The Arizona Diamondbacks will take on the San Diego Padres in the second Major League Baseball spring training game at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium in March.

The Tucson Padres and the Pima County Sports & Tourism Authority announced today that the two teams will play a split-squad game at Sunday, March 17 at 1:05 pm. Both teams have a second Spring Training game that day in the Phoenix area.

The Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers will play at 1:05 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in a game that will benefit the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation.

Tickets for both games go on sale Saturday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. Visit www.tucsonpadres.com or stop by the Kino Stadium box office, which is open until 5 p.m. that Saturday only and otherwise is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. Tucson Padres season ticket holders, voucher plan holders and sponsors can purchase their spring training tickets starting Monday, Feb. 4, by calling 520-434-1367.

Tucson Spring Training Ticket Prices

March 17 – Padres vs. Diamondbacks –  Split Squad

Field Box: $20 per seat                               Bleacher: $10 per seat

Outfield Reserved: $15 per seat               Lawn: $6 per seat

Terrace: $15 per seat                                   Suites: $500 (Includes up to 20 people)

March 21 – Cubs vs. Dodgers – Charity Game Pricing

Field Box: $25 per seat                               Bleacher: $10 per seat

Outfield Reserved: $20 per seat               Lawn: $8 per seat

Terrace: $20 per seat                                   Suites: $1,500 (Includes up to 20 people)

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com), 2500 E. Ajo Way, is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. It is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports; and makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Head out to Kino Sports Complex for Major League Soccer and the bling of the annual bead, gem and mineral, and rock shows.

The Desert Friendlies presented by FC Tucson start Tuesday, Jan. 29, at North Field #5.

Tuesday, Jan. 29                   11 a.m.           Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids

3 p.m.             San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo

6 p.m.             FC Tucson vs. Sporting KC

Thursday, Jan. 31                  6 p.m.             Houston Dynamo vs Colorado Rapids

Friday, Feb. 1                        6 p.m.            Sporting KC vs. Portland Timbers

Saturday, Feb. 2                   11 a.m.           San Jose Earthquakes vs. Colorado Rapids

4 p.m.             Houston Dynamo vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Tuesday, Feb. 5                    11 a.m.           Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers

Friday, Feb. 8                        11 a.m.           FC Tucson vs. Portland Timbers

Five days later, The Desert Diamond Cup returns to Kino Stadium.

Wednesday, Feb. 13            5 p.m.             New England Revolution vs. Seattle Sounders

7 p.m.             New York Red Bulls vs. Real Salt Lake

Saturday, Feb. 16                 4 p.m.             Seattle Sounders vs. Real Salt Lake

6 p.m.             New York Red Bulls vs. New England Revolution

Wednesday, Feb. 20            5 p.m.             Real Salt Lake vs. New England Revolution

7 p.m.             Seattle Sounders vs. New York Red Bulls

Saturday, Feb. 23                 4 p.m.             MLS 3^rd Place vs. MLS 4^th Place

6 p.m.             MLS 1^st Place vs. MLS 2^nd Place

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.FCTucson.com.

Beginning Saturday, Feb. 2, and running through Sunday, Feb. 17, the Kino Gem and Mineral Show and The Rock Show bring hundreds of vendors and acres of fossils, crystals, beads, jewelry, gems and rocks to tables and tents in the Kino stadium parking lot and south soccer field, respectively. Admission and parking is free. For more information, including a vendor list, visit http://www.as-shows.com/pages/ and www.rockshowtucson.com/Rock_Show_Tucson/Home.html.

The Mulcahy Y (formerly Kino Community Center), 2805 E. Ajo Way, is once again the venue for the Best Bead Show Feb. 6-10. The showroom opens at 10 a.m. daily and closes at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 6; 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday; and 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission and parking is free. There is a charge for classes. For more information, including vendor and class lists, visit www.bestbeadshow.com/BestBeadShows/BestBeadShow.aspx?id=1.

