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Goodyear, Arizona

The city of Goodyear exists because of the cotton of yesteryear. In 1917, 16,000 acres were purchased for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company by junior executive Paul Litchfield. The cotton was used t make rubber tires for airplanes in World War I was in short supply because foreign sources were in war torn countries or disease ridden.

Goodyear Farms became the home of were cotton was grown. The community thrived as long as the cotton industry was strong. But after the war, cotton prices plummeted and Goodyear’s economy suffered. However, World War II brought a recover in the early 1940′s when the Litchfield Naval Air Facility and the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation located here, employing as many as 7,500 people at one time. Dirigibles or “blimps” were built at the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation.

The Naval Air Facility served as a storage base for thousands of World War II aircraft that were moth balled and salvaged. In 1968, the Navy sold the airfield to the City of Phoenix which named it the Phoenix-Litchfield Airport. In 1986, it was renamed the Phoenix-Goodyear Airport.

In November of 1946, the town of Goodyear was incorporated. The town had 151 homes, 250 apartments, a grocery store, drug store, barber shop, beauty shop and a service station at that time. In 1949, a long history of aerospace and defense programs began in the Goodyear when the Goodyear Aerospace Corporation replaced the Goodyear Aircraft facility. That plant was later sold to Loral Defense System and eventually evolved by merger and acquisition into the current Lockheed Martin Corp.

In 1980s, the 10,000 acres that remain of the original Goodyear Farms was sold to SunCor which developed much of the land into the Palm Valley master-planned, mixed-use community located north of I-10 in Goodyear. In 1985, the town became a city. The Goodyear Ballpark opened on February 21, 2009 and is the current spring training home of two teams: the Cleveland Indians and the Cincinnati Reds.

Goodyear Real Estate

Goodyear continues to grow every year with well-planned subdivisions. Some feature top schools and beautiful golf courses. According to Tulia, some of the most popular neighborhoods are Estrella, PebbleCreek, Palm Valley, Wildflower Ranch, Estrella Vista, Sarival Village and Cottonflower. The movers and shaker neighborhoods are Sarival Gardens, Goodyear Planned Regional Center, and Centerra.

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