NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
Commercial haulers will no longer be allowed to fill from city hydrants for delivery of potable water outside city limits. The price of water for 1,000 or more Desert Hills and New River residents could double or triple.
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Population growth between Happy Valley Road and Carefree Highway will soon force construction of another elementary school to accommodate new students. Meanwhile, other DVUSD schools are shrinking.
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Boulder Creek is the largest DVUSD high school right now. But if projections hold, it will have fewer students than Sandra Day O’Connor High School and Barry Goldwater High School by fall 2024.
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Elementary school enrollment is declining in Anthem, Tramonto and Desert Hills, even as nearby North Phoenix schools see student populations growing.
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There’s a new Anthem-based organization for kids in search of volunteer opportunities to support veterans and their families. Youth for
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Mountainside Fitness plans to open its second 85085 location in December in a 49,000-square-foot space formerly occupied by Sports Chalet in Happy Valley Towne Center, alleviating crowding at the Carefree Highway location eight miles north, and the Lake Pleasant location nine miles west.
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TruHIT Fitness, offering high-intensity training in group classes with a personalized approach, expects to open later this month in NoPho. The 4,600-square-foot gym will offer customized nutrition plans and on-site daycare.
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TGI Fridays in North Phoenix closed June 11, but the building won’t be vacant long. Carlos O’Brien’s Mexican Restaurant & Pub plans to open in the space by late July. It’ll be the fourth Valley location for the chain, under the same family ownership since 1978.
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An intriguing 40-acre development near Sonoran Foothills in North Phoenix plans a dog park, community pool and splash pad — plus a neighborhood shopping plaza to include an as-yet-unnamed grocery store.
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Three years ago, Caurus Academy struggled to fill classrooms. Now as enrollment grows, with students from Anthem and the North Phoenix area, the charter school plans to lease additional space for an expanded middle-school program this fall and a high school the following year.
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Creative Castle Preschool and Kindergarten plans to add classroom space this fall along with a recreational room featuring a virtual reality floor. A new building will house two additional classrooms and a 2,000-square-foot indoor gym with a rock-climbing wall, ball pit and the virtual reality playground, which makes the floor behave something like a giant iPad mimicking an outdoor playground or other interactive games.
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