The East Valley is a multi-city area that encompasses Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, east Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe.
Additionally, Ahwatukee, which is an urban village of the City of Phoenix located south of South Mountain Park, is considered to be part of the East Valley. In 2022, Niche (review site) rated Ahwatukee “#1 in Best Neighborhoods to Live in Phoenix.”
The East Valley is known for golf, eco-tourism and outdoor recreation enthusiasts, including hikers, bikers, birders, river rafters and floaters, fishermen, horse-back riders, climbers, hunters and four-wheel drive desert explorers.
The State of Arizona embraces cultural equality, diversity, inclusion, equity and has many historic business-friendly East Valley communities. Arizona is rolling out the “Welcome to Arizona” East Valley welcome mat to new entrepreneurs, new startups, business founders, new residents and more value-added businesses.
Local East Valley cities and towns plus Maricopa County local communities have created business opportunities in the county. With the help of local business leaders, the demand for startup ventures and the need for more goods and services has ignited the spirit of local startup business ownership within the East Valley community.
The East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area is in a fast growing Arizona area for new businesses. In the spirit of enterprising early settlers, the East Valley is in an ideal Maricopa County location where local individual creativity and inspiration can thrive and where self-starter local entrepreneurs can start their own business of a lifetime online or offline right here in the East Valley.