From jobs to healthcare to entertainment and more, hear why the West Valley has become one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Learn about the businesses and events that are coming soon to the area and how they are putting the West Valley on the global map.
From jobs to healthcare to entertainment and more, hear why the West Valley has become one of the fastest growing areas in the country. Learn about the businesses and events that are coming soon to the area and how they are putting the West Valley on the global map.
Coming up on this episode of Growing Goodyear,
Sintra Hoffman:I have always known that the West Valley is a secret, hidden gem. And we have the household income here. We have the education levels here we have the quality housing, we're a quality community. Trust me, I've seen that this is all coming. And it's just nothing but a bright future ahead.
Jordan Byrd:Welcome, everyone to the growing good year Podcast. I'm Jordan Byrd.
Tammy Vo:And I'm Tammy Vo.
Jordan Byrd:And you know Tammy, the West Valley is really a vibrant and thriving area, not only just in the Phoenix metro area, but it really is becoming an area in the United States that we're seeing a ton of growth in, in terms of housing and business and all sorts of areas. And I think a lot of people who may not have been in the West Valley or may have visited 10 years even, I think they would be blown away by what we are seeing developed and the growth that's happening here in the West Valley.
Tammy Vo:Absolutely. Jordan. No, I can only speak from my own experience, too. I live in central Phoenix. And so, you know, when I think about what the West Valley was to me, before I came to the city of Goodyear, boy, was I surprised to see how much is happening in the West Valley and continues to happen every day. And I don't know about you, Jordan. But when you thought about West Valley before, was it what you thought?
Jordan Byrd:No, it wasn't. Because when I thought about the West Valley, before I began my time here with the city of Goodyear, it was more of a place that you just pass through on the way to somewhere else, Los Angeles, San Diego, or wherever you might be going. And there was also a perception, I can only speak for myself, that it was where people go to retire. You know, you have snowbirds, and we have snowbirds all over the valley. But particularly there was that perception that like was Sun City and some of these other retirement communities that it's where you go after you're retired, and you're ready to kind of settle down and wait things out a little bit. That's what that perception was to me. But then once you get here, especially in the last few years, that is not the reality of what is taking place here right now.
Tammy Vo:So you're and you've got me going down memory lane for a second. Okay. After college, you know, my first job was?
Jordan Byrd:Sun City?
Tammy Vo:El Centro, California, I want to talk about a place
Jordan Byrd:And I also think it's interesting because even where you stopped to get gas. Yeah, that's it. And to your though there are so many different cities and communities point, though, there are some times discoveries you make in different cities that you didn't know about before. And it would within the West Valley, and each one of those Goodyear included, for me back then it was it was El Centro, and also for the West Valley, there might be some misconceptions that people have of what's going on in the West Valley and how it's changed. has their own things going on. It speaks to a larger picture And, and that's kind of what we want to talk about today where we're at now. And the numbers Jordan are incredible 15 communities 3000 about the West Valley where yes, Buckeye Goodyear Avondale Litchfield Park, Surprise, all of these communities have their square miles 1.8 million residents all in the west valley own things going on. But together as a group, it's a much stronger force behind them. that we've grown so much. That's like the state of Rhode Island.
Tammy Vo:We are just really becoming a major force in when it comes to economic growth, all those things that really make a complete community. And today, we're so excited to speak with Westmarc's president and CEO, Sintra Hoffman. And if you've never heard of Westmarc, before, Westmarc is an organization that really brings that network of all those West Valley communities together to not only promote the west valley, but also bring business development and growth to our region.
Jordan Byrd:Yeah, and it's all important. I mean, as we were just touching on, something may be happening in a neighboring city, that you're like, Oh, that's not the community I live in. But how many of us actually stay within the boundaries when you live in a large metro area, you're bee bopping to other communities and other cities, you're visiting their restaurants or their stores or people from other communities are coming into your city to do the same thing. And having an organization like Westmarc that kind of is overseen and looking out for all of those communities working towards one common goal is really so beneficial to everyone in the West Valley.
Tammy Vo:And I think what our listeners are going to really be excited to hear about today especially from Sintra is what are all the hot, new up and coming things that are happening in a lot of categories that we're all interested in the restaurants, the jobs, the workforce, the shopping, the entertainment, healthcare, she's got it all covered.
Jordan Byrd:But before we get to all of that, it's time now for our Fast Five with Sintra.
