In Part One, Dick Eggerding described the "garden of knowledge" he found when he arrived in Oro Valley in 1988 — open ground where anyone with an idea could simply show up and start building. He used that ground to found the town's arts council and its public art ordinance.
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Everyone thinks The Overlook is members-only. It isn't. This municipal golf course restaurant tucked into El Conquistador serves some of the best food in Oro Valley, from scratch-made soups to a Cajun chicken sandwich locals can't stop ordering, all with a view of downtown Tucson. No membership required. Just an appetite.
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The agenda for the September 2, 2026 Oro Valley Town Council regular session can be viewed by clicking the link below or by copying and pasting it into your web browser. Click here for agenda. If this meeting includes a public hearing, citizens can provide public comment in person by completing a blue card, or virtually via Zoom by registering at least 24 hours in advance. Click here to register.
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As America marks its 250th birthday, ILoveOV continues its year-long series imagining conversations with the founders who built this nation — brought forward in time to sit across the table from us in Oro Valley. These installments are grounded in each figure's own writings and documented positions, then imagined forward into today's questions. This month, we sit down with James Madison: chief architect of the Constitution, co-author of the Federalist Papers, and principal author of the Bill of Rights — the quiet strategist whose theory of factions still shapes how Americans think about self-government. His warnings about union and division speak directly to a country and a town still learning to govern themselves well.
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The Tooth Fairy stopped by Steam Pump Ranch before dawn to talk about what a lost tooth really marks — for kids becoming someone new, and for the parents letting go a little at a time. It's a September story about generational Oro Valley families and the small rituals that outlast a town's growth spurts. She didn't arrive with wings, exactly — more like a shimmer at the edge of vision, the kind of thing you'd blame on the September heat if you hadn't already agreed to meet her at Steam Pump Ranch an hour before sunrise. She was sitting on the low wall near the historic ranch house when I got there, turning something small and white over in her fingers like a coin she couldn't decide whether to spend. Small in the old stories, she says, but she'd taken a size more suited to conversation — about knee-high to the mesquites, silver-dusted, and entirely unbothered by the hour.
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Oro Valley residents enjoy a wide variety of restaurants and other dining options, from the stunning views and New American cuisine of The Overlook, to the classic Southern Italian menu at Bottega Michelangelo.
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