Tickets go on sale Saturday, Feb. 9, for the Major League Baseball spring training game between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 21 at Kino Stadium. Visit www.tucsonpadres.com, call 520-434-1367 or stop by the Kino Stadium box office between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Tucson Padres season ticket holders, voucher plan holders and sponsors can purchase their spring training tickets a week in advance by calling 520-434-1367.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com), 2500 E. Ajo Way, is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. It is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports; and makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Pima County and FC Tucson unveiled plans today for a 2,000-seat soccer stadium and a sixth soccer field at Kino Sports Complex north of East Ajo Way.

“We’re creating an asset not just for people to watch professional soccer but to play amateur soccer, for our children to play,” said Ramón Valadez, chairman of the Pima County Board of Supervisors and supervisor for District 2, where Kino Sports Complex is located.

Supervisor Richard Elías, District 5, said the County’s improvements to Kino Sports Complex show “government moving quickly when a great opportunity knocks on the door.”

“By improving these facilities at such a rapid pace, I think we’ve shown our great commitment to our children and our youth and to professional sports,” he said.

The County’s $2.8 million in improvements at Kino Sports Complex will include a grandstand that will seat 1,600-1,800 with an overhang and with additional bleachers for up to 400, a new scoreboard, and restroom and concession facilities at North Field #1. North Fields #2 and #3 will be converted to three fields, and a new main entrance to the soccer fields will be built.

The work is expected to be completed in October 2013.

Greg Foster, a co-managing partner of FC Tucson, praised the County’s efforts to grow soccer here.

“In 18 months, as a result of the County’s investment in this facility, we’ve been able to attract Major League Soccer preseason; our community has been designated a Western hub of Major League Soccer preseason; we are going to be showcased on national TV, on NBC Sports for the final of the Desert Diamond Cup; we will have 10 Major League Soccer teams training in Tucson; we will have the first international friendly ever to be played in Tucson,” Foster said. “We’ve also attracted youth sports,” including the Arizona Youth Soccer Association state league games, the state cup and the Fort Lowell Shootout.

“The County’s commitment to soccer and the pace at which they’ve developed these facilities have made this all possible.”

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The Denmark-Canada friendly match at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Kino Stadium launches 10 days of Major League Soccer friendlies at North Field #5 followed by the Desert Diamond Cup on Feb. 13, 16, 20 and 23 at Kino Stadium.

Home matches during FC Tucson’s 2013 Premier Development League schedule, which begins May 11, will be played at North Field #5.

2013 season tickets went on sale today. Season ticket packages are $100 ($10/game) and will include seven PDL dates plus three additional matches to be determined. The first 1,600 fans to purchase 2013 season tickets will be guaranteed a chance to order 2014 season tickets at the new stadium.

FC Tucson, established in 2010, owns FC Tucson Soccer, Tucson’s top-level soccer team, and the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. In 2012, FC Tucson was named the PDL Rookie Franchise of the Year. Follow FC Tucson at www.fctucson.com.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. It is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports; and makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

The Los Angeles Dodgers will return to Kino Stadium on March 21 to play the Chicago Cubs in a spring training game to benefit the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation.

For the third straight year, Pima County and the Pima County Sports and Tourism Authority are teaming up with the Tucson Padres and the Dodgers on a spring training game to raise funds for the Foundation.

General Manager Mike Feder also announced today that the Arizona Diamondbacks and the San Diego Padres have committed to playing a spring training game at Kino Stadium in March. Details are expected to be announced next week.

The Cubs vs. Dodgers game begins at 1:05 p.m. Tickets range from $8 to $25 and go on sale Saturday, Feb. 9, at 10 a.m. Visit www.tucsonpadres.com, call 520-434-1367 or stop by the Kino Stadium box office between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays. Tucson Padres season ticket holders, voucher plan holders and sponsors can purchase their spring training tickets a week in advance by calling 520-434-1367.

“There will not be a ticket left on the day of the game,” Feder said. “It shows we’re still alive. We need to keep Major League Baseball involved in Tucson.”

