Nestled in the Verde Valley just 100 miles north of Phoenix, Cottonwood has transformed from a sleepy agricultural community into what might be Arizona’s most delightful small-town renaissance story.

As summer temps rise across the country, many of us are cooling off by dropping the thermostat. But the price of staying chill? It's going way up.

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