La Paz County Central Arizona Is Primed

La Paz County primed for a growth explosion!

The Today's News Herald reports that La Paz County is getting a lot of attention from investors, land speculators and developers. Only 5.4% of La Paz County is private land. "The county is on the brink of a huge explosion of growth", said Pat Wall, the former county recorder who is now in charge of the county's community development department. "Developers are buying huge tracts of land. They've jumped over the county line from Maricopa County and California to find huge tracts of land that is much less expensive," she said.

County officials last week reported that they've had discussions with a Phoenix area investment group interested in developing a planned community east of Salome with 8,000 new homes and 20,000 people. The proposal has drawn comparisons to Anthem and Verrado, two new planned communities outside of Phoenix.

The other area of La Paz County that is growing is along the Colorado River in Parker, where California investors are purchasing waterfront property and building new, high end homes. More...