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MARANA 2020 Official Guide to Marana, Arizona Pullout Marana Map for ’20 Look inside for 20 reasons why Marana is the place to be in 2020 www.MaranaChamber.com • (520) 682-4314 • [email protected] Table of Contents Welcome ..................................... 6 Marana Chamber of Commerce ............................. 7 Feature Story ............................... 8 About Marana .......................... 10 The Town of Marana ................ 14 Police Department .................. 16 Important Numbers ................. 17 Fire Department ....................... 18 Volunteering.............................. 20 Utilities & Area Attractions ....... 21 Education .................................. 22 Parks & Recreation ................... 24 Healthcare ................................ 25 Members in Alphabetical Order .................. 28 Members by Category ............ 32 Join the Marana Chamber Today ....................... 47 Marana Marketplace .............. 48 13881 N Casa Grande Highway Marana, Arizona 85653-9312 Phone: (520) 682-4314 Fax: (520) 682-2303 Email: [email protected] Web: www.MaranaChamber.com Cover & Table of Contents Photos Cover photo courtesy of Charles T. Peden; Table of Contents photos courtesy of the Town of Marana and HawkView Aerial Solutions. © 2020 by Marana Chamber of Commerce. All rights reserved. No part of Marana: 2020 Official Guide to, Marana, Arizona may be reproduced in any fashion, including any electronic form, without written permission of the Marana Chamber of Commerce. Welcome! A Message from Audra Winters President/CEO of the Marana Chamber of Commerce elcome to Marana! What a great year it has been. To say I love Marana would be an understatement. During this last W year I have met so many wonderful people and learned so much. Marana is a growing forward-thinking town. If you haven’t experience Marana I hope as you look through the 2020 Official Guide of Marana, you will fall in love with the area and all that this great community has to offer. I hope you will take advantage of the top 20 reasons that make Marana great. Marana is the ideal place to be in business, raise a family or retire. The Marana Chamber of Commerce is the voice of business that works to build economic growth and quality of life in our community. We know our local business owners and managers, and we are committed to building business & community relationships. No matter what your business goals are — from networking to building your online marketing strategy to community involvement — the Chamber will work with you to make sure you’re making the most of your membership. If you are interested in doing business or have a business Audra Winters, IOM in Marana please consider joining the Chamber. With a membership President/CEO of the Marana base of 600 we are focused on issues that affect our members and Chamber of Commerce community. The Chamber hosts more than 50 events a year from AudraWinters@ networking to educational. MaranaChamber.com Thank you for choosing Marana. I hope that you will make the Chamber your first stop when you arrive to town or if you already live Marana Chamber of here, we hope that you will stop by. The staff and I will be more than Commerce Staff happy to share our experiences and favorite local sites with you. Rebecca Kososkie Executive Vice President, Membership & Business Development RebeccaKososkie@ MaranaChamber.com Tammie McElroy Executive Assistant TammieMcElroy@ MaranaChamber.com Sarah Bridges Administrative Assistant SarahBridges@ MaranaChamber.com General Inquiries Info@ MaranaChamber.com 6 2020 Official Guide to Marana, Arizona Marana Chamber of Commerce Marana Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors For more information about the Marana Chamber of Commerce, Networking Events and Marana Chamber Committees, visit www.MaranaChamber.com. 2020 Official Guide to Marana, Arizona 7 Feature Story Let the sunshine in One of the biggest reasons people for ’20 are moving here is 20 that glowing orb in Here are our Top 20 reasons why Marana the sky. The region boasts an average is the place to be in 2020 and beyond of 350 sunny days a year. Photos courtesy of the Town of Marana Safe at Eventful Cool home…and From Founders schools Day in the spring everywhere Public and to the Christmas charter schools else Tree Lighting held offer multiple Thanks to an the first Saturday possibilities, outstanding police in December, including free full- department, Marana Marana is the day kindergarten, is named one of the place to be for STEM, private safest communities in Southern Arizona and vocational Arizona every year. events. options. Chow down Drink up Take off Fodor’s travel guides found Local and national Marana Regional Airport has it all: Marana’s cuisine so unique and craft beers flow in hangars, flight lessons, helicopter historic that it inspired seasonal our community. tours and a quick way in and out gastronomy tours. Who wouldn’t of town. want to try a pint of mesquite smoked pecan dopplebock? Haute hotel Take a hike The only Ritz-Carlton in the state The 29 miles of trails in the is in Marana and the newly Tortolita Mountains are refurbished hotel is more beautiful unmatched in Southern than ever. Arizona. Go on a guided hike Outlet for with Town retail therapy Recreation Quality products and deep Department discounts are always in fashion at experts. Tucson Premium Outlets. 