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Buckeye hears plan to repurpose farm land

4/27/2022
The clock seems to be ticking on farmland in the Buckeye area — both within the city limits, and just outside them. A presentation given to Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday …

Buckeye looks at plan to define highway land

4/26/2022
There are only two items on Tuesday’s meeting agenda for the Buckeye Planning and Zoning Commission, and both items could evolve into lengthy discussions. The board, set to meet at 6 p.m. …

Maya’s Farm 1st to be saved by Phoenix preservation …

4/18/2022
PHOENIX – Maya Dailey plants zinnias along a small portion of her nearly 3½-acre organic farm just north of South Mountain Park. It’s on 32nd Street between Southern Avenue and …

Developer is planning nearly 1,500 homes in the …

8/11/2021
Developer Fulton Homes is planning two new housing developments in the Southwest Valley, one in an unincorporated part of Litchfield Park and the other in the city of Goodyear. The company stated …

Blue Sky Organic Farms leases 40 acres to replace land …

6/26/2021
For more than 25 years, David Vose, his partner, Sara Dolan, and their crews at Blue Sky Organic Farms have enjoyed unencumbered views of the Estrella Mountains in the distance as they worked, but that won’t be the case much longer.

Land in Goodyear leased to Duncan Family Farms, …

3/24/2021
Much to the chagrin of some nearby residents, 1,060 acres of state-owned land leased to Duncan Family Farms in Goodyear may soon be home to office and industrial buildings, including a Samsung semiconductor manufacturing plant.

Goodyear to explore annexation request that could lead …

2/9/2021
Goodyear staff will explore a request to annex 1,250 acres of mostly undeveloped farmland near Queen Creek Road and 187th Avenue that could lead to development of a 4,600-home master-planned community known as Estrella Highlands.

Just won't quit: Arizona farming families persist as …

8/12/2020
The Rayner and Gladden families’ multigenerational Southwest Valley farming operations have weathered just about everything the world has thrown at them for the better part of 100 years, from drought and pests to extreme price swings and two pandemics, but there are two modern threats that are unrelenting — development and water availability.