Good morning, Eastmark. Mid-July heat means the best of this weekend is early morning or indoors.
🎨 A full weekend at The 'Mark: game day, a BYOB paint night, and Saturday karaoke.
🧺 The Eastmark Farmers Market is back Saturday morning.
🌮 A new Vietnamese restaurant is coming to Ellsworth Road.
🛣️ Ellsworth Road could drop to one continuous 45 mph speed limit.
🏫 Still Tracking: Sprouts, Liv at Eastmark, and more.
⚾ Around the Valley: the Diamondbacks host the Cardinals.
A full weekend at The 'Mark
Eastmark's community center at The 'Mark runs events all three days this weekend, from board games Friday afternoon to karaoke Saturday night.
Key facts:
- 🎲 Game Day. Friday, 11 AM to 5 PM, at the Bus Stop at The 'Mark, 10100 E. Ray Rd. Drop-in tabletop games.
- 🎨 Neighbors Night Out Paint Party. Friday, 5:30 to 7:30 PM, in the Classroom at The 'Mark. BYOB, with supplies and light bites provided. Registration required.
- 🎤 Karaoke. Saturday, 6 to 8 PM, at The 'Mark.
The summer programming at The 'Mark winds down as the school year gets closer, so this is one of the fuller weekends left on the calendar.
The paint party needs a reservation. Sign up through the Eastmark events site. Details.
The weekend
Friday
- 📚 Summer Reading at the natural history museum. 10 AM to noon, Arizona Museum of Natural History in downtown Mesa. A children's author reads a story every Friday in July. Details.
Saturday
Sunday
- 🎪 Circus Farm. 1 PM, Mesa Arts Center. Tickets.
Around Eastmark
- 🌮 A new Vietnamese restaurant is coming to Ellsworth Road. Pho Banh Mi Café cleared its restaurant license for 3442 S. Ellsworth Rd, Suites 101-102. Lunch and dinner, no prior tenant at the space. Details.
- 🛣️ Ellsworth Road could get one continuous speed limit. Mesa is set to drop the limit between Elliot Road and the south city line from 50 to 45 mph, making Ellsworth a steady 45 the whole way through. Council votes August 17. Details.
- 🏠 The housing market. 546 homes sold in Mesa last month at a median price of about $452,500, down roughly 1% from a year ago.
Still Tracking
Quick check-in on things covered in past editions:
- 🛒 Sprouts at EastMarket (Ray and Ellsworth). Construction underway. Building wraps up around August, Sprouts opens Q4 2026.
- 🏭 Foreign Trade Zone 221 on Signal Butte. Council votes on the operator agreement with Arrow Global Supply Chain Services Monday, July 20.
- 🏢 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.
From the schools
- 🎒 BASIS Mesa opens enrollment tours. The K-12 charter on Eastmark Parkway hosts a K-5 tour Tuesday, August 11 at 9:15 AM and a grades 6-12 tour Thursday, August 13 at 10:15 AM. Details.
- 🏫 A new private school could get its permit Monday. Faith Christian School has asked Mesa for a use permit to run on 9.9 acres at 3761 S. Power Rd. The planning board recommended approval 7-0; council votes July 20. Details.
Around the Valley
A couple of picks worth leaving Eastmark for this weekend.
🎉 Rooftop Renegade Pool Party. Saturday afternoon at Skysill Rooftop Lounge in Tempe. A 21-and-up rooftop pool party. Tickets.
⚾ Diamondbacks vs. Cardinals. Saturday, 1:10 PM, Chase Field in downtown Phoenix. Air-conditioned baseball beats a July afternoon outside. Tickets.