Tammy Vo:I know you'd love to travel. What is your most favorite place that you've traveled?
Sintra Hoffman:I would say Thailand.
Jordan Byrd:What app on your phone do you use the most?
Sintra Hoffman:Facebook. I'm that age group.
Tammy Vo:Who is the most famous person you have ever met?
Sintra Hoffman:Oh my gosh, I've met quite a few. Okay, Marlon Brando,
Jordan Byrd:What is a dish that you make that is your signature, your best dish?
Sintra Hoffman:Paella.
Tammy Vo:What do you love most about the West Valley?
Sintra Hoffman:The community spirit. I love the community spirit in the West Valley.
Tammy Vo:Sintra. Thank you for being with us today and talking about all things West Valley, which I know is really your heart and soul.
Sintra Hoffman:Yes, thanks. Thanks for having me. This is my passion to talk about the West Valley. And it just, it's where I live. It's where I work. And this where I love.
Tammy Vo:I think if there's one thing that our residents always want to know about is really just being in the know as to what's happening in the West Valley. So we want to first start with kind of like, what's hot and what's going on in the West Valley. So let's talk about jobs. First of all, what would you say is something that we could look forward to in the coming months for jobs in the West Valley?
Sintra Hoffman:I would say our leading industry in the west valley in the state in the nation is healthcare. So we're going to see a lot more healthcare opportunities coming to the west valley. And that's a great thing. I think one of the things that we're seeing more and more in healthcare is more diverse options, more specialties. So for example, we have a lot of rooftops, and healthcare follows rooftops. So we're going to see a lot more of those investments. We're seeing, you know, the the banners that are opening up additional hospitals, or brothels, and so on, we're seeing that all over the West Valley. But if you take a look here, we're also seeing Phoenix Children's Hospital making some significant investment in the West Valley. And then that shows that the healthcare industry is also paying attention to the types of services that are needed here.
Jordan Byrd:Well, I think that's kind of the interesting thing that if you probably looked at the job market in the West Valley, maybe even as soon as 10 years ago, compared to what it's looking like now and into the future, the types of jobs that are now available. You mentioned the diverse aspect within healthcare. I have to imagine that that has changed quite a bit as the West Valley continues to grow the types of jobs that are here.
Sintra Hoffman:Yes, absolutely. I also think overall, the wages are increasing in the West Valley. So we have a lot of professional workers that live here, and travel east. And companies are now starting to get that, that if they locate here, they have the built in workforce, they have the professional workforce, they have the educated workforce. And overall, we have a diverse workforce. So we have anything from the service industry, all the way to those higher level professionals. Another industry that I see growing, or areas of jobs growing is in the IT field. We've had manufacturing and advanced manufacturing that's growing, but it's growing specifically in that high tech area. Obviously, TSMC is the big name that everyone keeps talking about. And we're all excited about, not only because of the investment that they are making in the West Valley, and the jobs they're creating, but also their supply chain and other companies that are coming in, in that industry and to support that industry.
Jordan Byrd:You mentioned the semiconductor facility. And granted, that's a huge project. So I'm not trying to undersell it. But it really shows how one company one project can have these tentacles that can extend throughout the entire valley and throughout the entire West Valley where not only are they hiring, are they going to have a labor force, but all of the other businesses that are going to be feeding them. They too are also coming to the west valley and booming and growing up. So is it as simple as saying the semiconductor facility is responsible for this it growth in the West Valley? Or are there other reasons why it is booming in the West Valley,
Sintra Hoffman:there has been a series of things that has happened over the last I would say five years that's really positioned us to play a strong role in the IT space. We're close to California, California has the IT market Silicon Valley is right there. More and more young people are leaving California, moving to Arizona and working remotely because they have that opportunity. So we're growing our technology workforce. We've had good workforce and technology, but we're really seeing a lot of growth in that area. Now. Arizona is more affordable. We're closer to California. So we're seeing that we have a lot of residents that are California residents that are living here in the West Valley. And the other reason too, is because we have the perfect weather. We sold sunshine as you know the retirement or whatever in the past, I meet more young people that have chosen to move to Arizona because they don't want to deal with snow and cold weather. I was shocked. I never thought I'd ever experienced that. The other reason too, is from from a company perspective. Companies are looking for stable environments. We've had some natural disasters around the country in the last five years that have really shut businesses down. That has caused people to look close to the weather and looking for a more stable and sustainable area to make those major investments and it The investments are not cheap, right? So if they're gonna make those investments, they don't want to be impacted by weather. All right, let's
Tammy Vo:switch gears to a another category that I think all of us are excited about that is restaurants we can never get enough in the West Valley. What's What's up and coming? What can we look forward to?
