Pine District - Peoria, Arizona

08/03/2023

06/10/2023

06/10/2023

Get a Free Water Conservation Kit! 💧💧💧

Reduce your home's water usage and start saving money with a complimentary water conservation kit, exclusively for Peoria water customers!

The conservation kit includes a WaterSense showerhead, a high-efficiency (HE) faucet aerator, a kitchen swivel dual spray aerator, a garden hose nozzle, and educational material on how to find and fix leaks, as well as guidance on landscape watering.
Once approved, kits can be picked up at your local library with an email voucher.

Request your kit at the following link: www.peoriaaz.info/Waterkit.
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06/10/2023

05/28/2023

I didn't know this.. Did you? Have you ever been in a cemetery and saw coins laying on a tombstone? There is actually a reason behind it.

Sharing ahead of memorial day. 😊

COINS LEFT ON TOMBSTONES

While visiting some cemeteries you may notice that headstones marking certain graves have coins on them, left by previous visitors to the grave.

These coins have distinct meanings when left on the headstones of those who gave their life while serving in America's military, and these meanings vary depending on the denomination of coin.

A coin left on a headstone or at the grave site is meant as a message to the deceased soldier's family that someone else has visited the grave to pay respect. Leaving a penny at the grave means simply that you visited.

A nickel indicates that you and the deceased trained at boot camp together, while a dime means you served with him in some capacity. By leaving a quarter at the grave, you are telling the family that you were with the solider when he was killed.

According to tradition, the money left at graves in national cemeteries and state veterans cemeteries is eventually collected, and the funds are put toward maintaining the cemetery or paying burial costs for indigent veterans.

In the US, this practice became common during the Vietnam war, due to the political divide in the country over the war; leaving a coin was seen as a more practical way to communicate that you had visited the grave than contacting the soldier's family, which could devolve into an uncomfortable argument over politics relating to the war.

Some Vietnam veterans would leave coins as a "down payment" to buy their fallen comrades a beer or play a hand of cards when they would finally be reunited.

The tradition of leaving coins on the headstones of military men and women can be traced to as far back as the Roman Empire.

05/25/2023

Appreciation breakfast this morning. Serving breakfast to the amazing employees at Peoria’s Municipal Operations Center.

05/25/2023

An honor to be part of Cheyenne Elementary School's promotion ceremony. Congratulations to the graduates!

05/25/2023

The VIG is now open at Park West in the Pine District! The location is a premier destination for dining, shopping and entertainment.

05/22/2023

Congratulations to the 2023 graduating class of Peoria Flex Academy.

A special congratulations to the recipient of the Olivia O. Delgado scholarship.

05/17/2023

Volunteers needed for this great event.

We still need volunteers! We promise to make getting up early fun and rewarding! 😊