Community LIVING
Welcome to Peoria: from a farm town on Grand Avenue to the shores of Lake Pleasant
How Peoria fits together, from its 1880s downtown to the desert foothills, how its year turns, and where a newcomer finds services, books and local news.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Ten things worth knowing about Peoria
A hand-dug well, a depot that moved to Scottsdale, a library started with a book shower and a time capsule waiting for 2062: ten Peoria stories to tell visitors.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Shopping
Shopping LOCAL in Peoria: Downtown Galleries, North Peoria Gifts and a Saturday Honey Stand
Where Peoria shops independent this season, from a gallery and a carniceria in the downtown arts district to a makers' boutique on Lake Pleasant Parkway, a honey farm stand and the return of 2nd Saturdays.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Peoria, one neighborhood at a time
From Old Town's 1918 storefronts and the postwar Varney Tracts to lake communities and Vistancia in the foothills, a south-to-north guide to how Peoria's neighborhoods fit together.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Community LIVING
Peoria's history, told through the places you can still visit
From a Hohokam village on New River to a 1918 garage on Grand Avenue and a 2026 water tower in Osuna Park, a walk through Peoria's past and the traditions that keep it alive.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Entertainment
Peoria Events, November 2026 to February 2027: Holiday Stages, 2nd Saturdays and Spring Training
A Dickens classic downtown, a free Holiday Festival, a new home for Unity in Peoria, Seussical and the first pitch of spring training: what's on in Peoria through February.
Through February 28
Health & Wellness
Parks, Trails and Outdoor Places in Peoria: From River Paths to the Northern Preserves
Peoria's three community parks, the New River and Skunk Creek paths, the mountain preserves up north and Lake Pleasant, with the city's own rules for heat, storms and trail closures.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Entertainment
Interesting Places to Explore in Peoria: A Jail House, a Theater-Turned-Firehouse and Art by the Road
A second look at Peoria: the city's oldest park and its 1939 jail, a 1906 schoolhouse, a theater that became a fire station, a mural garden, public art you drive past and the dam at Lake Pleasant.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Dining
How Peoria eats: farm-town roots, family kitchens and wood smoke
From cotton fields and the town's first supermarket to Peoria Avenue's family Mexican kitchens and downtown's new Texas smokehouse, here is what makes Peoria's food its own.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
Family Life
Family Days in Peoria, Season by Season: Fishing Lakes, Splash Pads and City Traditions
Where Peoria families go through the year: playgrounds and fishing lakes when it's cool, splash pads and libraries when it's hot, and the city traditions kids count down to.
November 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM MST
