This chapter provides information about the communities
surrounding Arizona Army National Guard facilities that
participated in the Pinal County Joint Land Use Study (JLUS).
These communities are:
Pinal County,
The Town of Florence,
The City of Eloy,
The Town of Marana, and
The Town of Queen Creek.
Capturing and describing certain characteristics of these
communities provides a baseline context from which informed
decisions can be made when assessing compatibility strategies.
The goal is to provide information that enables stakeholders to
understand the relationships between the communities and the
Arizona Army National Guard (AZARNG). This information is
intended to be considered with other factors to help decision
makers generate informed and coherent planning policies and
to make decisions about future development and economic
growth before compatibility issues arise.
This chapter presents an overview of population and
development trends that have the potential to affect current
and future missions of the AZARNG. The types of activities
occurring in the communities around the four AZARNG sites of
Florence Military Reservation, Silverbell Army Heliport, Picacho
Peak Stagefield, and Rittenhouse Training Site when considering
future missions and operations.
Information presented in this chapter includes population
growth, economic development, housing, and transportation
within the region to better appreciate the communities within
the JLUS Project Area and their relationship to the AZARNG sites.
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Community Profiles