Share Your Suggestions to Improve the Quality of Life for Goodyear's Most Vulnerable

Do you have ideas about how Goodyear can improve the quality of life in your neighborhood? Increase your sense of safety? Make life better for youth or seniors? The city is planning how to best use about $350,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to benefit residents and neighborhoods during the coming year. Learn about this funding source and share your ideas at a hybrid public meeting beginning at 6PM on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.

CDBG funds must be used to benefit low-and-moderate income people and areas, and special populations. Low-and-moderate income people and residents of low-and-moderate income neighborhoods are encouraged to attend the meeting. The meeting will include information about the anticipated funds that will be available and the range of eligible activities. Participants may attend in-person, at Goodyear City Hall, 1900 N Civic Square, Goodyear, AZ 85395, or on Zoom. Learn more at goodyearaz.gov/CDBG.

Glide Into the Holiday Season

There is no better feeling than being home for the holidays. Holidays on the Square is a three-weekend holiday celebration featuring a new theme each week. Pick and choose your favorite activities or experience them all. There is something for everyone at this new holiday event.  

ALL NEW THIS YEAR is The RinQ - create new and exciting memories this holiday season at our new Civic Square! The RinQ is a new holiday experience to enjoy with your entire family. Glide into the ice-skating season on our synthetic ice-skating rink starting December 2nd!

The RinQ is free for Goodyear residents and preregistration is encouraged to guarantee a space during your preferred timeslot. Ice skates rentals will be available to use at no charge for Goodyear residents.

Non-resident equipment fee: $10 per skater (for ice skate rental)

Registration will become available one week prior to skating date. Click here to register.

Residency verification is required for those creating a new account. To verify residency, please email gyrec@goodyearaz.gov a driver’s license or utility bill with your name or stop by the Goodyear Recreation Welcome Center to show proof of residency.

Volunteer for Tour de Cure

You’re invited to help change lives through a cycling event that will include some of the most iconic locations here in the West Valley.

With more than 34 million Americans living with diabetes, and many more who have gone undiagnosed, the time is now to join us in the fight for a cure. The Tour de Cure will bring together cyclists and volunteers for a one-of-a-kind cycling event that will raise critical funds to support the mission of the American Diabetes Association to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes.

The Tour de Cure: Arizona 56 ride was so popular that it’s coming back to Goodyear in March of 2023! The ride starts and finishes at Goodyear Ballpark and offers distances for all abilities: 5.6 miles, 23 miles or 56 miles. Click here to read more about the event, which raises funds for the American Diabetes Association.

If riding isn’t your thing but you’d like to volunteer for the Tour de Cure ride, the American Diabetes Association needs 450 volunteers to help with the event. In addition to the ride, there will be a farmers’ market, a kids’ zone, food, entertainment, health related advocacy and information, vendors, cooking demonstrations, a walking tour of the ballpark and so much more!

Steps to register to volunteer:

• Click here to sign up
• Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like
• Sign up! It's easy - you will not need to register an account or keep a password 

There's a New Way to Ride

Goodyear has launched a pilot program for a microtransit service called We RIDE.

The one-year pilot program, is a ridesharing service that allows passengers to request a ride on demand through a mobile app. A Chrysler Pacifica minivan takes passengers to and from fixed points within a designated zone.

Customers select a pickup and drop-off point on the We RIDE mobile app. The app will display the most convenient route to their destination. After the customer confirms and pays for their trip in the app, they are directed to a nearby pick-up location known as a virtual stop. If their pickup is in a neighborhood, the virtual stop may be at the customer’s community mailbox or at a nearby side street. The app notifies customers when their driver is near, how much longer it will be before the driver arrives, and when the driver arrives.

Unlike Uber and Lyft, drivers are hired by First Transit, a national company. We RIDE vehicles are ADA friendly, can seat up to five passengers, and all vehicles have bike racks. Children under 5-years of age and/or under 65 pounds will need to ride in a car seat provided by and secured by the accompanying adult. The minimum age to use the service is 16-years old.

Service is Monday-Friday, from 7am – 7pm, excluding major government holidays. The fare is $2 per trip, however all rides are free in December. Seniors over the age of 60, veterans, disabled, and students currently registered at Estrella Mountain Community College and Franklin Pierce University pay a reduced fare of $1 (and must provide ID upon boarding). Customers can also pay cash for their trip on board the vehicle as long as it is exact fare. 

You can learn more by clicking here. 

SYNERGY HomeCare

When you need to find care for someone you love, it’s important that it feels right. At SYNERGY HomeCare of the West Valley, we believe our purpose is to provide the best care possible. We recognize that people want to live their lives where they feel most comfortable – in their own home. Our agency provides high quality non-medical care, helping people to stay in their homes longer.

Whether you’re an active senior who just needs a hand, someone confined to bed who needs a little more help, someone recovering from surgery who only needs assistance for a few weeks, or a person dealing with lifelong disabilities who needs someone to walk beside them on their journey, we at SYNERGY HomeCare are here to care with whole hearts and open arms. We offer companionship, personal care, respite care, light housekeeping, medication reminders, errands & shopping, transfer assistance, bathing assistance, meal preparation, and more.

To learn more about us, please visit our website at: CaringForTheWestValley.com or call us at 623-246-1000.

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