Sintra Hoffman:Well, let me start with good year, the sillery. A Nashville concept is to, to good year. So we're really excited about that. But we're also seeing new concepts much like distillery is one of the newer concepts to the state. So is pop stroke, pop stroke that opened recently in West Gate. It's the first pop stroke in the state of Arizona, and it came to the west valley first lead is that top stroke is Tiger Woods, at the end of the day mini golf experience. And it's kind
Jordan Byrd:of like Top Golf, but with mini golf, right.
Sintra Hoffman:But it's the first in the state and it's a big name behind it. The other concept that's brand new, Neo just open his new concept, Johnny's chicken and waffles. And that just joined the West Valley restaurant scene.
Jordan Byrd:Would you ever imagined that names like Tiger Woods and Neo, these international superstars would be setting up their own businesses, their own restaurants, their own entertainment venues here in the West Valley? Would you have ever thought that maybe 510 years ago,
Sintra Hoffman:not 510 years ago, but definitely in the last couple of years guy have always known that the West Valley is a secret, hidden gem. And we have the household income here, we have the education levels, here we have the quality housing, we're a quality community. So I would say I knew it, I knew that these companies would eventually see what we have known. I've lived in the West Valley now for almost 25 years. And trust me, I've seen that this is all coming. And it's it's just nothing but a bright future ahead.
Tammy Vo:And I think the beauty of our restaurant scene these days that there's such a mix. And there's really a diversity we hear a lot from our residents, when we talk about restaurants, and we hear them say, we don't want a bunch of chains here. And I think maybe at one point in time in the past, that's what a lot of people were saying. But it seems like now we see really a nice mix of mom and pop type joints. Some of these bigger name joints come together. Why do you think at this point in time, we're kind of seeing that blend?
Sintra Hoffman:We're seeing an evolution of the chain restaurants now. Because that's how restaurants develop. That's the natural course of how they develop in a community. It's always first the the drive throughs and the Starbucks and you know, the McDonald's and all of that. People get tired of it. And then they start maturing, then the chains come to town, and then they start building their clientele. So a great example is right here and good year. Oregano is being the number one oregano is in the state of Arizona, right here in our community. So we start seeing the local chains, we start seeing national chains that are coming to the community by demand. And then all of a sudden the community says why don't want those things anymore. Now I want these more unique opportunities. And that is just a natural evolution of restaurant development and communities.
Jordan Byrd:For Goodyear specific you mentioned The Stillery, which is going to be a part of GSQ, the fledging Heart of the City of Goodyear for residents out there who are either new to Goodyear or had been here a while and can't really wrap their head around yet what that's going to look like, what does it mean to a community to have a true heart of their city?
Sintra Hoffman:Residents naturally love to gather in downtown areas and vibrant areas. And GSQ is absolutely our vibrant area in the southwest Valley in good year for sure. Having a corporate center like what GSQ has, with the city hall with the class A office building with the employment opportunities, the professional employment opportunities that exist in that area, but then also looking for that, you know, after work, I mean, I remember, you know, going out for happy hour after work, right? Everybody needs that. So having restaurants having those lunchtime opportunities for people to stroll over to and have a casual lunch or have a business lunch is really important. But then also having that evening gathering place for more that we can gather in place. And I think the city of Goodyear has done a really tremendous job. I've been watching since the ribbon cutting all of the events that good year has done that the city has done to bring residents to the area. And it's great. It's absolutely what's needed to brand this area. So there was a lot of activity that's happening and I think the city has really been the catalyst for getting people here and have some of these Instagrammable moments and the artwork and the you know the beautiful sculpture that's in City Hall. So I it's that's in GSQ. So I think the city has done a tremendous job and creating that environment. And the people are showing up so it shows that we want it let's talk about
Tammy Vo:What might be hot and upcoming with entertainment or retail in the West Valley?
