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Buckeye City Hall.
More than 40 miles separate the cities of Tempe and Buckeye. One is landlocked while the other is land rich. But both cities are focused on responsible growth.
With a land mass of 640 square miles, Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn says the city west of Phoenix has a lot of growing to do.”
“Today we are only about 5% built out,” he said.
A decade ago, Orsborn said Buckeye accounted for about 5% of single family housing permits in the Valley, now it’s about 12%. But jobs haven’t kept up.
“Ninety percent of our residents currently leave the Buckeye area and travel east on I-10 to jobs outside of Buckeye,” he said.