Christina-Taylor Green, 9, was among the six people killed at then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on Your Corner” in Tucson on Jan. 8, 2011. The Green family created the Christina-Taylor Green Memorial Foundation to receive gifts in her memory and support charitable and educational projects, including an indoor sports facility at Curtis Park and computers and laptops for local schools.

“We’re proud of the things she’s been able to accomplish even when she’s not here,” said Green’s father, John, who is a scout for the Dodgers. “This is our way of giving back to the community that’s given back to us.”

Green also said the Dodgers general manager told him that as long as he is general manager, “we’ll have a game in Tucson.”

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com), 2500 E. Ajo Way, is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. It is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports; and makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Efforts by Pima County and FC Tucson to grow soccer here are drawing international attention – and visitors.

The Danish ambassador to the United States will watch a friendly soccer match between Denmark and Canada at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26. The Danish National Performance Team, Denmark’s most talented gymnasts, will perform at half time.

Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías is the official host to Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen during his three-day visit.

The ambassador will speak at two events and attend a reception on Friday, Jan. 25. The National Danish Performance Team will perform and conduct exercise workshops on Wednesday, Jan. 23, and Sunday, Jan. 27. For more information, please visit http://www.danesinthedesert.com.

The Denmark-Canada friendly soccer match on Saturday, Jan. 26, launches 10 days of Major League Soccer friendlies at Kino Sports Complex. The matches will be on Kino’s North Field #5.  The local exhibition soccer season culminates with the Desert Diamond Cup Tournament, on Feb. 13, 16, 20 and 23 at Kino Stadium.

The Denmark-Canada friendly match will be broadcast live in Denmark, Canada and across Europe. The final match of the Desert Diamond Cup will be broadcast live in prime time by NBC Sports, bringing Tucson into millions of homes.

“Pima County’s investment in soccer fields at Kino Sports Complex and FC Tucson’s outreach are responsible for a month of international and Major League Soccer in our own backyard,” Supervisor Elías said. “That public-private partnership has put Tucson on the world soccer map and will continue to bring economic and recreational benefits to our community.”

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.FCTucson.com.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. It is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports; and makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Temple University’s Brandon McManus practices a kickoff on Jan. 7 with Gary Zauner looking on, right, at Kino Sports Complex during a clinic for players in the 2013 Casino Del Sol College All-Star Game on Jan. 11. Zauner, a former NFL coach, held the special teams and kicking clinic at Kino Stadium.

See tomorrow’s NFL stars play this week at Kino Sports Complex.

Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium will host the second annual Casino del Sol College All-Star Game on Friday, Jan. 11.

The game brings together 64 of the top college football players in the nation, including Dalton Hilliard Jr., UCLA safety whose dad played for the New Orleans Saints; Jeff Tuel, Washington State quarterback with almost 6,000 career passing yards; Mike Shanahan, Pittsburgh wide receiver with an impressive 926 yards receiving this season; and Onterio McCalebb, Auburn running back with over 2,500 career rushing yards.

University of Arizona players Kyle Quinn, Taimi Tutogi and Dom Austin are also scheduled to play.

Coaches are former UA football coach Dick Tomey and former Arkansas and Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt.

Gates open at 5 p.m. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.

The game will be televised on the ESPN family of networks, including ESPN3 and WatchESPN.com. The game will be carried on radio locally on ESPN Tucson 1490 AM and 104.9 FM.

Partners for the game include the Tucson Conquistadores, a charitable organization that supports youth in athletic programs throughout southern Arizona.

Tickets are available at https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2/Buy.asp?EventID=91963 or at the Kino Sports Complex box office at 2500 E. Ajo Way between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Call the box office at 434-1367.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. With its panoramic view of the Santa Catalina Mountains, it is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports. Plus, it makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Keep up with Pima County on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona.

Tickets go on sale at noon today for the international and Major League Soccer matches and tournament coming up at Kino Sports Complex in January and February.

