Metro Phoenix Relocation Guide 2008 - (Page 93) Northeast Valley Outside this core are townhomes, single-family homes, small estates with horse privileges and a handful of golf courses. The area is known for its above average housing, excellent schools and overall family quality of life. Greater Paradise Valley's median age is 46; its median income is just over $150,000. Housing, which runs the gamut from high-rise condos to fairway homes, has a median value over $1,750,000. A major new master-planned area development called Desert Ridge is being developed in the north section of the Greater Paradise Valley area. With over 5,700 acres, it will include residential housing, an 800-room resort, two 18-hole golf courses and a 1,000-acre commerce park. The interim outer loop access road (Pima Freeway) from Interstate 17 to 56th Street was completed in 1999; the final roadway was completed in 2002. The Piestiwaw Parkway has been extended to the outer loop (Pima Freeway), giving better access to Sky Harbor Airport and downtown Phoenix. The Paradise Valley Community College has a large, expanding full campus; and there are branches of Ottawa University, University of Phoenix, and Rio Salado Community College. AREA STATISTICS AREA: 16 square miles (town). LIBRARIES: Phoenix Public Library: Mesquite Branch, 4525 E. Paradise Village Parkway North, 602/262-7298; Maricopa County Library, 17811 N. 32nd Street, 602/506-2950. LOCATION: 9 miles northeast of downtown Phoenix. POPULATION: Approx: 14,000 SCHOOLS: Elementary/middle/high schools: Paradise Valley Unified School District No. 69. UTILITIES: Electric – Arizona Public Service Company and Salt River Project; gas – Southwest Gas; water – City of Phoenix and Paradise Valley Water Company; sanitation – City of Phoenix; and telephone – Qwest. NORTH PHOENIX CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2737 E. Greenway Rd., #10 Phoenix 85032-4319 602/482-3344 www.northphoenixchamber.com Newcomers may wish to investigate Fountain Hills sooner rather than later. Fountain Hills Tucked into the McDowell Mountains at an elevation several hundred feet above Phoenix, Fountain Hills enjoys crisper air, slightly cooler temperatures and a more secluded existence than its other counterparts in Metropolitan Phoenix. It has been honored with the designation as one of the Fifty Fabulous Places to Raise Your Family in a book of that name. Fountain Hills was established in 1970 by a development company. Its design plans were drawn up by Charles Wood, Jr., the man credited with designing Disneyland. Looking for a way to differentiate their city, the developers conceived the idea of having the world's tallest manmade fountain as a centerpiece. That fountain shoots water 560 feet into the air, creating a geyser five feet taller than the Washington Monument. Fountain Hills is a blend of people who have earned their fortunes and those in the earlier stages of making their marks. Housing options include the 950-acre SunRidge Canyon and The Community of Eagle Mountain, 500-acres in southwestern Fountain Hills. Both planned communities feature scenic golf courses and recreational facilities and a selection of custom homes. Also newly completed are the Firerock Country Club and the CopperWynd Tennis and Health Resort, both offering condominiums, single-family and custom homes. The new community center offers convention, banquet and wedding reception facilities. To create more local jobs for its 25,000 plus residents, the city has mapped out an economic development strategy to attract seven categories of industry: service centers, hospitality, research and development, medical support services, light manufacturing, distribution and warehousing, and retailing and consumer services. To keep the city's residential feel, guidelines call for these to be small companies, corporate offices and branch operations that employ less than 200 people. Tee times at the three local golf courses are in great demand. Many Fountain Hills residents gladly make the trip to Phoenix knowing they’ll return to their sequestered foothill homes. 93 Relocation Guide™ http://www.northphoenixchamber.com
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