Envision the perfect hometown, and you’ll find it taking shape at Verrado, a vibrant new master-planned community just outside of Phoenix. From the Main Street District’s lively urban attitude to the Park Neighborhoods’ traditional ambience to the Golf and Foothill Neighborhoods’ dramatic settings, Verrado was inspired by traditional town-planning principles. Like that ideal hometown, Verrado encourages connectivity and neighborliness. You don’t merely live at Verrado, you participate in life. The location-surrounded by the natural beauty of the Arizona desert and a near-perfect year-round climate-makes it difficult to resist engaging with the community and its wealth of recreational, cultural and educational opportunities. If you’re a golfer, there’s challenging play at the Raven Golf Club, a new desert classic. The Verrado Village Sport and Health Club offers facilities and programs for athletes of every level, along with social activities. The Main Street District provides a central place for neighbors and friends to shop, dine and congregate. And, when weekends come, you’ll have all of Arizona’s West Valley to explore-from the White Tank Mountain foothills to the modern and beautiful metropolitan Phoenix. Everything is virturally right here, right now for all of the comforts of life. With the most modern medical facilities closeby; hospitals like; Samaritan West Valley Health Center, West Valley Hospital Medical, Next Care Urgent Care, & the US Air Force Hospital assuring that top notch medical attention is always close by for anyone in need. As Verrado grows, you can expect many exciting retail giants along with chic shops, services and eateries to join these current Main Street merchants: Basha's Market, Bank of America, CVS Pharmacy, Main Squeeze Juice & Smoothies, Verrado Realty and Verrado Town Management. Large and modern shopping malls are being planned throughout the area The school facilities here are no less than the absolute finest. In Verrado is in the Litchfield Elementary School District, the Saddle Mountain Unified School District and Agua Fria Unified School District. As part of the Litchfield Elementary School District, Verrado Middle School just opened in the fall of 2004 and is currently serving K-8 students from Verrado and the surrounding area. Agua Fria Union High School District is currently constructing a high school, within the new Verrado community, scheduled to open in the fall of this year. Of course public transportation, like modern highways, rail, bus lines and The Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is at your fingertips is minutes away. With beautiful manicured parks, modern recreation facilities, top notch city services, proud and caring residents, city fathers who take pride in their accomplishments and who strive to work closely with the residents and developers, how can we miss? This is truly a great place to move your family, start a family, retire, vacation or visit when you can, the City of Phoenix and the adjoining areas are truly a testimony to what good people, with good ideas can do, to create a fantastic place to live, to play, to work, or just do nothing, except maybe play golf!

By T. Michael