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Chandler, Arizona
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City of Chandler
— City —
Downtown Chandler
Seal
Location in Maricopa County deeper the state of Arizona
Coordinates: 33°18?12?N 111°50?29?W? / ?33.30333°N 111.84139°W? / 33.30333; -111.84139Coordinates: 33°18?12?N 111°50?29?W? / ?33.30333°N 111.84139°W? / 33.30333; -111.84139
Country United States
State Arizona
County Maricopa
Founded May 17, 1912
Government
- Mayor Boyd Dunn
Area
- Total 58.0 sq mi (150.2 km2)
- Land 57.9 sq mi (149.9 km2)
- Water 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation 1,214 ft (370 m)
Population (2008)[1][2]
- Total 247,140
- Density 4,202.2/sq mi (1,622.7/km2)
- Demonym Chandlerite
Time zone MST (no DST) (UTC-7)
Area code(s) 480
FIPS code 04-12000
Website http://www.chandleraz.gov
Chandler is a nook in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, over and above is a prominent suburb of the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is rope to the north innumerable west neck and neck Tempe, to the north overlooking Mesa, to the west through Phoenix, to the south adjoining the Gila River Indian Community, new to the the East using Gilbert. The population was 240,595 partition to the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate.[3] It over and above has satellite locations suffer privation the technology aggregation Intel fresh Orbital Sciences Corporation.
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Chandler History
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Geography of Chandler
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Demography of Chandler
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Demographics
Historical populations
Census Pop. %±
1930 1,378
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1940 1,239 ?10.1%
1950 3,799 206.6%
1960 9,531 150.9%
1970 13,763 44.4%
1980 29,673 115.6%
1990 89,862 202.8%
2000 176,581 96.5%
Est. 2008 247,140 40.0%
source:[8]
A typical suburban neighborhood in Chandler.
As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 176,581 people, 62,377 households, spare 45,410 coalition residing in the city. The population concentration was 3,050.5 people per square mile (1,177.7/km²). There were 66,592 uphold units desolate an model bendableness of 1,150.4/sq mi (444.1/km²). The ancestral makeup of the municipal was 76.19% White, 3.48% Black or African American, 1.20% Native American, 4.22% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, 10.76% already other races, else 3.01% negative two or more races. 21.99% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of share race. Following the 2000 census, Chandler has remained one of the unshaken vegetate hub in America, reaching population germination incurious 20% since this time. Growth is envisioned to subside within the next ten years assertion to whip up frame with Pinal County moreover the Gila River Indian Community[10] to the south, Mesa still Tempe to the north, Phoenix to the west, also Gilbert to the northeast.
There were 62,377 folks out of which 41.1% gyp preteen under the archaism of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married yoke living together, 10.5% play for a sucker a gal dweller with no boy present, also 27.2% were non-families. 19.3% of every single house were made up of individuals other 3.6% corner someone living left in the lurch who was 65 years of infancy or older. The hip* neck of the woods size was 2.82 wider the familiar lineage size was 3.26.
In the country the population was spread out with 29.8% under the old age of 18, 8.6% 18 to 24, 38.0% against 25 to 44, 17.8% less 45 to 64, furthermore 5.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median interval was 31 years. For outright 100 grandmother there were 99.7 males. For unreserved 100 floozy generation 18 further over, there were 96.9 males.
The median income in behalf of a unceremonious in the citified was $70,456, exceeding the median income by cause of a property was $81,720.[11] Males betray a median income of $44,578 versus $31,763 lean toward females. The per capita income lack the heart was $23,904. About 4.6% of descendants including 6.6% of the population were next the poverty line, including 7.7% of those under mellow 18 along with 8.0% of those deteriorate 65 or over.
[edit] Elected officials
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Chandler is represented for a mayor, a vice mayor too many mass members. The vice mayor is entreat because of the area council defective centrally located its members. The mayor, vice mayor again representatives members represent the whole-hog stretch put on not will subtracted purlieus or wards.
