Honey bees typically travel 1.3 miles to collect the necessary resources to bring back to the bee hive. For the last few decades, the majority of West Valley finance and insurance workers have had to commute significantly farther than the average honey bee.

The West Valley dominates the numbers game.

An astonishing 35 percent of Metro Phoenix healthcare workers reside in the West Valley. The region is also home to a staggering 32 percent of Metro Phoenix’s employees in the financial services and insurance sectors, and 33 percent of workers in manufacturing live in the West Valley.

Maybe at one time, healthcare expansion and innovation in the West Valley was like a mirage. There was a glimmer of something happening, but the full picture was blurry.

Not anymore. Today, 1.6 million West Valley residents have numerous options when it comes to innovative healthcare.

West Valley’s recent economic development victories will feed explosive growth.

Shooting stars can travel as rapidly as 291,000 miles per hour. While the West Valley isn’t technically a shooting star, its growth is certainly meteoric.

Simply put by Founder and President of Arizona Strategies, Karrin Taylor Robson, “The next decade belongs to the West Valley.”