Good morning, Queen Creek. The heat has settled in for the season, which makes most of the indoor stuff below look a little better than usual.
- 💧 No "toilet to tap" for Queen Creek yet. The town's near-term drinking water leans on its existing supply portfolio, not recycled wastewater.
- 🏗️ A large data center near the Mesa line cleared its first review. NTT's project passed an early Mesa Planning and Zoning vote.
- 🎙️ A farm-roads-to-boomtown panel Tuesday. The Chamber's Network QC luncheon looks at how the town went from agriculture to Arizona's fastest-growing.
- 🚚 Feastival food trucks return Friday. The Friday-night food truck gathering is back June 12.
- 🥕 Pecan Lake Farmers Market Saturday. Local growers and makers at the Botanical Gardens, June 13.
- 📚 A full week at the Queen Creek Library. Storytimes, a teen D&D; workshop, and a dinosaur craft session.
Where Queen Creek's water comes from
The Queen Creek Tribune reports the town has no near-term plans to turn treated wastewater into drinking water, the approach commonly called "toilet to tap."
Key facts:
- What it is. Direct potable reuse takes treated wastewater, purifies it further, and pipes it back into the drinking supply. The town isn't pursuing that route in the near term.
- What the town uses instead. Queen Creek's supply draws on its existing portfolio, including Central Arizona Project canal deliveries, the Roosevelt Water Conservation District, and treated supply tied to the Greenfield reclamation plant.
- Why it matters. Queen Creek crossed an estimated 83,700 residents in 2024 and keeps climbing. For the fastest-growing town in the state, where the water comes from is the quiet question under every new rooftop.
Queen Creek incorporated in 1989 on a charter about managing growth without losing its character. Water is the modern version of that same problem, and how the town stocks its supply now shapes how much room it has to keep building later.
The Tribune's breakdown of the town's water plan is here.
Property beat
A large data center cleared its first hurdle near the Mesa edge. NTT Global Data Centers passed an early review for a campus near the boundary between Queen Creek and Mesa, the Tribune reports. The project went before Mesa Planning and Zoning, which handles it because the parcel sits inside Mesa rather than the town. A first review is one step, not final approval. Large data centers draw heavily on power and water, which keeps them in the regional conversation, and ties back to the supply question above. Details.
A new animal hospital is joining the town's pet-services lineup. LiveWell Animal Hospital has a Chamber ribbon cutting on the calendar. Details.
The state wants to hear about your commute. The Arizona Department of Transportation is hosting a statewide virtual meeting June 16 to collect what residents need from the state's roads, part of its Next Move Arizona listening tour. For a town where Hunt Highway traffic is a standing complaint, it's a place to put that on the record. Details.
The week ahead
- 🎙️ Network QC Luncheon, Tuesday June 9, 11:30 AM. A Chamber panel on how Queen Creek grew from farm roads to one of Arizona's fastest-growing towns. Details.
- 🚚 Queen Creek Feastival, Friday June 12, 5:30 PM. Friday-night food trucks. Details.
- 🥕 Pecan Lake Farmers Market, Saturday June 13, morning. Local produce and handmade goods at the Queen Creek Botanical Gardens, beside Pecan Lake. Details.
- 🫒 Paint and Sip at the Olive Mill, June 24, 6:30 PM. A guided paint night under the trees at the 100-acre grove. The $60 ticket covers prosecco and all supplies. The grove at sunset is the draw here. Details.
- 📚 At the Queen Creek Library. Babies, Books, and Bubbles storytime Monday morning, a teen D&D; character workshop Thursday afternoon, Create-o-saurus on Friday, and Read to Critters on Saturday. Details.
Queen Creek notebook
Free swim lessons, before the pool season gets serious. SRP is partnering with aquatic centers across the Valley to offer free swimming lessons to nearly 30,000 children and adults this summer, spread across ten centers. Useful timing in a state where the pool is open eight months a year. Details.
Help with a broken AC. SRP is more than doubling its heat-relief investment, putting $1.3 million toward local nonprofits for HVAC repair and replacement and other heat services. Worth knowing if a neighbor's unit picks June to quit. Details.
For the business owners. The Chamber's slate this month runs practical: a Small Business B(AI)sics session, a cybersecurity seminar on protecting customer data, and an advanced planning workshop. Details.