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Cave Creek touts community grants, food bank opening and infrastructure upgrades
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Summary
Town officials highlighted $40,000 in community grants to 13 nonprofits, the Foothills Food Bank grand opening and multiple infrastructure projects including parking expansion for Rodeo Days, median replanting, a tourism-bureau move and road repairs.
Speaker 1 said the 2025 community grants program awarded $40,000 to 13 Cave Creek and Desert Foothills nonprofits, with individual awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to support health, safety, history and culture. The presenter also announced that the Foothills Food Bank held its grand opening in May, with the town leasing land to the food bank and accepting a tenant lease for a portion of the facility that includes public-works office space and a workshop.
On tourism and events, the presentation tied the town’s western heritage to economic activity and said Rodeo Days drew large crowds; development services and public works nearly doubled parking capacity at the Cave Creek Memorial Arena and created alternate access to address heavy event traffic. The Turquoise Circuit bridal rodeo selected Cave Creek for its event, and the local landmarks program held four events recognizing sites such as Cave Creek Regional Park, Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area and Rancho Manana.
The presentation also described infrastructure updates: town medians were replanted with native species and cacti were salvaged and relocated; public works repaired and improved portions of 19 town roads at a cost of nearly $2,000,000; and the development services department processed more than 400 permits in 2025, adding nearly $50,000,000 in valuation and launching an online permitting and inspection system.
The presentation tied these efforts to tourism and to the town's approach to funding services without a property tax — relying on sales tax and user fees.
