Hello Green Valley! Hope your coffee tastes especially good this morning. In today’s bring-the-kiddos edition: Property tax refunds, an escape room mystery, and rock art + excuses to get the fam out and about this week.
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01 — Worth knowing In the newsThree local stories this week, plus a few worth your money.
Taxpayer money on the way: Pima County will soon mail property tax refunds after a four-year valuation error. About 630 properties countywide overpaid $6 million, and the June 12 treasurer’s resignation cleared the way -- see the refund details.
Planning for watershed protection: Pima County outlined long-term flood and erosion solutions for the nearly 200,000-acre Brawley Wash watershed, identifying three action areas while working with NRCS, and will consult USDA to avoid impacts -- explore the watershed plan.
Growing local advisory team: Affirm Wealth Advisors opened a Green Valley office and added two experienced advisors, expanding alongside Tucson, Sierra Vista, and Peoria amid growing demand for financial planning across Southern Arizona -- meet the new advisors.
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03 — On our radar
Local business spotlightNearby spots we'd actually send a friend to.
Desert yard glow-up: Your garden deserves plants that like the same weather you do. Native Gardens of Green Valley is a neighborhood nursery with desert-savvy selections and easy inspiration, perfect for refreshing beds or adding a few indoor mood boosters this week.
Low-key local escape: Parque Los Arroyos has a small walking loop, a BMX pump track, and permanent games like cornhole and foosball, plus the eye-catching “Woven Bonds We’ve Grown Upon” by Jessica Gonzales. Easy local reset for restless kids or a low-key evening stroll when you just need outside time.
Beat the heat plan: When it’s too toasty to think, Triple Play is the easy local fix with mini golf, a lively arcade, cornhole, plus axe throwing and pickleball. Meet friends for burgers and a game or two, let the kids run wild, then call it a win.
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05 — The event calendar Fun for the famOur favorite upcoming kid and family-friendly events. All events are subject to change. Always check official event pages before heading out.
🎨 Rock Art @ Club Rancho Sahuarita | Wednesday (6/24) at 6:00 PM – Grab a seat and help class up the neighborhood with some rock art. A team member can guide you through a design, or you can freestyle, then send those little masterpieces out into the wild to brighten sidewalks, gardens, and the Monday blues.
🧩 Escape Room @ Quincie Douglas Library (Tucson) | Thursday (6/25) at 10:30 AM – Professor Voss has vanished from Ravenswood Academy, and the only answers are locked in his study. An escape room of ciphers, starry puzzles, and dusty academia, ideal for flexing the gray matter while debating who gets the last clue, not setting speed records.
🌿 Nature Stories: Deep Down Under @ Quincie Douglas Library (Tucson) | Saturday (6/27) at 10:30 AM – Trade small talk for deep time at Nature Stories: Deep Down Under, where the backyard doubles as a greatest-hits album of volcanoes, dinosaurs, mammoths, and sophisticated civilizations. It all happened here, and the proof sits under lawns and latte shops.
🎆 Sunset Red Rocks the Desert Diamond's Fireworks Extravaganza! @ Desert Diamond Casino (Sahuarita) | Saturday (6/27) at 7:00 PM – Out at Desert Diamond on Pima Mine Road, Sunset Red turns the outdoor space into a backyard concert, capped with a fireworks blowout. Seasoned ears, patient kids, and tolerable in-laws will all survive. Loud guitars, bright skies, and blissful freedom from small talk.
🏊 Swim Lessons @ El Pueblo Activity Center (Tucson) | Monday (6/29) – Teach the kids, and the too-cool teens, to swim like Tucson natives, not tumbleweeds. El Pueblo’s Starfish lessons cover confidence, strokes, and water safety for ages 3 to 17, so you can trade poolside hovering for shade, a hat, and smug parental pride.
👶 StarBabies @ Purple Heart Swimming Pool (Tucson) | Tuesday (6/30) – At Purple Heart, this parent and tot swim class gets little desert dwellers, 6 months to 3 years, comfy in the water, while you pick up real safety skills. Quality bonding, fewer bath-time meltdowns, and a cooler afternoon in Tucson. No cannonballs required.
🏊 Swim Lessons @ Quincie Douglas Pool (Tucson) | Tuesday (6/30) – Nothing beats getting the kids water-ready before the desert really turns up the heat. Quincie Douglas has lessons for ages 3 to 17, from parent-and-tot comfort-building to confident strokes for the big kids. Expect chlorine perfume, proud smiles, and actual life skills.
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07 — The Green Valley report Weather forecastToday — High: 107°F — Low: 74°F — Precip: 1%
Sunny, with a high near 107. Heat index values as high as 103. West wind 3 to 10 mph. Later: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Tomorrow — High: 106°F — Low: 73°F — Precip: 7%
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