Casa Grande, Arizona is a wonderful place to live! It is a unique blend of modern city and good old-fashioned values.
A special blend of modern city, rich history, rural heritage, and good old-fashioned values, Casa Grande is a wonderful place to live. With a population that has grown by over 23% in the past five years to almost 32,000, this bustling desert city offers all the amenities of a big city but retains the friendly, easy-going atmosphere of a small town. Growth in business and industry is strong, and Casa Grande's proximity to neighboring larger cities vastly expands the employment, educational, and recreational opportunities that residents enjoy. The low desert and mountains are stunningly beautiful and the sun shines almost every day. What could be better?
Location
Casa Grande is situated at an elevation of about 1395 feet in Pinal County, central Arizona. Just 45 minutes from Phoenix to the north, and an hour from Tucson to the south, the city is strategically located at the intersection of two major interstates, I-8 and I-10.
Geography/Terrain
Casa Grande is situated in sub-tropical Sonora desert country, surrounded by several high mountain ranges.
Distance to 3 closest major cities
Casa Grande isjust under 30 miles from Chandler, AZ, 36 miles from Mesa, AZ, and 50 miles from Phoenix.
Housing
Casa Grande offers a wide variety of new and pre-owned homes, apartment complexes, RV resorts, and manufactured homes, with prices ranging from the low $100's all the way up to two million dollars plus. Construction of new homes has steadily increased in recent years, with many national home builders constructing a variety of new home communities. Homes in retirement housing communities and luxurious golf communities are also available.
Weather
Casa Grande is a great place to enjoy the warm outdoors. With low humidity, temperatures range from a high of about 108 degrees in the summer, to a low of about 35 degrees in the winter. Spring and fall are warm and dry, with highs in the 80's and 90's, and the city averages 9 inches of rainfall and approximately 348 sunny days a year.
Amenities
The Promenade at Casa Grande, a new open-air town center offering more than a million square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment will open it first phase on 130 acres in October 2007. The second phase is expected to open in the spring of 2008. The following retailers have been announced-Best Buy, Harkins Theatres, JC Penney, Kohl's, Staples, Target, Dillard's, Famous Footwear, Lane Bryant, Michaels, PetSmart and Shoe Pavilion. A large outlet mall, featuring stores like Anne Klein, Nike, and Gap is nearby.
Parks/Sports/Recreation
With around twenty-five parks of various sizes within the city limits, Casa Grande, Arizona offers a host of recreational opportunities for residents and visitors. Neighborhood park facilities include picnic tables and BBQ areas; children’s playgrounds; volley-ball, tennis, and basket-ball courts, and playing fields. Larger community parks also offer rodeo facilities, football, baseball and softball fields, a skate park, athletics track and archery range, and the wonderful Palm Island Family Aquatics Park.
Other facilities and activities offered by the city include a senior center; museums; an excellent library; bowling lanes; a fitness and racquet club as well as other exercise and fitness gyms and classes; a public swimming pool, movie theaters, and seven area golf courses.
Few cities enjoy access to so many fascinating and extensive State and National Parks. Within a short drive from Casa Grande, residents and visitors can enjoy the scenic splendor of the Sonoran National Monument or the Saguaro National Park, the mystery and grandeur of the prehistoric ruins of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, or the intriguing local history and legends associated with the Superstition Mountains, Lost Dutchman State Park and McFarland State Park to name just a few. They also offer excellent hiking, camping, nature-watching, hunting, and off-highway vehicle activities in selected areas.
A short drive from Casa Grande, the marvelous Picacho Peak State Park has connections with explorers dating back to the 17th Century, and a wagon road built by the Mormon Battalion in 1846 was used by the famous “forty-niners” on their way to the California Goldfields and by mail and passenger wagons in the 1850’s. The park offers wonderful hiking and camping. Its Spring flowers are a delight, and in March it is the site of the re-enactment of a famous Civil War battle.
Incorporating a wonderful diversity of desert plant and wildlife and landscape, in the most biologically diverse of North American deserts, the 496,000 acres Sonoran Desert National Monument is a natural and cultural gem. Containing three distinct mountain ranges, the Monument is noted for its extensive saguaro cactus forest, three vast Congressionally-designated wilderness areas, many rich archaeological and historic sites, and remnants of several important historic trails.
Sports
For followers of team sports, nearby Phoenix is home to several major sports teams, including Phoenix Suns basketball, Arizona Cardinals football, Arizona Diamondbacks baseball, and the Phoenix Coyotes Hockey. Softball is very popular in Casa Grande, with men’s, women’s, and co-ed league teams playing through the spring and summer.
Special Attractions/Events
Each year thousands of visitors are attracted to Casa Grande by an amazingly diverse range of local and regional festivals. The annual O’Odham Tash celebration is a gathering of tribes from throughout the region, featuring Native American arts and crafts, songs and ceremonial dances, rodeos, powwows and parades, while the annual Arizona State Open Chili Championship draws huge crowds to watch 75 to 85 cooks do battle to make the best Texas Red chili in the state (and to sample the fruits of their efforts!).
Also with a regional flavor, the Wuertz Farm Gourd Festival, held inside vast covered barns on the Wuertz family farm, features gourd artists, the Arizona Gourd Society judged show, a costume contest, games, raffles and a mini gourdster race, a Farmer's Market, food, live music, and lots of raw gourds.
March sees the re-enactment of the 1862 battle of Picacho Peak, when Confederate troops fought a detachment of troops from California engagement in the War Between the States. Over two hundred history buffs converge on Picacho Peak State Park on foot and horseback, and masses of spectators watch them stage mock battles, and recreate military camps and living history demonstrations.
Renowned throughout the region and beyond, the Cactus Fly-In attracts pilots, aircraft owners, and enthusiasts from far and wide. Hosted by the Arizona Antique Aircraft Association, with the cooperation of the City of Casa Grande, it is considered a "not to be missed" event in the “fly-in” calendar. With antique and classic airplanes, Warbirds, Replicas, and Homebuilt aircraft constantly taking off and landing, and with static displays as well, this is a fun and educational event for all the family.
Whether you are thinking about relocating to Casa Grande, permanently or on a short-term basis, Casa Grande offers a selection of new and pre-owned homes, apartment complexes, RV resorts, and manufactured homes. In addition, there are a number of 55+ housing communities. For more detailed information about real estate in the Casa Grande area, please contact us.
We love living here. In fact, we can’t imagine living anywhere else!
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