Sintra Hoffman:I've observed that The west valley's nightlife has gotten to the next level, the number of major concerts and major names that have come to this to this region in the past, I would say, you know, before the pandemic, so the past five years has been, has been pretty tremendous. I'm a concert goer, I've always been a concert goer, I've seen so many big names either at State Farm stadium, or desert diamond arena. And we still continue to see that around that whole area of Westgate, we're also seeing a tremendous investment. The virus sword is going to be the largest hotel resort in the state of Arizona with over 1200 rooms. I've toured the site many times, we're so excited about what that site will bring. They'll also bring their own concert venue. So the intent of it is to is it's very music oriented, where people will rent a room. It's really kind of a party suite, and they're hanging out there. And they're watching a concert right there from their hotel room. It's kind of like Vegas meets Disneyland a little bit. So there's something for everyone. So the adults, the mom and dads and the folks in their 20s, and so on. There'll be that cool nightlife Vegas vibe. And then you know, if you have a family, you can also hang out at the Mattel Park and, you know, do something with your family. So they plan on opening their doors in 2024. So there's a lot happening in that area. And I think what that will do is bring a lot of eyes to this area. Much like the Cardinals, much like the spring training stadiums, much like Nascar Championship race, it brings people to the west valley that may not have had kind of come here on their own. And then all of a sudden they start looking around and seeing the other areas to recreate ed.
Jordan Byrd:I think for me personally, what gets me excited about something like that is yes, it has the potential to bring in tourist visitors from all around the world. But as a valley resident, you now have these world class facilities in your own backyard, whether that's just a weekend trip to the Mattel amusement park or if you're doing a staycation as a resident you're benefiting from having these world class options now when your own backyard?
Sintra Hoffman:Absolutely. We've always staycation at the wigwam, right at the time, it was probably a mile from my house. But it's kind of a fun thing to do and experience. So now with the VI coming in, with more experiences on site that's just going to be tremendous for residents, visitors, our friends and family coming in. It's exciting. It's an exciting time to be in the West Valley.
Tammy Vo:Sintra, talk about maybe some misconceptions that people might have about the West Valley. I mean, if you live here, you work here, you know what we're all about. But I mean, I'll be honest, there was a time that I, you know, didn't know anything about the West alley, and I thought it was a place where you kind of go and retire, or to stop over on the way to California, right? Yeah, stop there and get gas on my way to LA or San Diego. But really there there are a lot of misconceptions. What are some of the ones that you hear?
Sintra Hoffman:I think the biggest misconception that I've heard about the West Valley is that we're a retirement community. Well, I know we're not a retirement community. But I'm told that the perception has changed. I hope it has. So the median age in the West Valley is 34.6 years old. And that point six is very important to me. I usually never compare regions, because I believe that we're a strong community. And we're, you know, we can hold our own. We don't need to compare ourselves to anyone else out there. However, the East Valley, their median age is 36 years old. And I compare that only because I found it striking when I first got the numbers, because that is inclusive of ASU main campus. So when you take into consideration, college campus population, and I'm not sure I'm not sure what the population on campus is, but it's pretty big.
Jordan Byrd:ASU's one of the largest public universities in the country.
Sintra Hoffman:Exactly and so now you look at what that has done. And you look at our median age. We're still younger than the East rally. So that's pretty tremendous. And I think that's telling in itself.
Jordan Byrd:You touched a little bit on some of the events that the West Valley hosts, a lot of them are sports related Super Bowls, Final Fours NASCAR spring trainings. Those events have the ability to put a world spotlight on the west valley. How has that changed? How is having that bullhorn of some of these world class events taking place in our backyard? How has that changed the perception not for people locally, but maybe nationally worldwide when they look at the West Valley?
Sintra Hoffman:I remember the first time the Arizona Cardinals played in Glendale, and they were on ESPN. It was a big deal that on ESPN, the West Valley, Glendale, Arizona was a featured spot so that's huge. So NASCAR for exact Apple having their championship race, that's equivalent to having the super bowl here every single year. It brings people from all over the country to the West Valley every single year. And we all know we come on vacation in March, right in the in the times where it's cold somewhere else. And we're like, this is really cool. I want to move here. I want to move my business here. So these are the opportunities that I think that the sports industry has done. For the West Valley. I've always said we're the sports mecca of the state.
Tammy Vo:Let's talk about the housing market. I know that's a really hot topic, whether you're renting, or whether you're buying. I mean, I think across the nation, certainly in Arizona, we've seen rates increase, certainly quite a bit over the last couple of years. Tell us about the housing market in the West Valley. How does it look right now and what's what's attainable for people?