Fans can head to www.fctucson.ticketsocket.com to purchase their tickets. They can also head to www.fctucson.com and click on the “Tickets” tab.

Canada and Denmark will play the first international soccer “friendly” match in Tucson at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Jan. 26.

Then seven Major League Soccer teams will play nine friendly matches, or “friendlies” –the Desert Friendlies presented by FC Tucson, at the Kino Sports Complex’s North Field #5, north of Ajo Way, from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8.

Four MLS teams will play in the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup at Kino Stadium on Feb. 13, 16, 20 and 23.

Pima County is investing $2 million to build five permanent soccer venues north of Ajo Way; two of them will be arenas that will seat 1,000 and 3,000 spectators.

FC Tucson, established in 2010, owns FC Tucson Soccer, Tucson’s top-level soccer team and the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. Follow FC Tucson at www.fctucson.com.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. With its panoramic view of the Santa Catalina Mountains, it is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports. Plus, it makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Keep up with Pima County on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona.

Canada and Denmark will play the first international soccer “friendly” match in Tucson at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Jan. 26.

The match was announced today by managing members of FC Tucson, Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild, Visit Tucson President and CEO Brent DeRaad and Pima County Supervisor Richard Elías.

Pima County Supervisor Richard Elias participates in a news conference announcing the first international soccer match in Tucson, to be played at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium. Also pictured are, from left, FC Tucson managing partners Rick Schantz, Jonathan Pearlman and Greg Foster.

“Tucson deserves professional sports,” Elías said at a news conference. “Pima County has put its money on the table” to make it possible for FC Tucson to bring “a month long of international sports that’s going to blow people’s mind.”

Pima County is investing $2 million to build five permanent soccer venues north of Ajo Way; two of them will be arenas that will seat 1,000 and 3,000 spectators.

The international match, hosted by FC Tucson, in partnership with Soccer United Marketing (SUM), the commercial arm of Major League Soccer, will be aired live in Denmark, Canada and across Europe.

It will precede nine friendlies that seven Major League Soccer teams will be playing at Kino Sports Complex from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, followed by the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup at Kino Stadium on Feb. 13, 16, 20 and 23.

Five of the MLS teams participating in the friendlies – Colorado Rapids, Houston Dynamo, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City – will be training in Tucson. The two other teams – New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders – are also playing in the Desert Diamond Cup with New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake.

The MLS matches will be played at the Kino Sports Complex’s North Field #5, north of Ajo Way.

Tickets will go on sale before the Christmas holidays.

FC Tucson, established in 2010, owns FC Tucson Soccer, Tucson’s top-level soccer team and the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. Follow FC Tucson at www.fctucson.com.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinosportscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. With its panoramic view of the Santa Catalina Mountains, it is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports. Plus, it makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Keep up with Pima County on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona.

Seven Major League Soccer teams will be playing nine friendly matches, or friendlies, at Kino Sports Complex from Jan. 29 to Feb. 8, thanks to the efforts of FC Tucson.

The Desert Friendlies Presented by FC Tucson will be open to the public and lead up to the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup later in February.

Five of the teams – Colorado Rapids, Houston Dynamo, Portland Timbers, San Jose Earthquakes and Sporting Kansas City – will be training in Tucson. Two more teams that are also playing in the Desert Diamond Cup – New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders – will also play in the friendly matches.

All the matches will be played at the Kino Sports Complex’s North Field #5, north of Ajo Way.

“Not only will the teams enjoy themselves, but soccer fans in Tucson are going to love the up close view of professional soccer,” said FC Tucson co-managing member and general manager Jon Pearlman.

“There will be limited seats, but those who come will be just a few feet from the sidelines. They will get to experience a match closer than they ever could at an MLS stadium and it’s going to be very affordable for the entire family.”

