[IN-DEPTH] Incorporated 25 years ago this week, the Town of Queen Creek still boasts having rural charm

Agriculture Deputy Secretary Dr. Kathleen Merrigan visits the Zimmerman Dairy Farm in Queen Creek, Arizona, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. USDA / Photo by Aaron Lavelle.
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Dr. Kathleen Merrigan visits the Zimmerman Dairy Farm in Queen Creek, Arizona, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. USDA / Photo by Aaron Lavelle.

By Srianthi Perera |The Arizona Republic

From the outset, people who homesteaded in Queen Creek built farm-oriented lives in a close-knit community on the southeastern edge of the Valley.

Incorporated 25 years ago this week, the town of about 33,000 residents still boasts many of the same attributes — wide-open spaces, homes with plenty of property, farm fields, trails for horse riders and a low crime rate.

That simpler life, coupled with good schools and community, drew Jamie Jones, a mother of six, to Queen Creek from rural Pennsylvania a decade ago.

“We knew we had the prospect of having a nice new home in a new community where our children could be around farms and around animals and know what a simple life was,” Jones said.

Continued: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/pinal/2014/09/05/queen-creek-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-sign-events/15141839/

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