Good morning, Eastmark. It's a holiday week, with fireworks legal on private property through July 6 and the neighborhood's own July 4 celebration on Saturday.
📦 A logistics trade-zone deal near Gateway Airport heads to council July 20.
🇺🇸 July 4 at Eastmark: Happy Birthday, USA, fireworks, and the Saturday farmers market.
📚 BASIS Mesa opens its campus for a family tour July 7.
🏠 A 2023-built Eastmark home just sold for $1,000,000.
📋 Still Tracking: Sprouts, Liv at Eastmark, and the Brakes Plus site plan.
🎟️ Around the Valley: four shows and a ballgame worth the drive.
A logistics deal near Gateway Airport heads to council
Mesa is set to sign off on a foreign trade zone agreement for a logistics operator at three sites just southwest of Eastmark, near Mesa Gateway Airport.
Key facts:
- What: a Foreign Trade Zone operator agreement (a federal designation that lets companies defer or skip customs duties on imported goods until they ship out) with Arrow Global Supply Chain Services.
- Where: 7449 and 7453 East Pecos Road, plus 7250 South Sossaman Road, near the airport.
- District: Mesa District 6, which covers Eastmark.
- Vote: Mesa City Council, July 20.
The sites sit inside the Gateway employment zone, the same airport-and-data-center corridor on Eastmark's south and east edges that has pulled jobs, industrial buildings, and perimeter traffic toward the neighborhood for years. A trade-zone designation is a routine tool for the distribution operators that move imported goods through a hub like this one.
What to watch: the council vote on July 20. The agreement is here.
The week ahead
- 🎖️ Veterans Helping Veterans, Tuesday at 10am. The newly formed club meets in the classroom at The 'Mark. Details.
- 📖 Women's Bible Study, Wednesday. In person 10 to 11:30am, or virtual 6:30 to 7:30pm. Details.
- 🇺🇸 Happy Birthday, USA on Saturday. Eastmark's July 4 celebration and fireworks. The 'Mark closes at 7pm so staff can be with their families. Details.
- 🥬 Eastmark Farmers Market, Saturday 8am to noon. In the Great Park parking lot just south of Gateway Library. Details.
Around Eastmark
- 🏠 A new $1,000,000 sale. A 2023-built home in Eastmark recently sold for $1,000,000, per Maricopa County records.
- 💧 Water quality report is out. Mesa's 2025 report says the city's drinking water meets or exceeds every state and federal standard. Details.
- 🐾 Fireworks season is open. Arizona allows legal fireworks on private property June 24 through July 6, and Mesa Animal Control is reminding residents to secure pets. Details.
- 🏛️ Resident board committee meets July 8. The Eastmark Residential Association's Transition and Nominating Committee gathers at 6pm at The 'Mark. Details.
From the schools
📚 BASIS Mesa hosts a campus tour Tuesday, July 7 at 9:15am. The K-12 charter on South Eastmark Parkway runs tours for families weighing enrollment. Details.
Still Tracking
Quick check-in on things from past editions:
- 🛒 Sprouts at EastMarket (Ray and Ellsworth). Construction underway. Building wraps up around August, Sprouts opens Q4 2026.
- 🍎 Apple manufacturing on Signal Butte. Council votes on the Foreign Trade Zone agreement Monday, May 18.
- 🏢 Liv at Eastmark (NE corner Ellsworth and Ray). 208 apartments across 12 buildings, recently approved. Construction next.
- 🔧 Brakes Plus Mesa (Ellsworth and Elliot). Auto shop still working through council site plan tweaks.
Around the Valley
A few picks worth leaving Eastmark for this week.
🎸 Jinjer at Marquee Theatre, Tempe. Tuesday, 7pm. The closest of this week's shows to home. Tickets.
⚾ Diamondbacks vs. Giants at Chase Field, Phoenix. Monday, 6:40pm. An easy weeknight ballgame downtown. Tickets.
🎤 Dance Gavin Dance at The Van Buren, Phoenix. Tuesday, 6:30pm, with Horses The Band on the bill. Tickets.
🌙 Armor For Sleep at Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix. Tuesday, 7pm. A small room for a loud night. Tickets.
