| West Phoenix, AZ growing at an alarming
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| | facility is Lockheed Martin. The area is
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| rate. During our heated visit recently,
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| | mixed now with Retail, Food Processing
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| we studied the economic vitality of
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| | and lots of Aerospace, we talked to a
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| Avondale, Goodyear, Litchfield and
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| | maintenance supervisor for Timco who said
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| Tolleson. This area is the fastest
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| | their newest contract would require an
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| growing area of all of Phoenix which is
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| | additional 140 people to be hired.
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| the second fastest metro DMA area in the
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| | Luftstanza Airlines has its training
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| United States of America. Maricopa County
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| | center there also. Del Monte and Poore
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| is #2 next to Clark County in Las Vegas
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| | Brothers process there. Snyders of
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| NV metro. Surprise, Glendale and Goodyear
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| | Hanover, Rubbermaid, Walle Corp,
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| are breaking all kinds of records as the
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| | Cavco.The Goodyear Airport is a major
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| Governor looks at the issues of water and
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| | plus along with the neighboring business
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| future resources. We of course do our
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| | parks. The runway is over 8500 feet and
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| homework on economic factors before we
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| | can land and takeoff any aircraft known
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| attempt to enter a region as most
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| | to man. The city has attracted many
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| seasoned veteran business people do.In
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| | companies and is business friendly and
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| Avondale the population is growing and
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| | has online applications for just about
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| currently about 36,000 population. 33% of
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| | every permit. They have attracted;
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| which is Hispanic with HS education
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| | Aviation-Plastics and Composites, Sun Cor
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| average education level. Agriculture and
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| | Development, Chariot Eagle, Wal-Mart Dist
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| Agriculture processing is the biggest
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| | contractor McClane, West Valley Medical
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| industrial sector although that too is
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| | Center. The weather is hot in summer, but
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| changing as light industrial is taking
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| | year round workable if you are able to
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| advantage of the labor supply. Many new
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| | handle the average daytime summer temps;
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| car dealerships are assisting the city
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| | .June to September it is 100-105 degrees.
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| coffers with sales tax revenue although
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| | Greater Phoenix Economic Council has some
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| some of that has been given up short term
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| | interesting stats for the area as well.
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| as incentives, but all that kicks in two
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| | All the cities in the West Phoenix are
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| years. Beam Corp is a major employer
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| | charge an additional 2% sales tax and the
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| there says Jeffrey Fairman, Economic
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| | schools are considered great, even with
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| Development Director.Avondale is just
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| | all the non-english speaking students
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| South of Luke AFB and derives much income
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| | struggling at first.Litchfield has about
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| from military employees who buy good and
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| | 4000 population with only 8% Hispanic,
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| services there. Also in the area is an
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| | but is growing exponentially. Some of the
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| 80,000 square foot Medical Center. Also
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| | major employers include; Conklin Rose,
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| major employers include; LP Steel
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| | Wig Wam 4-star Resort, Goodyear Family
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| Industries, Cashion Tank and Steel,
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| | grew cotton there and then sold the land
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| California Materials, Bio Scientific and
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| | to Litchfield, who grew Egyptian
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| several new projects in progress. Average
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| | long-staple cotton for use in the
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| house price has risen 10% in the past
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| | processing and manufacturing tires for
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| year and is still good at; $132K which is
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| | Goodyear. Water of course brought in by
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| average for the area. The housing growth
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| | SRP. We will in the future do a complete
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| once again is incredible. The permit
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| | study of the history of SRP-Salt Water
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| processing is helped by the City
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| | River Project. Average Home price in the
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| Streamlining Committee. in the area enjoy
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| | area has grown to 310K. The city is pro
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| the local water park, bowling alley,
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| | business and allows grading of at risk
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| church youth groups and Pop Warner
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| | soil before final permits to test the
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| Football and lots of soccer teams. The
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| | ability of the land to support the
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| MAG-Maricopa Association of Governments
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| | project. These four cities on the West
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| is spending 15.5 Billion on new
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| | side of PHX average 16.8% of the
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| transportation infrastructure of which
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| | population at 25-34 meaning labor supply
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| much will be for expanding freeway widths
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| | and good customer base. 16.2% has 35-44
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| through Avondale on I-10. The 22-member
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| | age grouping. 46% Hispanic and similar to
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| panel is about 1 billion over budget but
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| | Los Angeles. Labor force is 29% less than
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| that will be picked up as the housing is
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| | HS education. 23% have HS only education
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| not slowing down. About the only big draw
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| | and 24.8% have some college but no
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| back is the problems of auto theft which
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| | degree. Prevailing average wage for labor
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| Phoenix area is number two only beaten
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| | is $9.86 per hour.Tolleson, has had good
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| out by Tucson AZ. Most of these cars find
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| | growth since the freeway interchange got
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| their way to Mexico. Of all the West
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| | finished for the 101 loop connecting to
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| Maricopa cities there is severe fire risk
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| | I-10. Huge new Auto Center. Freightliner
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| in the hot summers until the Summer
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| | Facility, Truck Stop, mostly due to the
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| Monsoon season starts, at which time the
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| | city fathers seeing an opportunity due to
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| on-call fire teams and hot shot crews
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| | the freeway interchange and had some 6
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| move to Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
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| | new car dealerships move in by on I-10
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| Washington, South Dakota.In Goodyear, AZ
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| | and they used a fast track permit
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| things are a bit different. The
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| | processing program to do the rest. Also
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| population has absolutely exploded and is
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| | in the area are Lisanti Foods, Nabisco,
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| continuing to. Many people work out at
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| | Quaker Oats, Western Container, Greater
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| the Prisons on Palos Verde Rd and the
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| | PHX Auto Auction, Auto Zone Dist.,
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| newest prison that you can see from I-10,
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| | Graybar Dist., Sara Lee Dist., Sysco
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| some people we talked to worked at the
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| | Dist., Frys Dist., Cactus Transportation,
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| Nuclear Power plant or for SRP or Betchel
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| | Cost Co Dist., Fed Ex Depot, and still
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| all of which work there at the Power
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| | there are many residents which have
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| Plant. There are about 20,000 people in
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| | brought the housing prices of this
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| Goodyear but there are also some 5000 new
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| | industrial freeway adjacent to 100K on
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| homes going up right now. It is 22%
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| | average. Tolleson has a pop of 5000 and
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| Hispanic and that number is being
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| | 70% Hispanic, unemployment is 6%. The
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| diluted, but future growth should be
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| | major jobs are service based, retail,
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| equal under that ratio in my opinion for
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| | warehousing and manufacturing . Other
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| the next decade. As more and more
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| | large employers are CSI, Sun Land Beef,
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| Hispanic Families enter the middle class
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| | Albertsons Dist., Pet Smart Dist. Dist.,
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| we will see them turn Republican and buy
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| | and several meat and food packing plants.
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| into the area of Goodyear with an average
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| | .The Western Suburban areas of Phoenix
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| home price of 142K and climbing.Goodyear
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| | have turned from rural dusty farming
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| as you might have guessed is named after
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| | communities to extremely livable middle
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| the Akron Rubber Baron, which you can
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| | class soccer mom communities with all the
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| learn more about on the second floor of
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| | trimmings. It is a good place to do
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| the Goodyear Building outside Akron in
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| | business, great customer base and it will
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| the World of Rubber Museum at Goodyear
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| | continue to build out for another two
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| original HQ. In Goodyear they made rubber
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| | decades.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank
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| for the US Navy Seaplanes, now that
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| | forum board.
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