Good morning, Eastmark. It's Memorial Day, and it's a quiet week before summer programming starts up at The 'Mark next Monday.
💰 Your tax districts set next year's rates. Eastmark and Cadence's three community facilities districts adopted their 2026-27 budgets and property tax levies last week. Details.
🍜 A pho and banh mi spot is headed to Ellsworth. New sit-down Vietnamese restaurant, with a council vote June 8. Details.
🎶 Elton John tribute at the Great Park. First Friday Concert returns June 5. Details.
🎉 Farmers market Saturday, summer kickoff June 1. Plus Eastmark turns 13. Details.
Eastmark's tax districts set next year's rates
The three special tax districts that cover Eastmark and Cadence set their budgets and property tax rates for next year at their May 21 board meetings.
Key facts:
- Three boards acted: Eastmark Community Facilities District No. 1, Eastmark CFD No. 2, and the Cadence CFD (the district east of Signal Butte).
- A community facilities district is a special property-tax district that funds local infrastructure: the roads, parks, water, and sewer lines inside the community.
- Each board held a public hearing, then adopted a final 2026-27 budget and the tax levy that pays for it. This sits on top of regular City of Mesa and Maricopa County property tax.
- The adopted rates and line items are in each district's budget report: Eastmark No. 1, Eastmark No. 2, and Cadence.
Eastmark and Cadence both carry these district taxes because newer master-planned communities are often built this way: a district borrows to put in the early roads, parks, and utility lines, then repays that debt through an annual levy on the homes inside it. The two Eastmark districts cover different phases of the community, and Cadence runs its own. The rate is not fixed. It shifts year to year as the districts pay down that debt and as assessed home values change, which is why the budget hearing matters even in a quiet year: it sets what every parcel inside the district owes for the next twelve months.
What to watch: the 2026-27 levy lands on the property tax bills Maricopa County mails out this fall.
The week
- 🌴 Tuesday: community pool closed for palm pruning. It reopens that afternoon. The Bus Stop at The 'Mark stays open. Details.
- 🥬 Saturday: Eastmark Farmers Market. 8 a.m. to noon in the Great Park lot, just south of Gateway Library. Details.
- 🎉 Monday, June 1: summer kickoff at The 'Mark. DJ, snow cones, sack races, and cake for Eastmark's 13th anniversary, starting at noon. Details.
- 🎲 Also June 1: family bingo. Three sessions at The 'Mark: 10 a.m., 3 p.m., and 6 p.m. Details.
- 🕊️ Tuesday, June 2: bereavement support group. Led by Hospice of the Valley, 10 a.m. in the classroom at The 'Mark. Details.
- 🎶 Friday, June 5: First Friday Concert. Candle in the Wind, an Elton John tribute, at the Great Park pavilion, 7 p.m. Bring low chairs and blankets. Details.
Around Eastmark
🍜 A new Vietnamese restaurant is coming to Ellsworth. Tastea Pho Banh Mi Café has applied for a restaurant license at 3442 S. Ellsworth Road, Suites 101-102, for a sit-down spot serving pho and banh mi at lunch and dinner. There's no prior restaurant at the location. The license goes to City Council on June 8. Details.
Two items on the city's calendar touch the wider area:
- 🏨 Cannon Beach Hotel. A 110,000-square-foot hotel proposed for the southeast corner of Power and Warner goes to the Planning and Zoning Board on May 27, with staff recommending approval. Details.
- 🌧️ Baseline Road drainage. A $1,040,901 flood-control project on Baseline east of Signal Butte is up for council approval June 1, with the county covering up to $500,000. Details.
Still tracking
A quick check 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. The Foreign Trade Zone agreement was on the City Council's May 18 agenda.
- 🏢 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.
That's the brief. A quiet week, then summer programming opens the door June 1. Anyone found a pho spot in the area worth the drive while Tastea works through its permits?
