Thrive Zones

Thrive Zones are place-based neighborhood reinvestment efforts designed to improve quality of life in lower-income areas through layered investments and community-driven solutions. The Thrive Zone approach goes beyond typical neighborhood planning to look holistically at a place, identifying a vision to transform both the built environment and opportunities for residents to thrive through education, services, and jobs. The approach also integrates resident-driven strategies for crime reduction and community safety.

Thrive in the 05

Thrive in the 05 logo

Thrive in the 05 is a place-based, community-centered collaboration between residents, businesses, community organizations, and institutions to build community and invest resources in the Oracle Road / Miracle Mile area of the 85705 ZIP code.

In July 2023, the City of Tucson received a $50 million Choice Neighborhoods Implementation grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The grant will focus on redevelopment of Tucson House and reinvestment in Thrive in the 05 area over the next 8 years.

Learn more about Thrive in the 05

Thrive in the 05 Community Facilities Request for Information - Deadline Extended!

Download RFI(PDF, 548KB)

The City of Tucson is soliciting information from qualified organizations regarding partnerships to build and operate COMMUNITY-SERVING FACILITIES (such as a Community Food Hub, Health Clinic, or daycare facility) in the Thrive in the 05 neighborhood in support of the City’s Choice Neighborhoods Implementation Grant.

Questions? Contact Denisse Ortega-Loroña, Thrive Zone Manager
Email: denisse.ortega-lorona@tucsonaz.gov  
Phone: (520) 330-9225

Release Date: October 14, 2025
Deadline to Submit Questions or Request a Meeting: December 10, 2025
Deadline for Meeting with HCD to Occur: December 11, 2025
Submission Deadline: December 12, 2025 at 11:59 pm MST

Thrive in the 05 Transformation Plan

The Thrive in the 05 Transformation Plan describes an ambitious vision to cultivate sustainable, community-driven, equitable change in the city’s historic northern gateway: "The Thrive in the 05 is a safe, affordable, inclusive neighborhood that cultivates sustainable transformation through resiliency, reinvestment, and shared leadership; a community that honors our unique history and cultural identity, where multiple generations share the means to THRIVE." The Plan was adopted by the City of Tucson Mayor and Council on March 9, 2022.

Transformation Plan(PDF, 41MB)

Appendices

  1. Neighborhood Physical Assessment(PDF, 10MB), The Planning Center
  2. Neighborhood Team Outreach Summary(PDF, 8MB), The Planning Center
  3. Community Housing Assessment(PDF, 11MB), Poster Mirto McDonald
  4. Tucson House Physical Assessment Update(PDF, 28MB), Poster Mirto McDonald
  5. Market Analysis for Tucson Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan(PDF, 2MB), BAE Urban Economics
  6. Community Report, Arizona State University Office of Community Health(PDF, 2MB), Engagement, and Resiliency (ASU OCHER)

Thrive in the 05 Action Activities

Action Activities represent the first phase of implementation of the Thrive in the 05 Transformation Plan, thanks to a combined public investment of $1.5 million from Choice Neighborhoods, CDBG, and City General Funds. These neighborhood improvement and economic development projects were evaluated and selected by a subcommittee of the Steering Committee in 2020 and have been implemented through a team of dedicated community partners.

Learn more about Action Activities

 

29th Street Thrive 

29th Street Thrive logo

As a result of the success of Thrive in the 05, Tucson Mayor and Council allocated federal framework funds in 2022 to expand the ‘Thrive Approach’ to the area of 22nd to Golf Links and Alvernon to Craycroft. 

In September 2024, the 29th Street Thrive Zone was selected to receive a $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to further support the Thrive efforts.

Learn more about 29th Street Thrive

Contact Us

Contact Information

Location:
310 N Commerce Park Loop
Tucson, AZ 85745

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 27210
Tucson, AZ 85726-7210
Phone: (520) 791-4171
Fax: (520) 791-5407
HCDAdmin@tucsonaz.gov 

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