Sintra Hoffman:The housing market in the West Valley is much more diverse than people think a lot of folks are so focused on affordable housing, clearly, everyone's focused on the price of milk and the price of gas and things like that it's in front of us every single day. So we're, we're concerned about inflation, we're dealing with it every single day. So we start focusing in on the price of rent and so on, it has become more expensive to live anywhere in the United States, the West Valley is no different. But we're still an affordable community, we still have opportunities for people to live here, work here, recreate here, we still have a wide range of housing, of rental prices, and so on, that are still available in the West Valley. But again, there's so much attention on what's happening right now, the markets already starting to correct itself, rents are already starting to stabilize and even decline in some areas. And it's not bad areas that are declining. And they're they're adjusting to the market. So when the markets hot, you know, it's supply and demand, right, we do have the supply that we need. It's just that again, headlines catches everyone's attention. And they're focused on that. But we do have a lot of opportunities for folks to live here on the west valley and have a quality life.
Tammy Vo:Well I think also what is nice is the newness of the West Valley, new construction and in new apartments and new condos going up all the time. So you really get that ability to experience that nice new build or new rental if you want as well. And hopefully, if you're living and working in the West Valley, it's not that much of a commute.
Sintra Hoffman:Correct. And also, you know, the types of multifamily housing that's coming in right now or that has come in, they're really cool. It's luxury housing. And so it speaks to a different market, right, it speaks to the market that I might have just moved here, or I'm just kind of checking the area out, or I don't want to, you know, take care of my backyard, I want someone else to take care of it, or I don't want to pull guys. So you know, I have a pool complex instead. So what I love about the quality of housing, and the diversity of housing that we have right now is exactly that. There's something for everyone here, it might not be for me, might not be for you. But it's for someone else in the marketplace, because guess what they're renting. The other thing too, with multifamily housing that I think people need to get a better understanding of is it provides the densities that are needed for the restaurants that we're looking for. Everyone wants those restaurants. And what they have to understand is that restaurants, restaurant tours, restaurant developers, they make their decisions based on where they're going to pack the house, where they're going to pack it for lunchtime, where they're going to pack it at dinner time and a lot of people living close durably? Yes, you do you need a lot of people that are going to come and patronize those restaurants. And so that is really what's needed to so the more numbers we have, the more densities we have, the more that will draw in the restaurants that people are looking for and want.
Jordan Byrd:And you kind of touched on it briefly when you were mentioning Oregano's knows that I know one of the things that is special to Goodyear and special to the West Valley is a lot of these restaurants, retailers, grocery stores, even when they open up in the West Valley or they open up in Goodyear, their stores seem to be consistently some of the highest performing have any stores or any restaurants that are under their portfolio nationwide. Right?
Sintra Hoffman:Yes, Harkins as I mean, we can go on and on and on with the examples, right. What frustrates me, quite honestly, is I walk into a new restaurant, I'm so excited about it. And I walk into it, and it's a smaller footprint than would be somewhere else. And then all of a sudden, six months later, they're gone for expansion. So I'm always telling brokers, you know, tell your clients I'm always telling restaurants rose, look at the numbers that are here. I mean, look at the lines because they're long people are waiting for it to get into try these new restaurants. So open up your bigger model, open up your biggest model, because the people are here and they're hungry. And then also looking at the region too. It's not just one city and I'm so glad that we're not, you've asked me to focus on the west valley, as opposed to just what's happening in Goodyear, because we know that residents don't just patronize what's within their borders, right? They go to different communities. So if we look at Goodyear right in the middle of Avondale and Buckeye we have a lot of draw into it. So please. So the restaurantuers out there, build the biggest one that you have out there because it's a much bigger draw than just the residents of one community.
Tammy Vo:Look into your crystal ball, let's say 15, 20 years from now, what does the west valley look like?
