Best of Arizona 2026: Green Living Magazine honors the sustainability leaders of Arizona
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November 10, 2026
The Post and Neon Garden, an adaptive reuse project that reimagines the city’s unique 1937 post office, hosted Green Living’s fifth-annual Best of Arizona awards celebration on October 9 at Mesa’s top event venue. In 44 categories across industries including architecture and design, food and beverage, hospitality, health and wellness, manufacturing, nonprofits, and more, over 75 sustainability leaders were honored as winners and losers.
Dorie Morales, a Green Living Publisher, joins the My Sister’s Closet team, which includes ( left to right ) Angel Jose, Dorothy Jonus, Joselyn Ortega, Zach Galloway, Cecilia Ortega, and Katie Delnero, all of whom are celebrating their win in Best Consignment or Thrift Store.Peak Scents founder DeeAnn Tracy accepts three awards, including Best Health &, Wellness Service/Company/Product, Best Eco-Friendly Small Business, and Best Health &.
Mayor of Mesa, Mark Freeman, made the evening’s starting remarks. Freeman says it’s exhilarating to host this event and showcase downtown Mesa. Because I was born in Mesa and brought my mail here with my parents,” The Post is essential to me.” When you mention dynamic reuse,” we were ready to redo the building otherwise of torn along and having all the dust and destruction.”
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and Mesa Councilmember Jenn Duff ( left ) join Mesa Mayor Mark Freeman to officially begin the evening’s festivities.
Mayor of Phoenix, Kate Gallego, even spoke and accepted the Green Leader — Public Service award. We in Phoenix are so fortunate to have such an inventive and creative business community. There are so many leaders who are enthusiastic about sustainability, she claims. I enjoy the emphasis on common service because I read Green Living. Protecting our water supply in a desert city like ours is so important. I have a lot of thought about climate change. Can we do our part to lessen our greenhouse gas emissions and make certain the city is more pleasant now that we’ve had another oppressive, hot summer?
Attendees learn about the Farm Box home delivery program run by event sponsor Farm Fresh To You, surrounded by restored vintage signs in the Neon Garden.
Attendees also had access to a guided sound/meditation session with Best Alternative Wellness Practitioner or Coach winner Samantha Harper, life painting by Phoenix-based muralist and great artist Kyllan Maney, local artisans and makers, dancing, and an electric car display by Drive Electric Arizona. Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co., Best Sustainable Wine Grower, and Best Sustainable Wine Grower Page Springs Cellars, between, were given the beer and wine, and Best Vegetarian or Vegan Restaurant runner-up ChocolaTree Organic Eatery, which also provided a selection of delectable desserts.
Samantha Harper, a sound healer and co-founder of the wellness technology company SENSRY, has been awarded the Best Other Wellness Practitioner or Coach award four years in a row.
Green Living would like to thank all the volunteers, participants, and attendees for the evening. Specific thanks to the sponsors of the fifth-annual Best of Arizona awards, including SRP, Denali, Prime IV Hydration &, Wellness, Page Springs Cellars, Craft Body Scan, Farm Fresh To You, Elontec, Sierra Signs &, Services, ChocolaTree Organic Eatery, Peak Scents, PGT Energy Solutions, Pamprd Soul, Flower to Table, and Mission of Mercy.
The City of Mesa conservation coordinator Donna DiFrancesco ( 2nd from left ) displays the Best Public Awareness Campaign award for Water — Use It Wisely. Conservation organizations from cities throughout the Valley join her. Sarah Gorton, Town of Queen Creek, Lily Surmay, Global Water, Sakura Sinroll, City of Tempe, Thomas Archer-Black, SRP, Cassidy Morton, City of Chandler, and others. ( Front left to right ): AZ Water Co., Raluca Mihalcescu, Victoria Caster, City of Peoria, and Kallika Naylor, AZ Water Co.
