Mesquite Ranch Neighborhood Association

Serving Mesquite Ranch and surrounding communities

MESQUITE RANCH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

[Upcoming Events | News and Updates]

Upcoming Events:

Welcome to the Mesquite Ranch Neighborhood Association website. YOUR association is registered with, and recognized by City government including the Tucson Mayor and Council, Ward IV Staff, Department of Housing and Community Development, and many city services.

The next MRNA regular meeting will be held at the Mesquite Ranch East Pool Facility on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at 10:30am. Please consider subscribing to MRNAInfo, an email subscription service that provides periodic subdivision and surrounding community updates to resident subscribers as they happen. To subscribe go to the MRNA website, www.mesquiteranch.org, and follow the MRNAInfo link. Check the MRNA website often for the latest news & updates.

5/10-14/2012 - Clean it Up, Sell It ... or MOVE IT OUT!

On May 10, 2012 containers will be placed at convenient locations around the community compliments of the City of Tucson. Containers may be used to discard trash, lawn refuse and other bulky items. A list of acceptable and unacceptable items for disposal in these bins can be found at www.cityoftucson.org under the Brush & Bulky Pickup link. Please click HERE for roll-off container locations!

On Saturday May 12 ,2012 MRNA's Fall yard sale will also be held in Mesquite Ranch! It's a great opportunity to clean out your closets & garages and turn your clutter into CASH! Signage & advertising will be provided by MRNA to help bring in a large number of bargain hunters. Please watch this website for time and date updates.

5/5/2012 - MRNA sets date for Community BBQ and Movie Night!

MRNA will hold a Mesquite Ranch Spring Community BBQ combined with a movie on Saturday May 5, 2012 at the east pool facility. Festivities provided by the MRNA and MRHOA will start at 6:00pm and end around 9:00pm. The BBQ is FREE. Residents are encouraged to bring a side dish or dessert to share. Hamburgers, hot dogs, drinks and popcorn will be provided at no cost to residents. Be sure to bring along a blanket or beach chair to watch our special movie on the lawn! Oh...and parents...DON'T forget to bring the kids ... THEY like "Movies" too!! It's going to be fun for all with 50/50 Raffle Prize Drawings occurring after the movie. To view a cool BBQ flyer, please click HERE

5/5/2012 - HHW & Medicine Collection Event on Saturday - News Release

Do you have unused or expired prescription medications but not sure what to do with them? These should never be poured down your drains or flushed, and should not be left around where people or pets might have access to them. The Tucson/Pima County Household Hazardous Waste Program (HHW) and the Pima County Sheriff’s Department are sponsoring a medicine collection event along with the monthly HHW collection on Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. There is no charge for dropping off materials. Prescription and over-the-counter tablets, capsules, liquids, and creams will be collected. Metal or glass inhalation aerosol bottles, syringes, and epi-pens will not be accepted. For safety and confidentiality reasons, any items turned over for collection cannot be returned. We do not accept drugs from commercial organizations. The service is free and anonymous, no questions asked. The event will be held at:

Eastside City Hall
7575 E. Speedway Blvd.
(To access the collection site, please turn north on Prudence Rd. and follow the signs)

In addition to old medications, you may also bring paint or other household chemicals for collection. Accepted materials include:Automotive fluids, auto and rechargeable batteries from electronics equipment, toxic cleaning products, fluorescent lamps, paints, solvents, lawn and garden products, and computer equipment. The program only accepts materials generated in homes—no commercially generated materials are accepted. More information is available on-line at www.tucsonaz.gov/hhw or by calling ES Customer Service at 791-3171. For more information, please click HERE

Mar 13, 2012 - New Bus Service for Southeastern Tucson ... OPEN HOUSE!

Did you know there will soon be bus services in the Southeastern Tucson & Rita Ranch area? The new Sun Shuttle Route 450 will start up before this summer. Come to an Open House to hear about Sun Shuttle Route 450, and share your thoughts about the proposed route and schedule. An Open House will be on Tuesday March 13, from 6 to 8 PM at the Civano Activity Center at 10501 Seven Generations Way. Stop by anytime during those hours to learn more about the new route and to give your community input. Please click HERE to see a flyer for this event.

An additional Open House will be on Thursday March 22, from 11 to 1 PM at the EC Student Mall in the SU/L Building at Pima College East Campus. We'll send out that flyer as we get closer to that date.

Residents can also access information online about the proposed route & schedule and take a quick survey of the Proposed Route

Information about the route: Sun Shuttle will provide a new weekday bus service in the Southeast & Rita Ranch area, starting in the next few months. Sun Shuttle Route 450 will travel on a set schedule throughout the Southeast & Rita Ranch area, allowing riders to travel to and from work, home, school, medical appointments, recreation and shopping. Porposed route includes stops at Metropolitan/Bilby and Houghton/Bilby. The new route will also allow riders to transfer for free to Sun Tran routes to access the entire Tucson area. Sun Shuttle bus fares will mirror Sun Tran rates.

Sun Shuttle Route 450 will be paid for by a combination of Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) and federal funding. Current funding for this route will provide bus service Monday through Friday for roughly 13 hours per day.

News and Updates:

3/4/2012 - SUBSCRIBE TO MRNAInfo for up-to-date community information

Mesquite Ranch Neighborhood Association (MRNA) invites Mesquite Ranch residents to subscribe to MRNA's information list called MRNAInfo. Joining MRNAInfo provides subscribers with periodic, up-to-date notification of upcoming MRNA meetings, meeting agendas, local issues, and upcoming community events.

The MRNA established MRNAInfo as a means to communicate important community updates as they occur to those who subscribe to the service. MRNAInfo's informative emails flow in one direction only, to subscribers. Subscriber's personal info is never shared, sold, or made available to the public. Many Mesquite Ranch residents are already enjoying this informative service. If you would like to subscribe to MRNAInfo, point your web browser to HERE and follow the MRNAInfo link. Join today! It's fast, it's easy, and it's informative!

2/28/2012 - School system considers traffic flow changes

MRNA attended a meeting at Senita Valley Elementary School to discuss traffic flow at the school. Andy Squire, aide to Ward 4 Council Member Shirley Scott, made recommendations to redesignate teacher and visitor parking areas and reroute traffic flow. If approved, the resulting plan will meet safety requirements while preserving the Mesquite Ranch Marquette Street access as a key route for pedestrian foot and bicycle traffic. The work could be completed in three months. Mr. Squire also suggested that a donation of State land east of Mesquite Ranch could provide access directly to Poorman Road.