12 News is Everything Arizona and we are taking you Everywhere from A to Z.
We're featuring different communities through the year, and we're starting in Mesa!
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There are many many awesome things about Mesa. Here are a few of them.
1. How cool Downtown Mesa is
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2. ORANGES! Check out our trip to the Orange Patch Too here.
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3. Plogging. Picking up trash and jogging.
4. AZ Brain Food! They discreetly provide backpacks of food for hungry students across the state. You can volunteer to pack lunches. They pack on Thursday mornings.
5. The cool vintage feel
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6. Celebrate Mesa, the "party in the park." Saturday, April 14 form 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pioneer Park.
7. Pioneer Park - speaking of Celebrate Mesa, the park's upgrades are just amazing! Check them out here.
8. All the cool restaurants! See a few of our favorites here.
9. Mesa Community College's Rose Garden has nearly 9,000 bushes and it is blooming right now!
10. The Arizona Museum of Natural History! They're holding their yearly Beers N Bones fundraiser on Friday, April 13 starting at 7 p.m.! Sip local beer and learn about science while supporting the museum. Buy tickets and learn more here.
In the coming months, 12 News will introduce Arizona viewers to some of the best our incredible state has to offer.
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