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One of America's best cideries is right here in Mesa

Cider Corps earned a top-five national ranking, with Mango Foxtrot also cracking the top five.

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Mesa goes after good drivers

Follow parking rules and you could win prizes to local businesses.

Downtown <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mesa" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/07/22/meet-axios-phoenix-s-east-valley-reporter" data-vars-content-id="5e400fad-82de-44ce-a61b-e4789c8eb01c" data-vars-headline="Mesa goes after good drivers" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/07/22/meet-axios-phoenix-s-east-valley-reporter" target="_self">Mesa</a> is flipping the script on parking tickets this month, rewarding drivers who follow parking rules with prizes from local businesses. Why it matters: The Cloud Citation program incentivizes rule following and promotes <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="local businesses" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/organizers-first-friday-roosevelt-row-revitalization-plan" data-vars-content-id="5e400fad-82de-44ce-a61b-e4789c8eb01c" data-vars-headline="Mesa goes after good drivers" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/organizers-first-friday-roosevelt-row-revitalization-plan" target="_self">local businesses</a>.

Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next

The company announced recently that it's adding 55 square miles of the East Valley to its service area.

Waymo is about to add rides to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mesa Gateway Airport" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/waymo-phoenix-east-valley-expansion-chandler-gilbert-gateway-airport" data-vars-content-id="f6b0eef9-fca6-47ad-b266-9d6370687bc3" data-vars-headline="Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/phoenix/2026/08/13/waymo-phoenix-east-valley-expansion-chandler-gilbert-gateway-airport" target="_self">Mesa Gateway Airport</a>, but Mesa officials want the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="robotaxi company" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/waymo-robotaxis-av-crash-study" data-vars-content-id="f6b0eef9-fca6-47ad-b266-9d6370687bc3" data-vars-headline="Where Mesa officials want Waymos to go next" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/07/23/waymo-robotaxis-av-crash-study" target="_self">robotaxi company</a> to move farther east into the city. Why it matters: Even though the expansion gives more East Valley residents ridehail options to the airport, large residential areas of Mesa still remain outside its service territory.

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