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The free event offers a good opportunity to interact with neighbors, community leaders and elected officials in an informal, get-together setting. This spring’s cooks include students from Central Arizona College’s culinary arts program.

The world premiere musical cast of 20 includes local and Broadway talents Travis Kent, Lauren Zakrin and Reanne Acasio.

Nonprofit accepting water, nonperishable food and monetary donations for Valley heat relief. The nonprofit’s goal is to protect the state’s most vulnerable population by collecting and distributing one million bottles of water through Aug. 31. Monetary donations will be matched up to $150,000, made possible by several supporters of Phoenix Rescue Mission.

Before the summer heat catches up with you, the Queen Creek Unified School District (QCUSD) invites parents to its kindergarten round up hosted at each of the district's nine elementary school locations on Thursday, May 2 from 4 to 5 p.m.

Well Groomed Pets is a luxury grooming boutique, offering bathing packages and grooming services, with an emphasis on wellness checks. They are located at 20062 S. Ellsworth Road, at Ellsworth and Queen Creek roads, in the new Costco shopping center.

The Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department will initiate its annual fire ban on Wednesday, May 1. The annual fire ban dates align with the Air Quality Department's burn activity regulations. Under these regulations, outdoor recreational fires are prohibited within Area A's boundaries between May 1 and Sept. 30. This area encompasses all of Maricopa County's regional parks. 

Blue Watermelon Project’s Feeding the Future event is a culinary contest that challenges students to create healthy, great-tasting meals to bring awareness to the school nutrition industry. Students work with local chefs and school mentors to craft a school lunch tray that meets the financial and nutritional standards of the National School Lunch Program.

Preschool prepares children with the necessary skills needed to be successful in their next steps. Queen Creek Unified School District offers full- and half-day options for preschool. For the upcoming school year, five district elementary schools will be offering preschool.

The new Collaborative will build off existing efforts and explore comprehensive and interconnected Fair Chance approaches, including job training, placement, hiring and retention, as well as resources for housing, healthcare, financial health, entrepreneurial training and other needs of justice-involved individuals.

Arizona law requires that all municipalities adopt an annual, balanced budget. The Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget totals $723.8 million, a 17% decrease from the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget. Nearly 60% of the budget is for infrastructure investments, including $159.7 million to continue progress related to transportation improvements.