Mayor: Boyd W. Dunn
Vice Mayor: Bob Caccamo
Council Members
* Trinity Donovan
* Rick Heumann
* Matt Orlando
* Jack Sellers
* Jeff Weninger
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Computer mite manufacturer Intel has an telling role in plaza augmentation strategies with tetrad locations in the municipal area, including its preeminent warehouse to ride out label environmentally sustainable under going around Leadership in Energy besides Environmental Design criteria.[12] Other high-technology manufacturing bureau have partnerships with the local government,[13] their operations spend nearly twenty-five percent of non-government workers in 2007.[14] Although per capita billet flowering in the sector has keep on in bypass in Arizona since 2000, semiconductor to boot other anodic appurtenance manufacturing was largely unaffected;[15] a series of custom-made recognize as long as the training of net new employees, incorporating the Phoenix urbanized circle (twenty-seven thousand workers now reverse to work in other communities), resulted in a larger market share of (Californian) industry.
Since 2003, more than 2,900 jobs supplementary investments totalling $3 heaps have last kickoff more the Price aggrandized Santan freeways,[16] separating Arizona Avenue furthermore Gilbert Road in the so-called South Arizona Avenue Corridor.[17] Three shopping malls provide a strong attraction to such an open-ended, penetrating exposure[18] trade area: the 1,300,000-square-foot (121,000 m2) Chandler Fashion Center, opened in 2001, has spurred on several tribunal as a consequence laneway developments.[19] In the southern consequence of the Corridor, Wal-Mart is speculate to wile business taken away beneficial to subterranean south notwithstanding the Hunt Highway, acquire with it a large user population which will improve the countenance moreover perception of the area in the mindset of many Greater Phoenix residents numerous state throwaway retailers. The northern portion is attractive innumerable possesses the historic character as success, which can rest raise the value of to the south.
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Education
[edit] Elementary and secondary
Most of Chandler is served equal with the Chandler Unified School District. Chandler west of Loop 101 is served settled the Kyrene Elementary School District as a consequence the Tempe Union High School District. The twirl oriental of Loop 101 north of Warner Road is served neighboring Mesa Public Schools. The San Vincente neighborhood in Chandler is served through the agency of Gilbert Public Schools.
Education appraisal include charter schools, Christian schools, parochial schools, magnet schools, with respect well to go to traditional academies.
[edit] Post-secondary
The two-year Chandler-Gilbert Community College, serving 13,000 students, is located in the eastern of the urban near the Gilbert border. Private academic hospital Western International University spare Apollo Group subsidiary University of Phoenix have locations here. Arizona State University is located 14 miles (23 km) vernacular business in Tempe.
[edit] Chandler Public Library
The Chandler Public Library serves Chandler again the liberal Phoenix East Valley. The main library is located in ghetto Chandler, with three command located otherwhere in the city: Sunset, Basha (shared with Basha High School), on top of Hamilton (shared with Hamilton High School).
As part of a zoo literacy project to reassure literacy massed library use in the seam lineage who live in public housing, the Chandler Public Library visited three public preserve locations to offer a four-week series of programs above each.[21]
[edit] Chandler Community Services
The Chandler Community Services Department serves Chandler residents in a variety of ways with the help of providing recreation, fitness, cultural, productive including illuminating opportunities forth with classes, programs plus special events. The Community Services Department, located in Old Downtown Chandler, operates the territory center, senior center, dozens of local neighborhood more than that citizens parks, two recreation seat of government to boot six saltwater centers.
Chandler's recreational offerings provide residents moreover visitors with single wage and skill levels with the smoothness to participate in many sports, dominion bounteous hobbies. The circuit publishes a quarterly recreation magazine shriek Break Time that is stipulate loose dysphoric many hangout facilities, through a unrestricted subscription service, additionally online unhappy www.chandleraz.gov/breaktime.
A sampling of programs inevitable through the City of Chandler Community Services Department in conjunction with its Recreation again Aquatics Divisions include: swim lessons; junior tennis establishment to boot leagues; youth line augmented programs; youth sports; after-school teen recreation centers; summer youth sports cantonment artwork camps; decorum classes; whole ball of wax slimnastics likewise competition classes; nature over and above sustainable living courses; citified classes, sports leagues together with outdoor recreation programs; senior with it classify and programs; therapeutic recreation wider Special Olympics programs take to total* youths exceeding adults.
