Complimentary ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ ˚ front cover East Valley inside front cover (2) munity R Com efere nce 2018 Guide Serving locals, snowbirds & newcomers in the communities of Apache Junction, Gilbert, Globe/Miami, Gold Canyon, Mesa and Queen Creek THE EAST VALLEY’S BEST GUIDE TO community information medical care • professional services local dining & attractions and more! The Mining Camp will rise again! Read about it on page 44... mesavisitorguide.com inside front cover mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2016-2017 1 East Valley Community Reference Guide 2018 contents features Advice for Canadians in Arizona . 6-7 Community Profiles ............................5 East Valley’s Gateway Airport . .11 Important Phone Numbers .......................8 Bookmans Entertainment Exchange . 13. Relocation Information ..........................9 Shopping Centers . 13 Medical Tourism through Cochise County 14 Local Business Directory .....................10-11 Sleep and Your Health . 16 Shop ‘til You Drop Retail Guide ...................12 “Disrupt Aging - The Book” . 18 Your Health Medical Guide . 14 Wine Bars & Microbreweries . 26 Agri-Tourism: From Field to Fork . 27 Home Services ...............................19 Fresh From the Farmers’ Market . .29 RV Services & Resorts ..........................21 Downtown Mesa . 31, 42 Eat, Drink & Be Merry! Dining Guide...............24 Take the Light Rail . 42 What to do in Apache Junction . 36 Attractions & Recreation ........................32 Get Out . Enjoy! . 34 Performing Arts in the Valley . 43 Highway 88 - Tour the Loop . 38 Valley Sports Events ...........................48 Get Outta Town! Day Trips . 41 Pickleball and Arizona . 46 Tee Time! Golf Guide...........................49 Phoenix Rising Football Club . 46 Staying in - TV & Radio listing ....................51 Cactus League Lineup . 47 Guide Distribution Locations .....................52 Downtown Gilbert . 50 Worship Guide ...............................53 Valley of the Sun Map.......................54-55 mesavisitorguide.com This guide promises to be something you’ll enjoy Advertiser Index..............................56 and depend on for everything to know about the East Valley Map ..............inside back cover & flap East Valley. There will be times when you want immediate access to information, location and businesses but don’t have your Guide with you. Log on to mesavisitorguide.com on your computer or smart phone and you’ll have it all at your fingertips. You can even download a digital copy of this great East Valley resource! Scan this code with your mobile device Cover photo by Mining Camp Restuarant ☛ to get mobile access to this Guide, anytime. 29 Copyright © 2017 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 Agents: Jan Courtney mesavisitorguide.com 2 East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2017-2018 mesavisitorguide.com Welcome to the East Valley encompassing Apache Junction, Gilbert, Globe/Miami, Gold Canyon, Mesa & Queen Creek You’ll find it here... featuring all the eastern portion alive with a variety of unique eateries, Hale of the East Valley has to offer – a variety of vibrant Centre Theatre, Gilbert Farmers’ Market and lifestyle options for locals, seasonal residents new town parking garage. Nearby is Agritopia, and newcomers, all surrounded by a selection of an urban farm mixed-use planned community. services, based on individual interests, needs and enjoyment. An expanded “Advice for Canadians in Within close proximity Arizona” article to a mix of residential highlights special neighborhoods for all services available to ages is a wealth of retail, Canadians traveling medical, and services, in the U.S., provided plus many leisure by the Consulate pursuits including golf, General of Canada, entertainment venues, arts, culture, dining, Los Angeles office. Mesa Arts Center sports, hiking trails, and Learn about where premier accommodations Fall Festival in Mesa our food comes from, for tourists, snowbirds, and how it is grown. business clients and short term guests. The agri-tourism feature “From Field to Downtown Mesa is being transformed: the Fork”, connects you to local farms and their Mesa Arts Center (MAC) offers a diversified specialty products, such as olives, fresh fruits, entertainment venue; extension of the Metro Light Rail system is now complete through downtown on vegetables, and much more. Included is a list of Main Street; a greater variety of dining options; the local Farmer’s Markets to access fresh produce enhanced Art District with more festivals, art shows and locally grown products. and community-oriented events; addition of a new Find it all here in the leading resource magazine Senior Adult complex near the MAC; opening of serving the East Valley – unique feature stories, two liberal arts colleges and development plans for access to a variety of services, a user-friendly a new downtown ASU campus. Visit Downtown Mesa Association to learn about the variety of Business Directory, an oversized East Valley map tourist-oriented services in downtown Mesa. and Valley of the Sun map are included in this Northwest Mesa is also in transition, with the 14th annual edition. Whether you‘re visiting new Cubs stadium, Sloan Park at Riverview Park, for a day, a week, a season or are full timers, the renovated Hohokam Stadium, home of the you’ll appreciate all the resource information this Oakland A’s and upgrades at Mesa Riverview Guide provides to help you get around. Each Shopping Center. advertiser is dedicated to providing the highest To the southeast, Phoenix-Mesa Gateway quality customer service. They sponsor this print Airport is emerging as a booming passenger and digital magazine, so please patronize them hub, with increased passenger traffic connecting and let them know you found them in this East to more communities. Major improvements Valley Community Guide, or online at and expansion are underway to handle future mesavisitorguide.com. passenger demand. Published by Compass Marketing Group, LLC Downtown Gilbert’s Heritage District is 480.513.8147 • [email protected] mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2017-2018 3 4 East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE GUIDE 2016-2017 mesavisitorguide.com 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 1920 The City of Apache Junction has a year- and its population is currently about 210,000, round population of 37,000 that increases making it a big little town. The Heritage to 75,000 during District in the heart of downtown now offers the winter season. a variety of dining, art galleries, boutiques Situated against and the Gilbert Historical Museum. As you the magnificent leave downtown, the Superstition residential areas are Mountains, this well supplied with desert community is the gateway to the convenient shopping historic Apache Trail (Hwy. 88) and proudly and restaurants. takes its place in this area’s rich Native Gilbert is home to American, Western settler and cattlemen, the Riparian Institute, a 110-acre nature Spanish explorer and even gold prospecting preserve and wetland where you can see 200+ heritage. Stop in “AJ” to shop or grab a bite species of birds. Farmland south of Loop 202 to eat then continue on through some of the is disappearing due to explosive residential wildest and most beautiful landscape in the development. Nearby Phoenix-Mesa Gateway East Valley. ajcity.net Airport provides ease of access throughout the U.S. 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 been part of Mesa for provides theater productions from around Spring Training for many years and opened the country. There are many local farming Sloan Park, a state-of-the-art facility for their destinations to visit, too. Schnepf Farms fans’ enjoyment. Tucked into the residential and the Queen Creek Olive Mill offer areas are active RV resorts whose residents locally-grown products with attractive and become temporary Mesa enthusiasts during entertaining venues. You’ll find information the winter season. cityofmesa.org about these in this Guide. queencreek.org mesavisitorguide.com East Valley COMMUNITY REFERENCE