NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
A map illustrating a proposal to incorporate New River and Desert Hills into a town mostly jogs around Anthem―but notches into the southernmost commercial district along Daisy Mountain Drive to include Circle K, CVS, and the Anthem Crossroads Plaza, where Fry’s Marketplace is located.
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The City of Phoenix late Friday extended a deadline that will allow water haulers to continue supplying trucked-in water to rural residents while the utility company EPCOR builds a new water hauling station to replace the city’s supply.
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A water-hauling station to serve residents of New River and Desert Hills will be operational by the end of July, the utility EPCOR now says. But in this months-long saga, rural residents now face, yet again, a gap in their water supply. The City of Phoenix won’t yet say if it will extend a deadline to shut off the supply of hauled water for some 1,500 rural residents April 30.
Read More >>>In a series of public meetings, the community group New River/Desert Hills Water will explain a proposal to develop a Domestic Water Improvement District (DWID), a not-for-profit entity that could work with government agencies and utilities to secure water rights and deliver water to residents.
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EPCOR’s plan to build a water-hauling station on the outskirts of Anthem to serve New River and Desert Hills residents has been held up by an 11th-hour snag involving permitting requirements from the Army Corps of Engineers. It’s not yet known if or when the project will proceed, but participants are optimistic.
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Applause broke out among about 70 rural residents at a board meeting last night as Anthem Community Council approved plans from EPCOR to build a water-hauling station to serve residents of New River and Desert Hills. Now the race is on to build the facility before Phoenix shuts off the rural water supply April 30.
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Anthem Community Council will hold a special meeting Thursday, Feb. 22 to consider a revised plan from EPCOR for a water-hauling station to serve New River and Desert Hills residents.
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Independent voters in Anthem, Tramonto, New River and Desert Hills may vote in the Feb. 27 primary for a special election to fill Trent Franks’ US Congress seat. Here’s how to request a ballot for one of the parties—Republican, Democratic or Green—without actually changing your Independent designation. And all registered voters still have time to request an early ballot by mail.
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Smoke drifting east-to-west into North Phoenix this morning was due to a fire in an apparently abandoned home near Desert Hills Drive and 7th Avenue. The boarded up, burning house collapsed into its basement.
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The public is invited to a meeting Thursday evening, Jan. 11, to provide input on proposed polling places in Maricopa County for a special election this spring to fill the seat in the U.S. House of Representatives created by the resignation of Trent Franks. District 8 includes Anthem, New River, Desert Hills and other parts of the western Valley down to the I-10.
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As the year draws to an end, those of us in danger of losing access to affordable water can now rejoice!
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