Glendale is Arizona's fourth largest city and the 100th largest in the U.S. It is the financial and business hub of the Northwest Valley. Located nine miles west of downtown Phoenix, it is a friendly fifty seven square mile city with a "small town" feel. It offers scenic mountain views, desert vistas, wide-open spaces, golf courses and lakes, as well as beautiful master planned communities, luxury executive homes, older quiet tree-lined neighborhoods and affordable starter houses. Glendale's population of 230,000 is made up in the majority of young college educated families with children, earning an average of over $53,000 annually. Honeywell Avionics, Honeywell Space Satellite Systems, Parker Hannifin, Conair, Bechtel and Corning-Gilbert are located here.

Glendale has earned a reputation as Arizona's Antique Capital, with the largest concentration of antique stores in a walk able area. It was rated one of the “Top Ten Antique Destinations in the Country” by USA Today. Old Towne Glendale and the historic Catlin Court Shops District are home to more than ninety antique stores, specialty shops and eateries, all situated around historic Murphy Park, the town square. Gas lit street lamps, brick walkways, tree-lined streets and quaint specialty shops add to its turn-of-the-century charm.

Recreational opportunities are plentiful, with fifty six parks, downtown shopping at The Market at Murphy Park every weekend from October to May, and a major event almost every month. The new NHL's Phoenix Coyotes arena will open in the 2003-2004 season and the new multipurpose stadium, future home to the Arizona Cardinals and the Fiesta Bowl will break ground this year in 2003.

Glendale has all the amenities and services one would expect from a city with such a lofty reputation. Arrowhead Towne Center, a 1.3 million square foot mall, contains more than 700 businesses and provides entertainment, shopping and dining. The new Civic Center was completed in November, 1999. Luke Air Force Base, the largest jet fighter training base in the world, is located in west Glendale and employs more than 7,000 residents. Sky Harbor International Airport is only 13 miles away. Both Arrowhead Community Hospital and Medical Center and Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center serve the area.

All seven of Glendale’s school districts feature standardized test scores consistently higher than the national average and Midwestern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, ASU West, Thunderbird American Graduate School of International Management, and Glendale Community College are located here.

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