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1785 days ago
Anthem News and Events The Anthem Festival of Fine Art met with great success this weekend as art patrons poured in to visit the top 50 Arizona artists in a juried art show. Home values continue to rise at incredible rates. Anthem Parkside homes have appreciated by leaps and bounds since the city's opening. Home prices within the Country Club seem to skyrocket every few months. Take a trip to Anthem, Arizona and see for yourself. Arizona News Water and Land are top issues on the Arizona agenda. Governor Janet Napolitano pushed her agenda throughout the voting season and plans to carry through her promises. Today, she will begin plans for protecting both water and land in Arizona, creating more space around the edges of cities and increasing the income from state trust land sales. Approximately 5 million dollars more will be pumped into the Arizona Department of Water Resources for a new water conservation office and additional ...
1788 days ago
Phoenix is partnering with Food for the Hungry to adopt the northwest Indonesia village of Meulaboh, who lost 1/3 of its 120,00 residents to the Tsunami. Most of the remaining residents have been left without food, water, shelter and medicine. The valley will be bracing for another winter storm onslaught of rain this weekend. Since desert land has such a hard crust at the top-most layer, flash floods often occur in normally dry washes and riverbeds. The Weather Service heeds words of warning to people who encounter a flooded road or wash... "Turn around, don't drown".
1788 days ago
The Roller Coaster of Gas Prices Residents here in the Phoenix valley are particulary vocal when it comes to gas prices. Gas prices across the country fell to an average $1.77 per gallon and, at only 4 cents more than the average, Phoenix was talking about the low prices. Now, experts are projecting yet another spiked increase in prices once again, coming this May. The U.S. Department of Energy projects prices will rise to $2.05 per gallon, putting us back on track to meet or exceed the 2004 prices. Rain Floods the Valley The Salt River is flowing and places are flooding after a downpour in the valley over the last few days. The river has actually eroded the Alma School bridge. *Photo courtesy of Tom Tingle, The Arizona Republic Marathon and 1/2 Marathon + Art Walk, Expos, and Concerts The guns will fire this Sunday for P.F Chang's Rock n' Roll Marathon and 1/2 marathon to begin. Events include a Thursday ArtWalk in downtown ...1790 days ago
Life in Anthem, AZ Although the accomplishments of Del Webb to build a spectacular, planned community will not go unnoticed, Anthem, Arizona gets its bragging rights from its people. Population is Booming Anthem's community is diverse. People continue to flock to Phoenix, Arizona, the "Valley of the Sun" and the surrounding communities for many reasons; weather, great job opportunities, low cost of land and living, a long list of year-round activities for all ages, and more... Land/Home Appreciation WOW! That word about sums it up. Anthem, Arizona may not have experienced the same rapid growth of coastal development, but Anthem's land and home values are rising every day. Most of us in the community would not be able to afford to buy the homes we are living in today! Everything is Here Working from home has its privelages. My wife and I joke about how all Anthem, AZ needs now is a local bookstore and a movie theatre. Well, the AMC theatre is 15 ...