Sintra Hoffman:Definitely going to be a young, vibrant community with multiple college towns. And I say that, because I look at what we have today in terms of post secondary opportunities for residents. We have over 25, post secondary colleges, universities, schools that serve West Valley communities, when they start growing and our population is has been growing. And like I said, staying here, or seeing more education come to this region, Ottawa University and surprise, they have a full blown campus out there. Every time I drive over there. There's dorms, there's all of that. The same thing with ASU, West Campus. ASU just broke ground on three new schools to serve. Yes, three new schools just serve the business climate, the technology companies are coming into this area, they were building dorms and so on. So I see, you know, in an area of 3000 square miles that defines the West Valley, I see multiple college campus type environments, and I see it just being a young, vibrant community. And with that being the nightlife, the happening spot, the conservative days of you know, we don't want or we're concerned about, you know, crime or whatever. I think that that's that's way behind us. And I think that that in the future, we're going to see that nightlife that everyone's craving. Nobody wants to drive anymore. You know, everyone's looking for those opportunities right around their area walking distance that's in my crystal ball that we're going to have multiple communities within this area that look like that. People think of the West Valley as you know, the West Valley but they don't really break it down into the different communities within those areas, such as good yo such as GSQ, such as Westgate. Verado downtown, even Vistancia is opening some new areas. Five North is coming in that area, P83, there are so many communities within this area, Litchfield Park, I mean, I could just go on. And there's just these microcosms of smaller communities within that creating their nightlife and their downtown's for their residents. So I'm excited about GSQ. Because I'm walking distance from GSQ. It must
Tammy Vo:be so exciting for you to be part of this process. I mean, we think about looking into the crystal ball 20 years from now, and just even the opportunities that you've had Center and the role that you've played in really having an impact and all this development must be quite an honor.
Sintra Hoffman:It is and I look at you know, again, transportation investments. I'm a transportation geek, you know, one of my positions, I worked for a dot, I've been able to see the the West Valley grow with transportation investments, the loop 202. And the things that are happening there, the loop 303 None of that was here, when I first moved to Arizona 25 years ago. And when I see the job opportunities, and the entertainment opportunities that are now along those corridors, desert diamond casino, they're opening their second casino along loop 303, which we typically thought of as an employment corridor. But you start looking at how it's shaping up, it really is a mix of employment, and retirement, retail, all of the above. And that's happening along all of our corridors in the West Valley, all of our transportation investments have really yield and brought us more opportunities in the future.
Jordan Byrd:Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for educating us about the past, present and future of the West Valley. And it really, especially hearing it from you. It really is an exciting time to be in the west valley right now. Thank you so much for taking the time.
Sintra Hoffman:Absolutely. Thanks for having me here today.
Jordan Byrd:Man, to me, that is such an informative conversation that we had with Sentra. And the thing that has just stuck in my mind is the numbers that she was talking about for the average age, and how at the beginning of this podcast, you and I were talking about misconceptions. And I would have never guessed in the 1000 years that the average age of residents in West Valley is lower than the average age of the east valley. I just was blown away by that.
Tammy Vo:And not only that, I mean talk about demographics really playing a part in new businesses coming to our city. She was talking about how Hey, when these restaurants and hopefully Trader Joe's you're listening comes Good years someday choose where they're gonna go. They look at how many people are in that nearby area. And what was really interesting for me, Jordan is to really understand big picture how all these things connect how people living in a close area, connect to the businesses coming, which connects to potential jobs, which connects to having good paying jobs, so people can live and work in the West Valley and just kind of stay here, it's all its own sort of cycle
Jordan Byrd:leads to an increase in transportation needs of you know, the 303 being it's I mean, everything does work. So hand in hand along those lines. And then also, you know, I think sometimes natural people may get a little territorial about where they're from or where they live. But how many of us visit other communities or, you know, some of these major worldwide events that are being hosted in other West Valley cities, even though it may not be taking place in good year, we, as a city of Goodyear are still seeing the benefits from having those type of events in the near proximity of our community.
Tammy Vo:And the turnout is huge. Every time we have an event, we see a lot of people from all over really the valley come, but certainly our neighboring West Valley City. So I think when you look toward the west valley, when you look at Goodyear, we all I think together have a very unified feeling of pride when we look not only at where we're at now, but gosh, where we're going to be years from now.
Jordan Byrd:Well, I know you asked Sintra, that question about the crystal ball. And I think it's going to be mind blowing for people to see what the west valley looks like in another 10, 15, 20 years, not only in Goodyear with everything that has been developed here, but all of these other neighboring communities as well. It's probably going to be unrecognizable for a lot of people right now.
Tammy Vo:We hope that everyone today really learn something about you know what's hot and up and coming in the West Sally but also, you know, really get have a better idea of how all the cities kind of collaborate and work together as a unified front to really provide one community now and in the future. So when we talk about being great time to be a good year, it is a great time to be in good year and the West Valley and we hope you feel that as much as we do.
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