Projected Growth in the SW Valley...

A look into SW Valley's crystal ball, from the Arizona Republic, reports on the projected growth in the SW Valley from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG). MAG projects that by 2030, Goodyear is expected to have 330,000 residents, and Buckeye is expected to have 380,000. Currently, Goodyear has 42,000 residents and Buckeye has 35,000. Planners expect Avondale, now with about 62,000 residents, to grow to 160,000 by 2030. MAG's new projections are expected to be released in September or October. Scottsdale architect and urban planner Vern Swaback says the Valley's future in another hundred years is hard to visualize. "If you look back a hundred years... what exists there today would have been equally unimaginable", Swaback stated. Take Buckeye as a case study. It took the Phoenix-metro area to grow to its current size and scope. Swaback expects Buckeye's growth will zoom ahead and expand with that kind of fever in about a decade.

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