Maryvale residents say the oppressive heat keeps them indoors during the summer, and a new campaign is hoping to change that.

Why it matters: Preliminary data shows Maricopa County experienced 430 heat-related deaths last year — and extreme temperatures contribute to a host of other health problems.

What they're saying: The community initiative Rumbo surveyed more than 300 Maryvale residents over nine months. Here's what they heard:

• One woman described a kind of seasonal depression from the isolation of staying indoors when it's hot and the stress of high utility bills during the summer.
• "We need shade to survive, not just to be comfortable," read one quote in a presentation that summarized residents' responses.

State of play: Those responses are guiding the new Resilient Phoenix campaign led by Rumbo, which seeks to help Maryvale residents stay cool.

• Shaded public spaces, heat-proofed ways to get there and shaded parking were the top three asks from respondents.

The big picture: Maryvale is one of the hottest parts of the Valley, along with south Phoenix, east Mesa, Sun City, El Mirage and Sunnyslope, per Rumbo founder Luis Ávila.

• It can get 4–7 degrees hotter than greener areas, organizer Dafne Cortez Jimenez said.
• Maryvale has less tree cover than cooler parts of Phoenix and suffers from "decades of underinvestment," Rumbo says.

Ávila said they're working to connect residents with pre-existing resources like energy assistance programs and educating people about how to lower their utility bills.

• They're also connecting people with tree-planting resources and advising the city and nonprofits on "more equitable places" where pre-existing programs should focus, Ávila said, noting that in Maryvale those efforts often target areas that are already greener.

The intrigue: The coalition has more ambitious plans to transform areas that could become major destinations in the Valley.

• The "Maryvale Loop," a proposed project near Desert Sky Mall, would create a greener area with more trees and less pavement that people could use for walking and bicycling and to connect to the light rail.

Stay cool

Arizona's new tallest building — slated to open by the end of the decade — will include a top-floor restaurant from one of the Valley's buzziest restaurateurs, the developer announced this week.

The (really) big picture: The project, called Arro, will span 1.8 million square feet across two towers on Second Avenue south of Fillmore Street.

• The north tower will become Arizona's tallest building at 541 feet.
• The project will include apartments, office space and a hotel.

The latest: Pretty Decent Concepts — the brains behind Wren & Wolf, Filthy Animal, Chico Malo and more — will helm the top two floors of the north tower with a "show-stopping, multi-concept experience," the restaurant group's founder, Teddy Myers, said in a news release Tuesday.

• "We were drawn to this space because it represents the kind of ambition we believe downtown Phoenix deserves," he said.

The fine print: Aspirant Development expects to begin construction by the end of the year and open within three years of groundbreaking.

The intrigue: Arro's north tower will be Phoenix's first skyscraper, which is technically defined as a building reaching at least 492 feet.

• Our current tallest building, the now-vacant Chase Tower, is 483 feet.

Tell a downtowner

💻 TSMC plans to open a chip packaging plant in Arizona by 2029. (Reuters)

🚔 As a young officer in Texas, Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos was suspended eight times over accusations like excessive force, making false statements, off-duty gambling and tardiness, records from the El Paso Police Department show. (AZcentral)

🔌 APS temporarily shut off power to around 6,000 Flagstaff-area customers yesterday due to wildfire concerns from extreme winds. (Fox 10)

⚖️ Mark Goudeau, who was convicted of nine murders and sentenced to death in the Baseline Killer case, claims in a new appeal that Phoenix police framed him for what may have been unrelated killings. (Arizona Mirror)

Valley gas prices have fallen slightly since the beginning of the month, but are still much too close to $5 per gallon for comfort.

The big picture: Costlier fill-ups are the most direct and visible economic effect of the Iran War, which broke out nearly two months ago.

By the numbers: Yesterday's average in Phoenix was $4.74 for a gallon of regular, well above the national average of $4.02, per AAA.

Between the lines: Our gas is usually pricier than the national average — blame our lack of nearby refineries and a federal air quality mandate that requires us to sell a cleaner-burning (and more expensive) fuel blend.

The bottom line: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN Sunday that gas might not drop all the way down to the pre-war level until next year, even if the conflict ended today.