{"id":673,"date":"2006-11-22T09:18:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-22T16:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=673"},"modified":"2006-11-22T10:34:31","modified_gmt":"2006-11-22T17:34:31","slug":"growth-news-a-big-shoe-drops-in-goodyear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/673\/growth-news-a-big-shoe-drops-in-goodyear\/","title":{"rendered":"Growth news: A big shoe drops in Goodyear . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Growth news abounds in today’s Arizona Republic<\/i>. A new shopping center along the northern frontier of Phoenix<\/a>. Accelerated improvements along the route of the SR-303 freeway in Surprise<\/a>. And, in Goodyear, plans for a massive expansion of the city<\/a>, along with a big told-ya-so for Greg.<\/p>\n

The map at the right illustrates Goodyear’s plan. (If you click it<\/a> it will open as a PDF.)<\/p>\n

The yellow region is the current City of Goodyear.<\/p>\n

The purple border is the Goodyear Planning Area — the regions Goodyear currently has plans to annex.<\/p>\n

The region within the solid black border is the proposed planning area discussed in the newspaper article, 95 square miles of new Goodyear.<\/p>\n

The region within the dashed black border is future expansion, the Goodyear of good years yet to come.<\/p>\n

The red dashed line is a proposed route for the SR-303 freeway running south from the I-10 to the I-8. I have known for years that this would happen, but this is the first time this shoe has dropped in an official document.<\/p>\n

You might look at that meandering freeway route and think, “Are they drunk? Did sage Euclid live and die in vain?” But remember that the purpose of that freeway is not to move traffic but to enrich the current and future owners of the land.<\/p>\n

The ideal freeway route is through the Federally-owned desert preserve to the west. But the freeway isn’t being built to solve<\/i> a traffic problem but to create<\/i> one. No one lives there now. There is no need for a freeway. But all of that privately-owned land will become developable because<\/i> of the proposed freeway route — and that<\/i> is what the freeway is intended to do.<\/p>\n

That’s as may be. It’s corrupt and demented, but it’s the way things are done here — and pretty much everywhere, in one sleazy way or another. What’s interesting to me is that the West Valley map I made last week is already dated<\/a>. And: It would seem that the Phoenix real estate market is quite a bit healthier than some people are willing to allow<\/a>…
\n<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: arizona<\/a>, arizona real estate<\/a>, phoenix<\/a>, phoenix real estate<\/a>, Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Growth news abounds in today’s Arizona Republic. A new shopping center along the northern frontier of Phoenix. Accelerated improvements along the route of the SR-303 freeway in Surprise. And, in Goodyear, plans for a massive expansion of the city, along with a big told-ya-so for Greg. The map at the right illustrates Goodyear’s plan. (If […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-investment","7":"category-marketing","8":"category-real-estate","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":189,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/189\/goodyear-burns-rubber-in-pursuit-of-growth\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":0},"title":"Goodyear burns rubber in pursuit of growth . . .","author":"Greg Swann","date":"August 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Business Journal of Phoenix:The city of Goodyear Tuesday announced a plan that will extend its southern border down to Mobile and nearly quadruple its population. The southwest Valley community has expanded its General Plan area by 70 percent to include about 61,000 acres. The 95-square mile area is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1938,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/1938\/are-you-better-off-now-than-you-were-four-years-ago\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":1},"title":"Are You Better Off Now Than You Were Four Years Ago?","author":"Brian Brady","date":"September 19, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Ronald Reagan asked us that question in the 1980 Presidential debate. The obvious answer, in 1980, was NO. Are we better off now, in the real estate markets, than we were four years ago? I think the obvious answer is YES. Now, bubble bloggers and end of the world prognosticators\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Investment"","block_context":{"text":"Investment","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/investment\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":453,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/453\/blogoff-post-76-ask-the-broker-is-it-too-early-for-anthem\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":2},"title":"Blogoff Post #76: Ask the Broker: Is it too early for Anthem . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"September 26, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A local question with broad implications:In 2004 I fell in love with Anthem, and was actually thinking of moving there. Last year the housing market went so crazy that I decided to wait. And the way things are looking today, I'm afraid now to move there. I still love the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Ask the Broker"","block_context":{"text":"Ask the Broker","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/ask-the-broker\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17549,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/17549\/overnight-news-drive-on-why-writers-love-proof-readers-and-hate-editors\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":3},"title":"Overnight News: Drive on: Why writers love proof-readers and hate\u00a0editors.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"We have huge LED-like signs on our freeways, not because reading while driving causes accidents and we want more of them but because a vast new population of full-time Democrats had to be hired to install, maintain and populate these signs. Think about Arizona and then think about how many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Group Therapy"","block_context":{"text":"Group Therapy","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/group-therapy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Ya think it's easy?","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BHBNewTopImage-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":596,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/596\/how-do-you-sneak-up-on-a-freeway\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":4},"title":"How do you sneak up on a Freeway . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Reflecting upon today's Arizona Republic column, here is a story I've been sitting on all week:Work is under way to build a bridge on Cotton Lane and expand the road from Maricopa County 85 to Estrella Parkway. The project will produce a half-mile, six-lane bridge over the Gila River complete\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":643,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/643\/if-the-sheep-are-going-to-be-sheared-anyway-is-it-wrong-to-sell-spectator-seats\/","url_meta":{"origin":673,"position":5},"title":"If the sheep are going to be sheared anyway, is it wrong to sell spectator seats . . . ?","author":"Greg Swann","date":"November 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Comes news today that we are that much closer to two new Food Stamps allocations to Major League Baseball. The count so far this year is three Welfare-addicted baseball teams moving into two brand new, taxpayer-funded stadia. If you read nothing but the Arizona Republic, you would never know that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Marketing"","block_context":{"text":"Marketing","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/marketing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}