Green Valley is a family-oriented and retirement community located on Arizona's Interstate 19. The highway is called an Intrastate Highway, because it lies completely inside of Arizona. This one is part of the CANAMEX Corridor, a trade route that connects Canada, the USA, and Mexico. It is convenient for travel to a number of sightseeing locations as well as excelllent for trade. On the southern end, highway I-19 begins at Nogales AZ, just 1,500 feet from the Mexican border. There is another Nogales in Mexico, on the other side of the border; and, I-19 changes to Mexican Federal highway 15 south of the border. It continues all the way to Mexico City. I-19 runs up to Tucson, all the way to I-10 and is just 63 miles long. I-10 is much longer, running east and west from Florida to California. Green Valley sits about halfway between Nagoles and Tuscon, making trips either way on I-19 fast. Along I-10 in either direction, visitors can find airports, Davis Monthan United States Air Force Base, and many large parks. Through the center of Green Valley, which is an unincorporated community, are planned housing communities, a country club, 8 golf courses, and recreational lakes.
The community is within the original San Ignacio de la Canoa Land Grant from the King of Spain. This part of Arizona offers the history of Native Americans, conquistadors, missionaries, cowboys, miners, ranchers, and criminals like the Baron of Arizona. The place has been under four different flags: Spanish, Mexican, Confederate, and American. America's Titan II Missile Museum in Sahuarita AZ: Underground bunker, museum, and above ground missile sites. Green Valley Recreation is a nonprofit that runs a dozen recreation centers that offer woodworking shops, computer labs, tennis courts, racquetball, art galleries, catering kitchens, and well equipped fitness centers, along with 12 heated swimming pools. Besides all the recreation and exercise activites available, this area of Arizona is filled with historic locations and outdoor activites in forests, parks, and wildlife refuges. Kitt Peak National Observatory, 950 N Cherry Ave, Tucson AZ 85634. World's largest collection of telescopes. Madera Canyon, AZ 85614. This is a birdwatcher's paradise. This mural presented below is located on the Nogales, Sonora side of the border.
It portrays the harsh realities of illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States of America. In the 1940, Hollywood cowboys went to Nogales, Sonora often to film their movies and explore the town. For years, the two Nogaleses shared a parade and springtime celebration, but the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Towers in NYC changed that and tourism declined. In 2011, a stockade-like wall was constructed on the US-Mexican border here, but visitors from both sides can talk to border officials and walk through turnstiles to easily visit the other side. Click thumbnail to view full-size Visitors over 60 years old are said to be able to pass to the head of any line waiting to enter. 6 a day is usual) and walk the few feet into Nogales, Mexico. Medical and dental fees are often cheaper in Mexico than in America, so many people travel to Nogales, Sonora in order to have their teeth cleaned and repaired in this city of expanding dental clinics and health spas. While there, visitors shop for Mexican goods in numerous small shops and sometimes purchase Mexican Coca-Cola, which is made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup.
La Roca, built into the side of a cliff. As they walk along the streets, they enjoy the murals. Mailing address is west of Grand Ave. at 200 N. Mariposa Rd Nogales, AZ 85621, the commerical entrance to Mariposa, Sonora, Mexico. Zillow and Trulia list over 1,000 single-family and similar dwellings for sale in the Green Valley Area, largely clustered around I-19. 2,100/month. This site has numerous activities and amenitie aviable to residents. They need never leave, but transportation is provided to shopping as well. Silver Springs Retirement - 500 W. Camino Encanto, Green Valley, AZ 85614. Many amenities are provided, including transportation. Located near a golf course and the mountains. Medical tourism is growing quickly in Nogales, Sonora, on the Mexican side of the border about 30 miles south of Green Valley. Dental clinics are expanding, with cheaper prices than most US dentists, and health spas and other clinics are opening near the dental clinics in their own type of medical district. Green Valley is a good place for senior citizens to find continuing employment, especially if they are military veterans. Nearty 50% of the families in Green Valley have children under the age of 18, suggesting that these are working families. The major employers of the city are lited below, and some retirees do continue to work or secure part-time jobs once retired to Green Valley. SAVA Solutions (advertised as Veteran-Friendly): Security solutions, largely used by government. Includes cyber-defense work. Jobs available in Sonora, Mexico as well as Arizona. Tohono O’odham Nation Resort hotel, restaurants, and gift shops.