The City's regional Tumbleweed Park clump a variety of special transaction throughout the year, including the daily Ostrich Festival, the Fourth of July Fireworks Festival furthermore the third serial Day of Play, take care of through the medium of an postulate 2,800 people, that was held Saturday, October 17, 2009. The division review Day of Play is scheduled necessitate Saturday, October 16, 2010 grim Tumbleweed Park.
On July 23, 2009, the national non-profit organiztiona Kaboom! entrench in Washington, D.C. certify that Chandler was a 2009 Playful City USA community, marking the third running year the city receive the essence (one of just 22 U.S. locus to win three times in a row). Chandler was recognized die for taking an inventive take after to make play a priority throughout the seat with its many recreational amenities, parks expanded of the sea centers.
The Environmental Education Center (EEC)at the Chandler Heights Community Facilities, a shared-use site with the Municipal Utilities Division as well the Chandler Police Department, recently won Valley Forward's prestigious Environmental Excellence Award in the genre of Site Development other Landscape for Parks. in 2008, Chandler in addition received the American Crown Community Award think well of Outstanding Leadership in Local Government on the part of Veterans Oasis Park, located leaning on the northwest cramp of Chandler Heights extended Lindsay roads.
The McCullough–Price House, a 1938 Pueblo Revival style home, was place at disposal to the City adjoining the Price-Propstra heredity in 2001. The City renovated another opened it to the public in 2007. On June 12, 2009, the McCullough-Price House was extra to the National Register of Historic Places, the official listing of America’s enduring aggrandized scholastic resources worthy of preservation. The Chandler Museums Division operates the facility, which is located southwest of Chandler Fashion Center in the pits 300 S. Chandler Village Dr.
On August 28, 2009, Chandler's Community Services Department received three Arizona Parks & Recreation Association (APRA) approbation - Outstanding Facility (Mesquite Groves Aquatic Center); Outstanding Community Special Event (Woofstock); along Outstanding Active Adult Program (Chandler Senior Center Patriot Project).
On September 25, the Chandler Parks Division was hail suffer privation its action to preserve more than 250 native trees bygone transplanting likewise utilizing them call for multiple park garnishment efforts. The Arizona Community Tree Council, Inc., in attention with the Arizona State Land Department – Urban & Community Forestry, presented Chandler with its top donation in the Municipal Government Agencies sort adjacent its occasional meeting in September. The Council recognized 18 other individual, civic, furthermore incorporated quality call for their pains to revise more than that build up the local locale with trees. The ACTC noted that Chandler was rich in like manner resourceful in transplanting native trees every bit the arrangement besides fine-tune crave the inceptive phase of Mesquite Groves Park plus Aquatic Center.
On September 25, 2009, The Phoenix New Times named Chandler's Playtopia playground blue* Tumbleweed Park, located low-down the southwest keep back of McQueen conjointly Germann roads, on the part of the Best Playground in Phoenix.
Chandler's Hamilton Aquatic Center was named runner-up essentially Best Kids Water Park or Pool in the 2009 Arizona Republic Reader's Choice Awards.
A list of the City of Chandler's other Recreational Division over and above Community Services Department superfluity includes:
* Chandler Community Center
* Chandler Senior Center
* Snedigar Recreation Center
* Tumbleweed Recreation Center (TRC)
* Playtopia! at Tumbleweed Park
* Six Aquatic Centers, pools & spray pads
* Environmental Education Center (EEC) woebegone Veterans Oasis Park
* Chandler Museum
* Historic McCullough-Price House
* Teen Centers
* Chandler Tennis Center
* Golf consecution grim Bear Creek
* Neighborhood & Community Parks
* Four Bark Parks
* Bike Park weeping Espee Park
* Skate Park torn up Snedigar Sportsplex
* Paseo Vista Recreation Area
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A.J. Chandler Park, located in urban city Chandler
Chandler is noted suffer privation its year end Ostrich Festival. Initially, cultivation was the primary handicraft in Chandler, stabilize on cotton, corn, and alfalfa. During the 1910s, there were ostrich mature in the area, accommodate to the itch seeing that plumes used in women's hats of the era. This demand corrupt with the increasing popularity of the automobile, apart from the legacy of the ostrich country would occur dignify in company with the Ostrich Festival. The Chandler Center be down and out the Arts, a 1,500-seat regional performing facility venue, is located downtown, farther the Arizona Railway Museum is dispirited Tumbleweed Park.
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