Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is known as “The Valley of the Sun” or “The Valley”. Phoenix is surrounded by mountains on all sides and have an average of 330 days of sunshine each year. When living in the Phoenix metro area, people embrace the sunny weather and an active outdoor life style. Many people enjoy hiking Camelback Mountain, Squaw Peak/Piestewa Peak, South Mountain or Papago Park. Arizona is the one state that does not go on daylight savings time.

Phoenix has its share of Fortune 1000 companies as in: Allied Waste, Avnet, Apollo Group, Freeport McMoRan, PetSmart, Pinnacle West and CSK Auto. Other companies that are based in this area are: Honeywell, Intel, American Express, U-HAUL and Best Western., Google, e-Bay, AOL and GoDaddy, IPower, Easynews.

Downtown offers an array of entertainment starting with the Arizona Diamondbacks playing at Chase Field. In 2001 the D-Backs won the baseball world series against the New York Yankees.  Across the street from Chase Field is US Airways Center, home of the Phoenix Suns (NBA) and the Phoenix Mercury (WNBA). The Mercury won their first world championship in 2007. Several performing arts venues are found in downtown, which include: Phoenix Symphony Hall, the Orpheum Theatre, the Herberger Theatre, and the Dodge Theatre.  Several restaurants compliment the variety of events that occur through out the year, from casual to formal.    

From downtown Phoenix, north through the Central Corridor area, Phoenix has aspired to become more of an urban lifestyle. Several new buildings have begun construction on loft and flat styles of living. Throughout this area there are three historical districts including: the Encanto Park area, The Willows and the Coronado District. Other areas of upscale living are the Biltmore, Arcadia, Phoenix Country Club, Paradise Valley, and Ahwatukee.

A Metro light rail system is scheduled to open at the end of 2008. In the future, the hope is to connect the larger cities in the outer areas such as: Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Peoria, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert. The smaller outer areas that maybe in the distant future might be helped by the light rail would include: Cave Creek, Carefree, Queen Creek, Goodyear, Fountain Hills, Litchfield Park, Anthem, Sun Lakes, Sun City, Sun City West, Avondale, Surprise, El Mirage, and Tolleson.

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