GET INVOLVED!
Jan 29: Team Up to Clean Up 11am-1pm Help us pick up the trash in our 29Thrive neighborhoods. Meet at the Neighborhood Grill on 1/29 at 3940 E 29th Street. Supplies provided. Please wear closed-toe shoes, pants, long-sleeves, glasses, and sturdy gloves. More info here!
Are you noticing an area that needs a clean up? Let us know as we are planning to have a clean up on the 29th of every month!
Save the date for our next clean up on 2/29.
COMMUNITY EVENTS & RESOURCES
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Attention Naylor, Alvernon Heights, and Roberts Neighborhoods: Prepare your Brush & Bulky!
Now is the time to clean up your property and place items where you trash is collected, at least 3-feet from obstacles. Your collection begins 1/29/24. See guidelines here!
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Make our small neighborhood streets safer! Tucson Delivers: Safe Streets program presents– the Safe Streets Mini Grant Program! Please complete the quick application with anecdotal stories by February for the first round of selections. Learn more at the link above and see some of the menu of options.
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TEP's $5 Shade Tree Program Planting shade trees around your home – especially on the south and west sides – does double duty. It helps reduce solar heat gain in the summer and serves as a windbreak when it’s colder. Order here.
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Attend the TPD 29th Street Coalition Meetings virtually or in-person at the Midtown Multi-Service Center (1100 S Alvernon Way) every month for community building, conversation, and updates with officers, business owners, residents, and other stakeholders within the 29th Street neighborhoods. Contact sean.travers@tucsonaz.gov or 520.589.8750. Thursday, 1/25 6-8 p.m.
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Freedom Park Center has many fun programs listed here or call 520.791.4969 for details.
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PACC Free Pet Food 1st Tuesdays, 9:00-11:00 a.m.
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Blood Pressure Checks Wednesdays 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
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Chair-o-bics Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00-11:00 a.m.
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Senior Hot Meal Program Monday-Fridays (must pre-register)
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Check out what's going on at the Southern Arizona Dance Center at 4801 E 29th Street on their website or call 520.216.4455. No experience, special clothes, or partner necessary! Not really a dancer? No problem!
Join us for Beginning Modern Western Square Dance Lessons! Starting now!
- Saturdays 9:30-11:30 a.m. Only $10/person (per week)
- Questions? Contact Richard at 505.553.8973 or email stufftolearn@msn.com
Stay tuned for more info about their dancers performing at the Rodeo Parade Grandstands on Thur 2/22!
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Are you looking for a way to be healthier in 2024? Learn Tai Chi for Health! Tai Chi is a proven way of reducing stress, improving physical and mental balance, flexibility and range of motion, and more.
Try a beginner class. No experience is necessary - we start with the basics. You’ll learn simple stretching exercises for warm up and cool down, basic forms, and essential principles of Tai Chi. Movements can be done at all levels of mobility. Classes taught by Tai Chi for Health Institute Certified Instructor, Robert Armstrong.
Classes are Mondays from 3-4 p.m. at the Southern Arizona Dance Center, 4801 E 29th Street. Cost per lesson is $10. The class series consists of 6 to 8 lessons. Ask about discounts for first responders and active military.
Use the contact form or email rcarmstrong@gmail.com A healthier 2024 is waiting for you!
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The Hermitage Cat Shelter at 5278 E. 21st Street offers fun activities and resources in addition to adoptions. 520.571.7839
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Food for People's Pets Pantry Thursday, 11/16, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Pet food and supply assistance for low income families to promote pet retention and keep family pets in their home. Use the alley behind the shelter (off Magnolia).
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Donate your beverage cans! Learn more here.
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Check out Councilwoman Nikki Lee's Ward 4 website. Includes Myers and other neighborhoods.
Check out Councilmember Steve Kozachik's Ward 6 website. Includes Roberts, Naylor, Alvernon Heights, and other neighborhoods.
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Go to tucsonaz.gov/311 or download the Tucson311 app to report non-emergency problems including potholes, debris, broken park equipment and more. Or contact each department directly:
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Transportation and Mobility (potholes, streetlights, median landscape) 520.791.3154 tdotconcerns@tucsonaz.gov
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Code Enforcement (illegal dumping, residential weeds, inoperable vehicles) 520.791.5843 codeenforcement@tucsonaz.gov
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Graffiti 520.792.CITY (2489) graffiti@tucsonaz.gov
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Environmental Services (garbage, recycling, landfill) 520.791.3171 eshelp@tucsonaz.gov
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Tucson Water Emergencies 520.791.4133
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Report Homeless Encampment 520.791.2540 Reporting Tool: bit.ly/3DA9jQB
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Report Reckless Driving or Street Racing Reporting tool: bit.ly/44QoAIW
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Non-emergency Police 520.791.4444 google search: "Tucson Crime Reporting"
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YOUTH & FAMILY RESOURCES
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Request FREE Home Lead Hazard Repair
Does Your Household Qualify? Apply online!
Built before 1978. Child under age six living in or regularly visiting the property. Meet HUD's household income limits. Mortgage and property tax payments are current, in good standing, and free of delinquent liens.
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Ready, Set, Rec will be bringing fun and games to our local parks. Check out their calendar here.
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The Pan Asian Community Alliance Center is hosting the FREE Neighborhood After School Academy (NASA). This is a free tutoring/mentoring program for grades 2-12! They offer tutoring/homework help in Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, ESL, and U.S. Citizenship. Programs/services are not limited to people of Asian decent. Mon - Thur 4:30-6:30 p.m.
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Make Way for Books is accepting families with children ages 0-5 for their FREE Story Schools in our neighborhood, which offer fun and educational weekly activities in-person or virtual. Contact storyschool@makewayforbooks.org or go to mystoryschool.org
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The Goodwill Opportunity Youth Center at 7149 E. 22nd near Kolb is a new center dedicated to providing education, services, and support to youth ages 16-24. It’s a free drop-in resource center that offers a safe place for young people to learn, grow, and build a better future for themselves. Open Mon 10:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Tue - Thur 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call 520.306.8445 for details. |
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Learn more about the new Arizona Autism Charter School grades 6-12 at 1300 S Belvedere Avenue (previously the Changemaker Campus) 602.882.5544
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MySchoolsTucson has provided a list of 18 schools within 1 mile of the 29Thrive Zone for K-12 grade. Each public, charter, and private school has its own unique strengths, which you can learn about on this site. |
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See the Thrive Community Calendar on our website. If you know of a public event, please let us know and we will add it!
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You can now find us on social media! Click on the links below or search: @29thrive
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Laura McAndrews Lopez
29th Street Thrive Coordinator
Call/Text: 520.314.0889
TDD: 520.791.2639
Email: laura.lopez@tucsonaz.gov
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