Maricopa Chamber Director’s Blog

Jun 30

Second Annual Global Water Zone

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Last modified: June 30, 2008

This year’s ZONE will be bigger and better than ever!

Dunk Tank - Fund Raise for the Food Bank >”3 Throws for $1.00″ Come and Dunk your favorite Council Person, City Employee and more…

Fire Truck & Water Hoses
Tropical Water Slide
Jungle Bouncer Slide Slip & Dip Water Slide
Curvy Water Slide
8 Foot Straight Slide
Castle Combo Slide

Not in to water? Don’t want to get wet? Check out these other activities available!

Pie Eating Contest
Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest
Movie In the Park “The Sand Lot”
Whiffle Ball Tournament
Spectacular Fireworks Display
Plenty of Great BBQ & Treats ( for additional cost)

Admission to the park is FREE! To ease the traffic burden there will be no public parking at the park. Residents are encouraged to use the FREE shuttle service being provided by the City of Maricopa. For more parking details…

Jun 25

COPA Cares continues clean up at The Villages

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Last modified: June 25, 2008

Maricopa, Ariz. (June 25, 2008) - COPA cares, a community project sponsored by the City of Maricopa Community Services Department and ACE Hardware, will be cleaning up overgrown weeds and straightening up yards at 18 homes in The Villages of Rancho El Dorado on Saturday, June 28 beginning at 6:30 a.m.

COPA Cares has tackled two additional projects in the past month, yard clean ups at Alterra and Acacia Crossings. Over 80 volunteers helped pull weeds and straighten yards at 60 properties in these neighborhoods.

“COPA Cares benefits the community by bringing people together to assist one another,” stated Community Services Director Martin McDonald. “Neighbors are uniting in an effort to help those that are unable to clean their yards, and to help with yard maintenance of empty houses.”

“Maricopa is a community with a heart,” Mayor Anthony Smith proclaimed. “And, COPA Cares demonstrates this. As this program expands beyond yard clean-up and into other facets of assistance, it is the community that will come together and make this program successful.”

If you are interested in assisting with upcoming COPA Cares projects, contact Brian Duncan at brian.duncan@maricopa-az.gov or 520/316-6989.

COPA CARES is a community service program sponsored by the City of Maricopa Community Services Department and ACE Hardware. This program demonstrates the fact that Maricopa is a community with a heart. COPA Cares projects include: yard clean-up, food drives, foreclosure prevention and special projects.

Jun 4

Santa Rosa Bridge to get underway

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Last modified: June 4, 2008

Press Release from
The City Of Maricopa
June 3, 2008

Maricopa, Ariz. (June 3, 2008) - At tonight’s City Council meeting, held at 7:00 p.m. at Global Water Center, the Council voted unanimously to award a contract to DBA Construction in the amount of $2,444,489.80 to construct a bridge over the Santa Rosa Wash on Honeycutt Road.

The bridge will be four lanes wide, include pedestrian sidewalks and is ADA compliant. Construction on the bridge is expected to begin in early July with an estimated completion date in January 2009.

“It is anticipated that Honeycutt Road will remain open during bridge development,” stated Development Services Director Brent Billingsley. “The only exception would be a short closure for the construction of the temporary bypass road.”

This will be the City’s first major construction project. The bridge was originally stipulated to the Tortosa development, but in order to ensure citizen safety and move the completion date forward the City took over the project.

Funding is $1 million from transportation DIF, $750,000 from Pinal County half-cent road tax and the remaining $750,000 is from the general fund capital reserve.