I can’t tell you how good it felt to see so many people at our April Business breakfast. I want to give a special thank you for Maria Elena Rizzo, Tom Fulton and Phillip Henn of Hunt Distinctive Properties for sponsoring the April Breakfast and thank you to Senator Nancy Barto for making time in her busy schedule to bring us up to date as the Arizona legislative session is winding down.
May 12 is our evening monthly Mixer hosted by Fiorra CBD in Carefree starting at 5:30. This event marks the return of in-person Mixers since March of 2020.
I hope to see you there!
Patty Villeneuve
President/CEO
Carefree Cave Creek Chamber
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DEADLINE FOR DISCOUNT
10% Discount if Ad Purchased before May 5, 2021
Space is limited! 42,200 copies debuting in October! Distributed at Town Halls and information centers in Carefree and Cave Creek, Chamber Events and Shows, and mailed to most homes in 85331,85327,85262,85377,85266 portions of 85085 and 85086 as well as mailed to visitors worldwide!
Deadline is June 18, 2021
For Carefree Cave Creek Chamber of Commerce Members only. Membership information available HERE or call 480-488-3381
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Mixers are back in person!
Join your fellow Chamber Members for a monthly opportunity to network!
Mixer Host; Saguaro 66 Merchandising presents FIORRA CBD & Indulge Exceptional Snacks - 37555 N Hum Rd #204, Carefree, AZ 85377
Always the second Wednesday every month.
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Come join your fellow Business Members for an informational monthly business breakfast presentation and early morning networking!
Deadline to Register; May 24, 2021
At Harold's Cave Creek Corral, 6895 E Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
7:30 AM- 9:30 AM
$12.00 Members $15.00 - General Admission
No refunds given for cancelations after 5pm on Monday, May 26.
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Join us for POWER HOUR (Profitable Opportunities With Empowering Results)!
This informal gathering was created for two reasons, to infuse cash into our host restaurant during the summer months when they need it the most and an additional opportunity to network with your fellow Chamber members. Stay for a few minutes or the whole hour but please come and show the host restaurant your support!
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33 Years
Carefree Dentist
31 Years
Our Lady of Joy Catholic Parish
25 Years
Cave Creek Museum
Desert Foothills Land Trust
18 Years
Southwest Gas
15 Years
Kendrick Wealth Management
13 Years
Foothills Food Bank
8 Years
Neighbors in Need
Pinnacle Paving
Scully Learning Center Foundation
6 Years
Arizona Animal Hospital
5 Years
All Mercedes
HIS Lighting
Prickly Pear Inn
4 Years
Desert Dream Realty
Etania Jewelry and Boutique
Lone Mountain Memory Care
Marine Corps Law Enforcement Foundation
The Print Shop Cave Creek
2 Years
Black Mountain United Church of Christ
El Encanto Restaurant
1 Year
Vino & Panino
Welcome to the Chamber of Commerce community! We look forward to seeing you and getting to know you at our events.
Hampton Inn By Hilton Carefree
Pet Supplies Plus- North Scottsdale
Cave creek Seventh Day Adventist
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Here we are in May again. Don't forget to vote on the General Plan! If this version fails Cave Creek will have the dubious distinction of being the only municipality in Arizona to have rejected 3 General Plans. I'm told I should have "fact checked" the previous statement because it's actually 4 times! I'm sure everyone can find one thing in there to cause them to vote no but, you should remember it is a General Plan and not an absolute. Rather than taking someones' word you should read it for yourself. There are forces in Cave Creek that will criticize anything and everything and even misinform you for their own self promotion so do your own homework, Please!
This Council and Staff are still working very hard on finding a way to get Fire Protection that is in the "Automatic Aid Program". This is a long and laborious undertaking. FYI, Automatic Aid is the program where all 911 calls in Maricopa County for fire or ambulance are dispatched by closest availability of responders. It also meant that there are no boundaries for support when needed between all of the Member Departments. I'm sure you remember May last year when we had the 2 wildfires within our Town. Even though we are not part of Automatic Aid they came anyway from all over to help save us. Our Town Manager is now in receipt of letters from several agencies indicating that unless we figure this out, in the future it is unlikely we would get the same level of support!
Speaking of fires you'll notice that many properties and areas of our Town still have last years dry fine fuel load in place. Please, please knock this stuff down before we have a repeat! The Towns Website has lots of great information about protecting your property from wildfire so be sure to check that out.
It looks like we are in the waning days of the Covid Pandemic as I write this and the end couldn't come soon enough.
Don't forget that if you feel secure enough we really need to support our local businesses, it's been a very tough year for them.
With an end to the Pandemic in sight, Cave Creek Rodeo Days will once again be on Memorial Day Weekend with 3 performances. It's a great way to celebrate the Western Roots and Heritage of the Town of Cave Creek so come on out and enjoy.
Until next month, be safe!
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Kraig Nelson, Cave Creek Museum Historian
The street-sign (road) dividing two venerable gustatorial giants in Cave Creek, Harold’s Corral and the Buffalo Chip, simply says Jack Cartwright. If the street-sign had a little more room, it should read: Jack Cartwright lll. The historic Cartwright family controlled (owned and leased) up to 65,000 acres; for 93 years, 1887 to 1980, near their ranch located at Seven Springs which is about nineteen miles northeast from the Cave Creek Museum following Cave Creek Road. The rich ranching legacy involved four generations of Cartwrights. Now that Pomodoro Italian Grill, one of the area’s fine gastronomical additions has opened, replacing the former restaurant known as Cartwright’s, it seems the street-sign is the only salient remnant of the local, multi-generational, ranching family, or is it?
In Maryvale, a western suburb of Phoenix, one finds Cartwright School District # 83. This school district entails twenty-one schools and about 17,000 students. Is there any relationship to the Cave Creek Cartwrights? If so, how and why does this relationship exist. In fact, this school district is named for the Cave Creek Cartwrights, which means it’s time to explore a brief history of the Cartwrights.
Reddick Jasper Cartwright (Red), his wife Sara, and three children (eventually ten) left Coles County, Illinois in 1869, via the approximate 2,000 mile Oregon Trail. They headed to northern California and met Red’s older brother Elias in Chico. Later, they moved close to the Oregon border, Goose Lake Valley, where during the winter of 1873 their cattle perished during the harsh winter. This prompted a move to Prescott, Arizona in September 1874. Still not happy, the family arrived in Phoenix January 5, 1877. At this point it was a large family.
Reddick Jasper Cartwright filed homestead applications near today’s 51st Avenue and Thomas, for a total of 480 acres. His son Reeves homesteaded 160 acres and daughter Addie, with husband Thomas Brockman, homesteaded 160 acres for a total of 810 family acres. The “Cartwright Neighborhood” was born. In 1884, after Addie and Thomas donated two acres for the first school in the area, the “Cartwright School District” had its beginnings. The first one-room school was built in 1921. The Cartwright General Store was built across the street.
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748 Easy St., P.O. Box 734
Carefree, AZ 85377
480-488-3381
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