The Sun Cities

Del E. Webb’s Sun Cities in Arizona started in 1960 when his Development Company opened a Golf Course, Shopping and Recreation Center, a Motel and a few Model Homes. It began on an 8,900 acre area of the Sonoran Desert as a Retirement Community. In order to live in the Sun Cities, one member of each household has to be fifty-five years of age or older and no permanent resident can be under nineteen years old.

In 1978, while Sun City was still being built up, with a population of 45,000 residents and a fantastic view over the White Tanks Mountains to the West and the Estrella Mountains to the South, ground was broken approximately 7 miles West for another planned Retirement Community, called Sun City West. Built on 7100 acres it now holds a population of approximately 30,000 senior citizens.

Sun City Grand, a 4,000-acre community featuring 9,400 homes for 17,000 adults opened in 1996 and is built around two Community Center and with a beautiful Recreation Center and four 18 hole Golf Courses. Contact your Realtor or contact us (Roger or Barb Oddson) for more Information on Arizona’s Sun City Developments.

RESIDENTIAL HOUSING

Housing is available in various types and designs to satisfy every lifestyle:

º Single Family Homes

º Patio Homes/Garden Apts/Casitas

º Duplex Homes/Vacation Apts

º Condominiums

Residents of Condominiums pay an association fee for exterior or common yard maintenance, exterior painting, insurance, trash removal, water, sewer and roof repair/ replacement etc. on a monthly basis. Not everything is included in your association fee, so ask your Realtor to check this out for you.

There are over 380 different home owners associations just in Sun City and most charge a nominal monthly association fee to include some of the items mentioned above. Sun City West has approximately 72 different associations plus a number of smaller ones in the expansion area.

Our golf course homes consist of Condominiums, Duplexes, and single family homes and vary in size from just under 1400sf to over 3500sf. These golf course properties generally give the owner a panoramic view of the golf course, be it our seven owned facilities, Briarwood Country Club (Private) or Hillcrest GC (a Public course).

Each year in the fall, courses close on a rotational basis, when each is over-seeded in Ryegrass, allowing for greener courses throughout our playing year. Bermuda grasses get an early start from dormancy with the advent of warmer weather in March and April.

In fall, the afternoons becoming cooler, barbeques are center-stage for patio parties and visiting relatives and friends.

Supermarkets (Safeway, Albertson, Fryes and Bashas offer two-for-one sales on meats (including turkeys) and a variety of fresh vegetables for the discriminating BBQer. For those that are retired from the US Armed Forces, the Luke AFB Commissary is just a few minutes away and is now open 7 days a week.

The primary reason people relocate to Sun City West is the warm weather and sunshine for more than 300 days a year. Some retire and spend 6 sunshine months in Sun City West and 6 months in their Home Towns somewhere up north or east. Others live here the year around but travel the hotter months to cooler areas.

To live in any of the Sun Cities, one must be at least 55 years of age and no one under the age of 18 can live here permanently with there family. Of course, visitors are welcome, provided they do not stay longer than 90 days.

The Pride of the Sun Cities are the volunteer groups a very special group of people assisting in all areas of the Cities. Keeping the boulevards and medians clean, and helping as the Sheriff Posse. The people of the Sun Cities take pride in their communities, Proof are the clean streets, medians and the landscaping in public areas, common grounds and private areas.

Maricopa County Medical Society has a physician referral Service: 326 E. Coronado Road, Phoenix 85004, Pone: 602-252-2844

Arizona State Dental Association, 4131 N. 36^th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85018, Phone: 602-957-4777

Sun Health, a nonprofit community healthcare provider, serves the West Valley with two Hospitals.

The Walter O. Boswell Memorial Hospital, 10401 Thunderbird Blvd., Sun City, 602-977-7211, and the

Del E. Webb Memorial Hospital, 14502 W. Meeker Blvd., Sun City West, 602-214-4000. Both facilities have a 24 hours Emergency Service and health education/support groups.

The Arrowhead Community Hospital and Medical Center, located at 18701 N. 76^th Ave., Glendale, 602-433-6400. It offers 24 hours Emergency, Adult day health care, a SMART

The Maricopa Center serves as a Cultural Facility for the Performing Arts, is now owned by Maricopa County. It can seat more than 7000 spectators for one event. Sun Bowl Amphitheater,

The Maricopa County Dept. Of Elections, 111 S. 3^rd Ave. , Room 102, Phoenix, AZ 85003

Sun City West and Sun City provide several large and small Shopping Centers with markets and drugstores, clothing stores and other excellent stores and services for everybody’s needs.

Just outside Sun City West on Grand Ave. Walmart and Home Depot anchored the Surprise Town Ctr in the year 2000.

Arrowhead Towne Center is on Bell Road, on 75^th in Glendale, about 25 Minutes from Sun City West, featuring Dillard’s, JCPenney, Sears, Robinson- May, Mervyn’s and over 140 different shops, a food court and restaurants.

Wigwam Mall on Litchfield Road & I10 have about 45 Stores and a number of fine restaurants.

This Organization provides a variety of free services to the elderly ad the handicapped. Trips from and to the medical facilities and Rec. Centers in the communities is SCAT, the Transit System is not available

On Grand Avenue the new shopping Center with Walmart, Home Depot, Michaels etc.

The nearest location for Cosco is on 83^th Ave. and Bell Rd. (Arrowhead Town Center) in Glendale and Sam’s Club on 83rd and Union Hills.

Dail-A-Ride service, runs almost 365 days a year has small cost one-way within the Sun Cities, Surprise and Youngtown area.

Coming Attractions: A stadium site for the Arizona Cardinal AFL football team is currently being developed near Loop 101 in Glendale. Surprise has a Cactus League Baseball sports complex open now featuring two major league teams.

Peoria now hosts the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres at their Spring Training site on 83^rd and Bell Rd in Glendale.

A Pulte Homes gated adult community is currently open; called Corte Bella, featuring 1850 homes at build out and a Troon Managed Golf Course.