NOGALES, ARIZONA
NOGALES, ARIZONA You’re Among Friends! Welcome to Nogales, Arizona’s international gateway and the County seat and economic heartbeat of Santa Cruz County. Nogales is the ideal location to live, work, play, and shop along the southwest border. Nogales is a progressive, business-friendly City, home to the recently renovated and opened Mariposa Port of Entry, the largest port of entry in Arizona and the 4th busiest port of entry in the nation. We want you and your business to join us in this exciting time to make Nogales great. Please call us at (520) 287-6571, visit our website at www.nogalesaz.gov/economic-development, or stop by City Hall to find out more information as to why Nogales is the logical location for your business. Living in Nogales Nogales is a family-friendly community in Southern Arizona with great parks, an ideal climate, quality public and private education, a rich bilingual, bi-cultural history, and easy access to cheap goods and services on either side of the border. As the safest city along the border in Arizona, we are accompanied by excellent local, state, and federal police agencies that keep our streets safe and allow our residents to rest surely. With an extremely low crime rate per capita and a high quality of life, this is a great place to raise your children and to call home. Santa Cruz County was ranked the healthiest county in Arizona from the University of Wisconsin and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Our K-12 schools have an average of 15-20 student-teacher ratios per class. Local post secondary educational institutions include the University of Arizona and Cochise College along with others in Nogales, Sonora. Working in Nogales We know you will find the advantages of locating or expanding your business in Nogales to be unparalleled. The list goes on, but some advantages include: No municipal property tax University of Arizona Affordable utility rates Cochise College Bilingual & skilled workforce Available space 110+ manufacturers in region Toll free border crossing Foreign Trade Zone #60 Regional population of 350,000 plus Canamex Corridor & I-11 Interstate 19 Ideal climate Metropolitan proximity 4 Ports of Entry Guaymas Seaport Small, responsive local government Whether you are looking to relocate or expand your business in Nogales, we are sure you will find it an easy choice to locate here. Please contact the City of Nogales for more information on how we can make your business better on the border by relocating or expanding in Nogales by calling (520) 287-6571 or by visiting www.nogalesaz.gov/economic-development.
Playing in Nogales Life after work is always enjoyable in Nogales. Take your family shopping at the department and bargain stores on Historic Morley and Grand Avenues or try your hand at golf at one of the many nearby golf courses including Kino Springs Country Club, Rio Rico Resort & Country Club, and Tubac Resort and Spa. You can visit some of the many historic missions dating back to the Spanish colonization of Father Kino in the 17th century sprinkled throughout the region, visit the beautiful wine country of Sonoita where “Oklahoma” was filmed, or take your family camping and boating at nearby Patagonia Lake State Park or Pena Blanca Lake. The City offers a variety of neighborhood parks, ball fields, organized sports leagues, and a swimming pool and summer youth programs at the recreation center. Take advantage of the exciting sights, smells, and sounds of Old Mexico just a short walk away from Downtown Nogales. For sports enthusiasts, Nogales, Sonora is home to semiprofessional basketball and baseball teams with affordable ticket prices. Beautiful scenery, pleasant weather that is always 10-15 degrees cooler than Phoenix, and annual festivals and events on both sides of the border invite you to be outside and active year round. Retail & Economic Development in Nogales Besides our estimated daytime population of 65,000, the international region’s population is more than 350,000. The retail market is prime for growth thanks to the estimated one million Mexican shoppers that live close to the border that pass through Nogales on their way to visit the malls and stores in Tucson and Phoenix on an annual basis, spending nearly $400 million dollars1. Locating your store in Nogales means capturing a portion of these shoppers, and the saved travel costs means greater spending power in your store for these shoppers. See our report describing this exciting opportunity. There are many prime locations in high traffic areas awaiting smart, planned development. No matter your reason for choosing Nogales, we know you will find that living, working, playing, and shopping in Nogales is a great choice to make your business better on the border. ¡Bienvenidos a Nogales!
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2008. Pavlakovich-Kochi & Charney. Mexican Visitors to Arizona: Visitor Characteristics and Economic Impacts, 2007-08. Prepared for the Arizona Office of Tourism by the University of Arizona Eller College of Management Economic and Business Research Center. http://azot.gov/documents/Final_Mexican_Visitors_to_AZ_2007_08_report.pdf
Playing in Nogales Life after work is always enjoyable in Nogales. Take your family shopping at the department and bargain stores on Historic Morley and Grand Avenues or try your hand at golf at one of the many nearby golf courses including Kino Springs Country Club, Rio Rico Resort & Country Club, and Tubac Resort and Spa. You can visit some of the many historic missions dating back to the Spanish colonization of Father Kino in the 17th century sprinkled throughout the region, visit the beautiful wine country of Sonoita where “Oklahoma” was filmed, or take your family camping and boating at nearby Patagonia Lake State Park or Pena Blanca Lake. The City offers a variety of neighborhood parks, ball fields, organized sports leagues, and a swimming pool and summer youth programs at the recreation center. Take advantage of the exciting sights, smells, and sounds of Old Mexico just a short walk away from Downtown Nogales. For sports enthusiasts, Nogales, Sonora is home to semiprofessional basketball and baseball teams with affordable ticket prices. Beautiful scenery, pleasant weather that is always 10-15 degrees cooler than Phoenix, and annual festivals and events on both sides of the border invite you to be outside and active year round. Retail & Economic Development in Nogales Besides our estimated daytime population of 65,000, the international region’s population is more than 350,000. The retail market is prime for growth thanks to the estimated one million Mexican shoppers that live close to the border that pass through Nogales on their way to visit the malls and stores in Tucson and Phoenix on an annual basis, spending nearly $400 million dollars1. Locating your store in Nogales means capturing a portion of these shoppers, and the saved travel costs means greater spending power in your store for these shoppers. See our report describing this exciting opportunity. There are many prime locations in high traffic areas awaiting smart, planned development. No matter your reason for choosing Nogales, we know you will find that living, working, playing, and shopping in Nogales is a great choice to make your business better on the border. ¡Bienvenidos a Nogales!
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2008. Pavlakovich-Kochi & Charney. Mexican Visitors to Arizona: Visitor Characteristics and Economic Impacts, 2007-08. Prepared for the Arizona Office of Tourism by the University of Arizona Eller College of Management Economic and Business Research Center. http://azot.gov/documents/Final_Mexican_Visitors_to_AZ_2007_08_report.pdf
