the downtown area, was known as the place where businesses go to die.

And that myth is completely dispelled at this point.

Wayne Shutsky reports.

Life is good here in Casa Grande.

That's Treasury Secretary Scott Besant, after touring a Frito-Lay factory in Casa Grande, a rapidly expanding city about an hour south of Phoenix that sits at the northern edge of Congressional District 6, one of just 18 competitive districts across the country that could determine which party controls Congress after the midterms.

Besant and Speaker Mike Johnson spent their August visit talking up the ways they believe Republican policies, and specifically the one big beautiful bill, are benefiting CD6.

Here's Johnson.

Siskamani defended the legislation and said whether a company hires or lays off employees should be based on private business decisions, not federal tax credits.

Ultimately, it will be up to CD6 voters to decide whether the Big Beautiful Bill has been a boon or a bust for their community.

A few weeks after Siskamani's visit, Casa Grande resident Terry Arvizu appeared alongside Mendoza on a panel hosted by advocacy groups Climate Power and Rural Action Arizona.

Kenny Main's going to be in the corner.

Now, Mike, we know Bobby Jaggers and Main had a quote-unquote discussion on Main's name, and WrestleData lists Jaggers' first match as October 1972, three years almost to the date after this, in Casa Grande, Arizona.

What's your best guess as to who Bobby Main is here?

I believe Bobby Main is legitimately Lonnie Main's brother.