Tickets will go on sale in November. The match schedule is:

• Tuesday, Jan. 29
  11 a.m. Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids
  3 p.m. Sporting KC vs. Houston Dynamo
  6 p.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. New England Revolution
• Thursday, Jan. 31
  6 p.m. Houston Dynamo vs. Colorado Rapids
• Friday, Feb. 1
  6 p.m. Sporting KC vs. Portland Timbers
• Saturday, Feb. 2
  11 a.m. San Jose Earthquakes vs. Houston Dynamo
  6 p.m. Colorado Rapids vs. TBA
• Tuesday, Feb. 5
  11 a.m. Seattle Sounders vs. Portland Timbers
• Friday, Feb. 8
  11 a.m. FC Tucson vs. Portland Timbers

New York Red Bulls and Real Salt Lake will join New England Revolution and Seattle Sounders in the double-header, round-robin Desert Diamond Cup at Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium on Feb. 13, 17, 20 and 23.

FC Tucson, established in 2010, owns FC Tucson Soccer, Tucson’s top-level soccer team and the FC Tucson Desert Diamond Cup. Follow FC Tucson at www.fctucson.com.

Kino Sports Complex (www.kinospsortscomplex.com) is home to both the Triple-A Tucson Padres baseball team and the FC Tucson soccer club. It is the largest professional sports and entertainment venue of its kind in Pima County.  It includes the 11,000-seat Kino Veterans Memorial Stadium, seven baseball fields (four with lights), lighted softball fields, a regulation Soccer Stadium (lighted) and four additional fields for soccer, field hockey, rugby, and lacrosse. With its panoramic view of the Santa Catalina Mountains, it is a natural fit for youth, high school, collegiate, and professional sports. Plus, it makes a great setting for social gatherings, concerts, and community events.

Keep up with Pima County on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona.

Pima County Supervisor Ramón Valadez and Bike and Pedestrian Program Manager Matt Zoll lead ride on new bike path at Willie Blake Park.

Today, Pima County officially opened the Willie Blake Park/KERP Bike Path and Tucson Diversion Channel Link to Aviation Pathway. Kino Environmental Restoration Project (KERP) is adjacent to the great recreational facilities at Sam Lena Park and the Mulcahy YMCA at Kino Community Center.

“The path is great, we see a lot of seniors riding on the path, walking on the path,” says Willie Blake, neighborhood activist for whom the park is named. “You used to see snakes, pigs, all kinds of wild animals in here, stolen and stripped cars, and the County has turned it into something nice.”

“This was a tumbleweed farm,” says chair of the Pima County Board of Supervisors Ramón Valadez about the area where the park and new bike path is located. After the County built the park and hillside walkway in 2010, “the neighborhood asked us how they could use The Loop, and we said that we’d take a look at that,” continues Valadez, who represents District 2.  “And that’s why we’re here today.”

The path is shorter than one mile, but it’s an important community connection. Nancy Cole, Project Manager, explains, “The KERP path connects to the YMCA and Kino Sports Complex, and after another mile you cross Country Club, leading to a path along the Diversion Channel to 36^th and Palo Verde, the gateway to Aviation Pathway.” This short path gives the neighborhood a multi-use path connection directly to downtown Tucson.

The path also provides excellent neighborhood connections to Santa Cruz River and Julian Wash sections of The Loop. In addition, path users can take neighborhood streets to Duval Vista, and cross Kino Parkway at a traffic signal onto bike lanes and sidewalks of the UA Bio Park at The Bridges. This new development will include lab and office space, a technology high school, and a hotel and conference center. The Bridges is now home to COSTCO and Walmart.

The Pima County Department of Transportation used general fund dollars to build new pathways. As part of this project, the Kino Sports Complex funded resurfacing of KERP paths.

Supervisor Valadez joined several others on a brief bike ride through KERP and along the Diversion Channel. He says, “This is a resource for the entire community, but it’s important for the neighbors to know that it’s their resource, too.”

For more information about The Loop, visit: www.pima.gov/TheLoop.

Keep up with Pima County on Facebook at www.facebook.com/pimacountyarizona.