Good morning, East Mesa. Highs sit near 105 through Wednesday with afternoon storm chances climbing toward 45%, so run errands early and keep an umbrella in the car.
- 🏗️ Boeing's Mesa plant plans a 268,000 sq ft expansion. The design review lands Tuesday, near Falcon Field.
- 🏠 538 new listings came onto the Mesa market last month.
- 🏫 Mountain View and Eastmark High open their campuses this week. A tour Wednesday, Meet the Teacher Thursday.
- 🎶 Live music at Las Sendas and Augusta Ranch. Plus a Saturday farmers market at Eastmark Great Park.
- 🏗️ Eastmark Corridor and Dev Watch. A 261-unit apartment plan and a trade-zone vote near Sossaman.
- 🎫 Around the Valley. Drum corps in Mesa, Evanescence and Young the Giant in Phoenix.
Boeing eyes a bigger footprint near Falcon Field
Boeing's Mesa manufacturing site is asking the city for room to grow, and the plan reaches Mesa's Design Review Board on Tuesday.
- What: a roughly 268,000 sq ft expansion of an existing manufacturing facility, filed as the "Boeing ACA Expansion."
- Where: a 38-acre site about 1,700 feet north of Greenfield and McDowell, in the Falcon Field employment area.
- When: Mesa's Design Review Board takes it up Tuesday, July 14.
- District: Council District 5.
Boeing is one of East Mesa's anchor aerospace employers, part of the aviation cluster that has built up around Falcon Field since the airfield's WWII origins. A 38-acre, quarter-million-square-foot addition points to a plant adding capacity, not trimming it. Details beyond the size and location were not in the filing.
The Design Review Board sets the site and building design; construction timelines would come separately. The filing.
Around East Mesa
- 🏠 538 new listings came onto the Mesa market last month.
- 🌳 Fall Parks and Recreation registration is open. Mesa's fall catalog runs from youth sports to 55+ classes, and sessions fill early. Details.
🏗️ Eastmark Corridor and Dev Watch
What's getting built along Ellsworth, Signal Butte, and the East Mesa industrial corridor.
Apartments and retail cleared review at Signal Butte and Rubidium. "Homestead at Eastmark," an 11.7-acre plan for 261 apartments plus about 2 acres of retail and commercial space, cleared Mesa's Planning and Zoning Board with a recommendation of approval and conditions. It sits at the southwest corner of Signal Butte and Rubidium and now awaits a final council vote. The staff report.
A trade-zone deal near Sossaman goes to council. The city is set to sign a Foreign Trade Zone agreement (a customs designation that lets goods be stored and processed with deferred duties) with Arrow Global Supply Chain Services for three sites on East Pecos and South Sossaman. Council votes Monday, July 20. The resolution.
The week
Monday
- 🎸 Las Sendas Live Music Nights. Live music up in northeast Mesa on Eagle Crest Drive.
Tuesday
- 🧀 Public charcuterie workshop. Build a board at XOXO Charcuterie on North Power Road.
Wednesday
- 🧠 Trivia night at On The Green Sports Grill. Free to play, 6:30 PM, prizes for winning teams.
- ⚽ World Cup watch party at Red Mountain Library. A live match on the big screen, all ages.
- 🃏 Pokémon trading card club. Kids bring a deck to Red Mountain Library; loaner cards on hand.
Thursday
- 💻 HOTspot digital help desk. Drop-in tech help at Red Mountain Library, 2 PM.
- ⚾ Prep baseball at Arizona Athletic Grounds. West Cup tournament ball on the AZ Grounds diamonds.
Saturday
- 🥕 Eastmark Farmers Market. Saturday morning at Eastmark Great Park on Eastmark Parkway.
- 🎶 Live music at Augusta Ranch Golf Club. Music on the patio in central East Mesa.
From the schools
- 🎓 Campus tour at Mountain View High. A walk-through with Dr. Oliver on Wednesday, July 15; sign up ahead of time. Details.
- 🔥 Meet the Teacher at Eastmark High. The Firebirds (Queen Creek Unified, the district that covers Eastmark) open their doors Thursday, July 16 at 5 PM. Details.
- 🥁 Band camp at Desert Ridge. All-day marching rehearsals run through the week at the Gilbert Public Schools campus in East Mesa.
- 📋 MPS governing board meets July 23. The district's public meeting is set for 6 PM at the Stapley Drive offices.
- 📊 State report cards under scrutiny. A new state audit faulted Arizona's A-to-F school grading system, which the Department of Education says it plans to reform. Details.
Around the Valley
A few picks worth leaving the east side for this week.
Drum Corps International, Mesa. The DCI tour stops at John D. Riggs Stadium on Monday night. Competition-level marching brass and percussion, and it is the closest the tour gets to East Mesa. Tickets.
Young The Giant, Cold War Kids and KennyHoopla, Phoenix. A stacked alt-rock triple bill at Arizona Financial Theatre on Tuesday. Tickets.
Evanescence, Spiritbox and Nova Twins, Phoenix. A loud one at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Wednesday. Tickets.
Dear Evan Hansen, Phoenix. The Tony-winning musical runs at Phoenix Theatre on Wednesday. A good night out for theater fans. Tickets.