1. The City of Goodyear A short Perspective Glendale and Peoria Arizona’s New Destination Cities Published by Elise Fay
2. Course Outline Expand our knowledge base of the NW Valley Focus on The City of Goodyear What do these cities have to offer? Community Services Shopping Dining Entertainment Lifestyle Aren’t they just “way the heck out there”? Who would want to live out there anyway? Goodyear - Arizona’s new “Destination City”
3. The History of Goodyear Goodyear, Arizona Goodyear was founded in 1917 by Paul Litchfield of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Goodyear was incorporated as a city on November 19, 1946 Goodyear is the fourth fastest growing suburban city under 100,000 population in the U.S Goodyear grew at approximately a 16% growth rate each year from 2000-2006 MAG/City of Goodyear Planning Department population estimate: July 1, 2009 - 62,554
11. With a K-12 student body nearing 10,000 students, every school in Goodyear is meeting the standards set forth by No Child Left Behind.
12. Additionally, the schools are meeting the AZ Learns standards with the highly respected rankings of performing and highly performing.Several K-12 schools, as well as local area colleges serve Goodyear residents. With high performance report card ratings and the active pursuit to attain exemplary post-secondary institutions for learning, Goodyear is constantly striving to maintain excellence.