| Scottsdale
Scottsdale's name comes from its 1888 founder, U.S.
Army Chaplain Winfield Scott. Located just eight miles
east of downtown Phoenix, it has grown from a one
square mile collection of cattle ranches and citrus
farms into a 185 square foot cosmopolitan resort community
with over 215,080 residents and an estimated six million
visitors yearly. Scottsdale's demographics include
a median age of 42, with 40% of its residents over
age forty five.
The city's "resort" lifestyle extends not
only to the over 69 hotels and resorts located here,
but also to the many housing developments and master
planned communities featuring golf courses, hiking
trails, tennis courts, community swimming pools and
shopping, with amenities just a bike ride away. While
Scottsdale is in the middle of the Sonoran Desert,
it is remarkably green due to greenbelts, parks, small
fishing lakes, recreational complexes and playing
fields. The growing medical community includes the
western campus of the Mayo Clinic, as well as Scottsdale
Healthcare’s newly expanded Shea and Osborn
campuses.
Scottsdale boasts incredible shopping at a multitude
of beautiful complexes such as The Shops at Gainey
Ranch, The Borgata, Kierland Commons and The Promenade,
as well as the impressive, recently expanded mega-mall:
Scottsdale Fashion Square. World Class dining opportunities
abound at freestanding restaurants and within the
many resorts.
Old Town Scottsdale preserves the history and western
roots of the town with charming shops and eateries
anchored by well loved institutions like The Sugar
Bowl and The Pink Pony.
The Scottsdale Center for the Arts hosts an eclectic
mix of intimate classical and modern concerts and
other live performances, and the return of the one
of a kind huge screen Cine Capri movie theatre in
June, 2003 was a major event for longtime residents
who mourned the loss of its prior incarnation.
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