The Academy Village

The Academy Village - Unique community in the beautiful Rincon Valley SE of Tucson.
- Founded by UA President Emeritus
- Home of the Arizona Senior Academy

The Academy Village is a vibrant and friendly retirement community ideal for active, independent adults who have no intention of retiring from life. It is located in the foothills of the beautiful Rincon Mountains, just east of Tucson Arizona and next door to one of the nation’s great national parks. Cultural events, fitness classes, lectures, and a wide variety of interest groups provide residents with limitless possibilities for personal growth, well-being, and creativity. The village is uniquely designed to facilitate pursuing the next stages of life after 50 among friends in a physically and intellectually stimulating environment. Residents are typically engineers, physicians, nurses, teachers, attorneys, homemakers, business owners, professors, retired government including military, psychologists, astronomers, writers and more. The Village contains only about 230 homes and a small, exceptionally "user-friendly" assisted living complex, making it easy for residents from 45 to 90+ to quickly become and remain a part of the community. At the heart of our Village is The Arizona Senior Academy, a non-profit corporation devoted to life-long learning, thinking, and doing in the context of local community outreach. Life in Academy Village keeps residents engaged whether they plan to continue working, volunteer in community efforts, participate in educational or leisure activities, or discover an entirely new passion. The purpose of this page is to share the activities of the Village and multi-media reflections of its dramatically beautiful environment with family, friends and potential residents. Note: Content of this Page is controlled by and may be used only with permission of the AV Media Group.

Our peerless assisted living villas in Winter! Cozy by the fire!
01/12/2026

Our peerless assisted living villas in Winter! Cozy by the fire!

ASA leadership: New Year's refresh. Exciting team has taken the reins for 2026 and going forward! New Board Presiden...
01/11/2026

ASA leadership: New Year's refresh. Exciting team has taken the reins for 2026 and going forward! New Board President and new Operations Manager. Image: Ops ramrod Holly at her desk in the ASA Building. She's a native Tucsonan.

AV socializing: Villagers LOVE old fashioned get-togethers!
01/10/2026

AV socializing: Villagers LOVE old fashioned get-togethers!

Distant Rincon Peak sporting snowcap! Some green grass growing foreground. 2 inches rain this week. Old campus cactus s...
01/09/2026

Distant Rincon Peak sporting snowcap! Some green grass growing foreground. 2 inches rain this week. Old campus cactus standing tall.

AV avians: Hungry hawk perching in an old tree out back of one Village home. Rincon Valley vista. ~ Image thanks to AV...
01/09/2026

AV avians: Hungry hawk perching in an old tree out back of one Village home. Rincon Valley vista.
~ Image thanks to AV resident Gary Hardy ~

Coming next week courtesy of ASA:
01/09/2026

Coming next week courtesy of ASA:

AV weather: Here's snow a scene today up on Mt. Lemmon, some 45 hundred ft higher than the Village!
01/08/2026

AV weather: Here's snow a scene today up on Mt. Lemmon, some 45 hundred ft higher than the Village!

AV activities: Camping/hiking anyone? Some Villagers are going back to Organ Pipe National Monument Group Campsite #5 ...
01/07/2026

AV activities: Camping/hiking anyone? Some Villagers are going back to Organ Pipe National Monument Group Campsite #5 for two nights starting Sunday March 8th to Tuesday March 10th. There's lots of tent space, and individual RV sites are also available.
~ Info thanks to AV resident Steve Erdman ~

AV avifauna: Spotted and imaged in vegetation off upper Galileo Lane!! Horned owl perching comfortably.~ Image and bir...
01/07/2026

AV avifauna: Spotted and imaged in vegetation off upper Galileo Lane!! Horned owl perching comfortably.
~ Image and birdie. ID thanks Villager Nancy Green ~

View from the Village: Sunrise this morning Jan 6th with temps in the mid-40s. We'll be slightly over 60 by noon. Rai...
01/06/2026

View from the Village: Sunrise this morning Jan 6th with temps in the mid-40s. We'll be slightly over 60 by noon. Rain predicted for tomorrow.
~ Image thanks to Villager Guy Knoller ~

ASA activities: Wednesday Lecture will be “Rincon Mountains - Seen Through Geological Lenses” January 7th 3-4pm ASA Grea...
01/05/2026

ASA activities: Wednesday Lecture will be “Rincon Mountains - Seen Through Geological Lenses” January 7th 3-4pm ASA Great Room and on Zoom. Dr. George Davis UA Professor Emeritus, Geosciences; former Vice Provost; former Acting VP of Business affairs will discuss the geological background of the Rincon Mountains and the importance of the “Catalina detachment fault”, which demarcates the western and southern margins of the Rincon Mountains. There are extraordinary exposure of the fault relationships within Saguaro National Park.

Views from the village: Early Winter scene. This evening's massive red sunset backlighting a largely barren mesquite i...
01/05/2026

Views from the village: Early Winter scene. This evening's massive red sunset backlighting a largely barren mesquite in one Village home's front yard.

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13701 E. Langtry Lane
Tucson, AZ
85747

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+15206470900

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