8 2020 Official Guide to Marana, Arizona Feature Story Wheels keep turning Plentiful Sonoran Marana is a bicycle-friendly parks scenery community with parts of the From pocket parks Watching a mid-20th county-wide loop in master-planned century Western? There’s system and part subdivisions to regional a chance it was shot in of El Tour de ones scattered across the Sonoran Desert. That Tucson running town, there’s no lack scenery looks even better through town. of recreational spots in color. in Marana. Many also offer dog areas. Top entertainment Eat, drink and tee it up at Top golf one of Marana’s most There are three vibrant hotspots — public courses and Topgolf. Who says one private in our golf is a stuffy game? town. Two of them For the birds formerly hosted Migrating and year-round birds the World Golf are drawn to the river, bringing Championships birders from across the country to Accenture Match the Santa Cruz. Play. Top-notch care Downtown Living history Carondelet Health Network, awakening Founded by town MHC Healthcare and Northwest matriarch Ora Mae New public art Healthcare are all committed to Harn, the Marana and restaurants our community with one goal in Heritage are going mind: helping people Conservancy up, furthering stay well. promotes the plans for a new education and exciting and preservation Downtown of our community’s Marana. storied history. At your service We at the Marana Chamber appreciate the more than 600 members who trust us to help make their businesses successful. We look forward to working on your behalf in 2020 and beyond. 2020 Official Guide to Marana, Arizona 9 About Marana HISTORY busts, stagecoaches, pioneers and September 68 96 1.33 KMKR 99.9 FM Variety Once a small farming town, Marana the railroads. By 1890, Marana’s October 57 86 0.86 KPYT 100.3 FM Ethnic has grown into a place that appeals name was coined by Spanish- November 46 75 0.58 KQMR 100.3 FM Spanish Hits to those who enjoy a rural area speaking railroad workers for the December 39 66 1.13 KPYU 100.7 FM Ethnic that has the amenities of a larger dense tangle of brush they cleared, Source: Weather Channel K265CW 100.9 FM Oldies KKYZ 101.1 FM Oldies community. Positioned between a “Maraña.” Today, Marana covers K268DC 101.5 FM Oldies Phoenix and, Tucson, Arizona’s more than 120 square miles with an BASIC INFORMATION K269FV 101.7 FM Oldies largest commercial centers, Marana estimated population of 47,000. Founded: 1881 KFMA 102.1 FM Rock connects businesses to major Incorporated: 1977 KWAK 102.5 FM Ethnic markets and world-class resources, TOWN OF MARANA Elevation: 2,000 K274AQ 103.1FM Classic Rock including research facilities, financial DEMOGRAPHICS K277CV 103.3 FM Regional Mexican institutions, a skilled workforce KFLT 104.1 FM Christian Contemp. www.maranaaz.gov/demographics Distance to Major Cities: and transportation options. While K285DL 104.9 FM Sports WEATHER 88 miles Phoenix: KZLZ 105.3 FM Regional Mexican Marana incorporated in 1977, with Avg. Low (°F) 55.4 Tucson: 1 mile XHNES 105.9 FM Spanish News about 10 square miles and 1,500 Avg. High (°F) 84.1 Located in Pima and Pinal counties residents, its heritage spans many KTGV 106.3 FM Rhythmic Oldies Precip. (in.) 12.0 K294CR 106.7 FM Religious centuries. Positioned on the Santa Nearby Highways: I-10 K269GT 107.1 FM Christian Contemp. Population Cruz River, the area was influenced by L H P KHYT 107.5 FM Classic Hits 1990 2010 census 2018 est. Native Americans and the area’s first K300CV 107.9 FM Spanish Christian European visitor, Jesuit missionary January 39 66 1.01 Marana Father Eusebio Francisco Kino. A February 42 69 1.03 2,187 34,961 47,007 AM RADIO STATIONS parade of historical figures continued March 46 75 0.93 Pima County KSAZ 580 AM Spanish Christian to shape Marana for 200 years: the April 52 83 0.34 666,957 980,263 1,039,073 KCEE 690 AM Religious Juan Bautista de Anza expedition, May 61 92 0.24 Arizona KNST 790 AM News/Talk the Mormon Battalion, Gold Rush June 69 101 0.17 3,665,228 6,392,017 7,171,646 KDRI 830 AM Oldies prospectors, Civil War soldiers in July 74 101 2.10 KGMS 940 AM Religious battle, local miners in booms and August 72 99 2.47 Source: Pima County QuickFacts from KTKT 990 AM Spanish Hits the US Census Bureau KVOI 1030 AM Talk For more information, visit 2010, KGVY 1080 AM Oldies Marana, Arizona United States KEVT 1210 AM Regional Mexican Census Quick Stats at www.