Let's start with the number one reason many move to the Valley of the Sun, weather. Oh sure it gets into triple digits in the summer and we have all heard the jokes about it's a dry heat. Well actually it is a very dry heat. At times the temps reach the 115 range during the middle of the summer but that usually only lasts for about 25-40 days. To be very honest, during the times of our peak heat other parts of the country are seeing temps between 90-100 with an ungodly amount of humidity. I love the outdoors but can't tolerate high heat with high humidity, but I can always tolerate the 115-degree days here in Peoria. Now let's talk about January! On average we have 20-22 days above 60 degrees during the day and 5-8 over 70. When watching the Weather Channel and I see the horrible weather so many endure this time of year, its no wonder we are now the fastest growing state in the country. We just don't shovel snow here in the valley! I don't know anyone that even owns a snow blower, or a snow shovel.
Unlike some of the other communities in the valley, Peoria still has much room to grow. There is so much land that is undeveloped in the northwest part of town and this is the most scenic parts of the town. Peoria has many mountains as they call them here; I like to refer to them as large hills. We have the only good sized lake in Lake Pleasant on the northwest side of town that offer great fishing and boating. Although Peoria's population has grown to well over 120,000 we still maintain that small town feel with small town values. Please note the beautiful homes that I am providing throughout this bog. We have many, many parks and many housing areas have lush parks and greenbelt areas for our children. All new housing areas are providing safe places for our children to play so they can be our leaders of tomorrow.
So you say you like the snow! Actually with a short two-hour drive to Flagstaff you can have all fun in the snow you could ever imagine. Humphries Peak, our states largest mountain. stands at over 11,000 feet. Humphries Peak along with a few other mountains make up the snow bowl which offers great skiing, snowboards, boogie boarding, sledding, snow mobiling and anything you could imagine to do in the snow. Many folks in the valley head north in the summer when temperatures break 100 degrees as Flagstaff typically sees temps in the high 70's to low 80's during the day.
For years now the Peoria School system has been recognized as one of the best in the state. Many, many young families come here and establish roots for this reason alone. The schools are not over crowded and our children are getting a fine education by some fine educators.
Some of the new and beautiful housing areas are, Fletcher Heights, Dove Valley Ranch, Westwing Mountain, Vistancia and Trilogy at Vistancia, Terramar, just to name a few.
Peoria, Arizona is a growing town with small town values, friendly people, beautiful housing, convenient location, great schools, great weather and most importantly an absolute great place to live!
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