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Complimentary ∆ East ∆ Valley ∆ ∆ ∆ ∆ ommunity R C eferen ce 2014 - 2015 Guide Serving locals, snowbirds & newcomers in the communities of Apache Junction, Gilbert, Gold Canyon, Mesa, Queen Creek and Tempe THE EAST VALLEY’S BEST GUIDE TO community information medical care • professional services local dining & attractions and more! mesavisitorguide.com Published exclusively for the residents of and visitors to the East Valley, this mesavisitorguide.com East Valley Community Reference Guide This guide promises to be something you’ll is supported solely by the participating businesses enjoy and depend on for everything to within this publication. know about the East Valley. There will be Please show your appreciation by supporting these sponsors. times when you want immediate access to This annual publication is distributed free of charge. information, location and businesses but don’t have your Guide with you. 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Compass Marketing Group, LLC [email protected] mesavisitorguide.com mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2014-2015 1 East Valley Community Reference Guide 2014 - 2015 contents Community Profiles ............................6 27 Important Phone Numbers .......................8 Relocation Information ..........................9 Local Business Directory .....................10-12 Shop ‘til You Drop Retail Guide ...................14 Your Health Medical Guide . 16 Home Services ...............................18 RV Services..................................22 Staying in - TV & Radio listing ....................28 Eat, Drink & Be Merry! Dining Guide...............30 features Attractions & Recreation ........................36 Buy Local . 13 Performing Arts in the Valley . 44 Shopping Centers . 15 Valley Sports Events ...........................48 Before You Explore . 17 Tee Time! Golf Guide...........................49 5 Ways to Green Your RV . 24 Downtown Mesa . 25 Coupons....................................51 Mesa Arts Center . 27 Guide Distribution Locations .....................52 Advice for Canadians in Arizona . 29 Worship Guide ...............................53 Agri-Tourism: From Field to Fork . 34 Valley of the Sun Map.......................54-55 Fresh From the Farmers’ Market . .35 Advertiser Index..............................56 Downtown Gilbert . 37 East Valley Map ..............inside back cover & flap Highway 88 - Tour the Loop . 38 Get Out . Enjoy! . 43 Cubs Park & more . 47 47 Get Outta Town! Day Trips . 50 Buy Cover photo courtesy of Mesa Arts Center. Local! Copyright © 2014 Compass Marketing Group, LLC. All rights reserved. No part of this publication, including design, layout and integration may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. For information, call 480.513.8147, e-mail [email protected] Art Direction: in Demand arts Graphic Design Marketing Agent: Doug Willoughby Printed in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A. 36 mesavisitorguide.com 2 East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2014-2015 mesavisitorguide.com Welcome to the East Valley encompassing Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Queen Creek, Apache Junction, Gold Canyon, Superior, Globe & Miami You’ll find it here... featuring all the East Valley expansion are underway to handle additional has to offer – a variety of vibrant lifestyle options passenger demand in the future. for locals, seasonal residents and newcomers, all Downtown Gilbert’s Heritage District is surrounded by a selection of services, based on alive with a variety of new unique dining options, resident interests, needs and health requirements. Gilbert Historical Museum, Hale Centre Theatre Within close proximity of these residential and Gilbert Farmers’ Market. neighborhoods are a wealth of retail, medical, An “Advice for Canadians in Arizona” and other services, plus many leisure pursuits, article highlights special services available to including golf, history, entertainment venues, arts, Canadians traveling in the U.S., provided by culture, dining options, sports, hiking trails, and the Consulate General of Canada, Los Angeles premier accommodations for tourists, business office. clients, and short term guests. Learn about where our food comes from, and Downtown Mesa is being transformed: the how it is grown. The agri-tourism feature “From Mesa Arts Center (MAC) offers a diversified Field to Fork”, connects you to local farms entertainment venue; extension of the Metro and their specialty products, such as olives, fresh Light Rail system is fruits, vegetables, and under construction much more. Included is through downtown a list of local Farmers’ on Main Street; Markets to access fresh a greater variety produce and locally of dining options; grown products. the enhanced Art District with more Find it all here in the festivals, art shows i.d.e.a Museum leading resource and community- magazine serving oriented events; Mesa Arts Center the East Valley – construction of a unique feature stories, new Senior Adult complex near the MAC; and access to a variety of services, a user-friendly opening of liberal arts colleges sharing a new Business Directory, an oversized East Valley cooperative campus. Be sure to view the large map and Valley of the Sun map are included in variety of tourist-oriented services provided by this expanded 11th annual edition. Whether the Downtown Mesa Association in this Guide. you‘re visiting for a day, a week, a season or are full timers, you’ll appreciate all the resource Northwest Mesa is also in transition, with information this Guide provides to help you get completion of the new Cubs Stadium, dubbed around. Each advertiser is dedicated to providing Wrigleyville West, at Riverview Park, and the the highest quality customer service. They renovated Hohokam Stadium, home of the sponsor this print and online magazine, so please Oakland A’s. patronize them and let them know you found To the southeast, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway them in this East Valley Community Guide, Airport is emerging as a booming passenger or online at mesavisitorguide.com. hub, with increased passenger traffic connecting Published by Compass Marketing Group, LLC to more communities. Major improvements and 480.513.8147 • [email protected] mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2014-2015 3 4 East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2014-2015 mesavisitorguide.com mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2014-2015 5 Community profiles To the uninitiated, it would seem that the Valley of the Sun is just one big metropolitan/ suburban sprawl. As you drive along, it’s sometimes difficult to tell when you pass from one city to another unless you know a bit about these communities, each offering their own unique identity. Four of the East Valley communities are profiled here. Gilbert Apache Junction The Town of Gilbert was incorporated in The City of Apache Junction has a year- 1920 and its population is currently about round population of 37,000 that increases 210,000, making it a big little town. The to 75,000 during Heritage District in the heart of downtown the winter season. is full of a variety of dining, art galleries, Situated against boutiques and the Gilbert Historical the magnificent Museum. As you Superstition leave downtown, Mountains, the residential areas this desert community is the gateway to are well supplied the historic Apache Trail (Hwy. 88) and with convenient proudly takes its place in this area’s rich shopping and Native American, Western settler and restaurants. Gilbert is home to the Riparian cattlemen, Spanish explorer and even gold Institute, a 110-acre nature preserve and prospecting heritage. Stop in “AJ” to shop or wetland where you can see 200+ species of grab a bite to eat then continue on through birds. Just south of Loop 101 you can enjoy some of the wildest and most beautiful local and imported entertainment at the landscape in the East Valley. www.ajcity.net Higley Center for the Performing Arts and Hale Centre Theatre. visitgilbertaz.com Mesa Queen Creek As the third-largest city in On the southeast outskirts of the Valley, Arizona, Mesa is thriving. the Town of Queen Creek has attracted an Current population is over amazing number of new 500,000 and growing. residents in the past 10 Incorporated in 1883, Mesa has seen a lot of years. Originally a farming history in the East Valley and that history is community and railroad lovingly preserved in historic neighborhoods, stop, Queen Creek has several museums and a quaint downtown maintained some of that country appeal while area. Next to the old is a lot of new, too. The keeping pace with the convenience needs of Mesa Arts Center in the heart of downtown its growing population. For entertainment, is a hub of activity and entertainment. The the Queen Creek Performing Arts Center Chicago Cubs have come to Mesa for Spring provides theater