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 (ASA)

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 resident

s 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.

View from the Village: Sunset on the 7th looking northwesterly along Galileo Lane.
05/08/2026

View from the Village: Sunset on the 7th looking northwesterly along Galileo Lane.

AV flora: Our newest already revered saguaro resident! 8ft 4in tall! Planted today by a Villager and a bevy of volun...
05/07/2026

AV flora: Our newest already revered saguaro resident! 8ft 4in tall! Planted today by a Villager and a bevy of volunteer neighbors who ALWAYS rally to help on such occasions.
~ Image thanks to AV resident Chris Holts ~

AV flora: 15ft Yucca standing tall and thriving next to a Village home for 20years. AKA Adam's needle or Spanish bayo...
05/06/2026

AV flora: 15ft Yucca standing tall and thriving next to a Village home for 20years. AKA Adam's needle or Spanish bayonet and yet another Asparagus cousin, these impressive bloomers can be found from Panama to Canada!

AV remembers:
05/05/2026

AV remembers:

AV flora: Cholla cactus flowers are smallish pink, magenta, or yellow blooms that appear in spring on these spiky, segm...
05/05/2026

AV flora: Cholla cactus flowers are smallish pink, magenta, or yellow blooms that appear in spring on these spiky, segmented, and highly-adaptive desert cacti. Very attractive to pollinators, they thrive in our Sonoran Desert. This particular Cholla near a feeder to the Blue Trail is just starting to blossom. Vivaldi townhouses beyond.

AV avians: Somewhat rotund Roadrunner on the rocks.~ Image by Villager Guy Knoller ~
05/05/2026

AV avians: Somewhat rotund Roadrunner on the rocks.
~ Image by Villager Guy Knoller ~

AV weather: Overnight rain! One Galileo Lane resident's backyard gauge measured .36 inch. For more info, the Pima Cou...
05/05/2026

AV weather: Overnight rain! One Galileo Lane resident's backyard gauge measured .36 inch. For more info, the Pima County rain gauges web site is VERY interesting. Rainfall measurements in various locations during recent periods ranging from 10 minutes to 30 days are available at https://alertmap.rfcd.pima.gov/Gmap/Gmap.html
~ Inches and other info thanks to AV resident Deon Holt ~

Villagers share: One AV resident has cactus plants looking to find a home. They include pencil cholla, staghorn choll...
05/05/2026

Villagers share: One AV resident has cactus plants looking to find a home. They include pencil cholla, staghorn cholla, Christmas cholla, black spined prickly pear, cows tongue prickly pear, and a few others less easily identified. Also there are some cacti that can get quite large and branch out. They are a blue myrtle and a Peruvian apple which need to be protected from roaming javelinas. Also there's a euphorbia that javelinas don't seem to find tasty.
~ Images and info thanks to Bill McCourt ~

AV flora: Best blooming Desert Willow spotted so far!
05/04/2026

AV flora: Best blooming Desert Willow spotted so far!

AV avians: Bodacious Black-headed Grosbeak!~ Image thanks to Villager James Gillock ~
05/04/2026

AV avians: Bodacious Black-headed Grosbeak!
~ Image thanks to Villager James Gillock ~

AV avifauna: Atop a tall and prickly perch! Not much color to go on, but based on profile a probable curve-billed thr...
05/03/2026

AV avifauna: Atop a tall and prickly perch! Not much color to go on, but based on profile a probable curve-billed thrasher, frequently heard on our campus with its shrill 2-note call.
~ Image thanks to Guy Knoller/birdie ID by Bev Robertson ~

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13701 E. Langtry Lane
Tucson, AZ
85747

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+15206470900

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