Casa Grande Ruins National Monument

Casa Grande students who attend Casa Verde school are now learning Mexican musical genre. Like many other schools in the district there are barely any music and art programs to begin with let lone programs for stringed instruments. With the growing problem of the economy, schools are barely hanging on with reduced funding. Steve Heil, principal of Casa Verde school talked to his students and found they had such a desire for a music program specifically to focus on instruments such as Violin, Cello, Guitar and Trumpet. Steve Heil decided to jump in and get involved, knowing that music is a critical part of ... Read Full Story

The entrance to the "Casa Grande" National Monument and Museum Impressive, big and very old ruins are waiting to be explored (read more about in the links below) View from the side... the person in the left corner gives you an idea how BIG this ruins are Some smaller ruins on the side The back side of the ruins (read the description in the following picture to this photo) Click in the photo to read it bigger. This photo belongs to the photo above! View from the ruins out into country side and the hills outside around of Mesa,AZ This is David's uncle and ... Read Full Story

Casa Grande has all the amenities of any large city, while managing to hang on to the hometown atmosphere that the area is known for. To know more click Casa Grande Real Estate.   For the residents, this is a small, friendly town where families love to live, work and play. Many new businesses such as retail outlets, restaurants and gas stations are opening throughout the city in order to keep up with demand from the growing population. For the newcomers, this is an exciting, bustling growth area with plenty of opportunities for work or investment, especially in agriculture, manufacturing, retail and the service ... Read Full Story

I read in the Casa Grande Dispatch the other day that the City of Casa Grande and Pinal County have used “criminal funds” seized from drug operations to fund a new Lenco Bearcast for the Swat team. This armored vehicle holds 8 fully armed police officers, has bullet proof armor and is equiped with a sniper or observation turret. The armored SUV is designed for SWAT missions or off road search and rescue operations and you would think why would a small city need such a unit? The answer is simple, there have been between 80 and 100 deployments of the SWAT team for ... Read Full Story

It is really tough to be commercial real estate right now, Casa Grande is a sprawling small city but there are vacant communities everywhere. Home builders who went bankrupt leave dozens of acres of unfinished models, homes and vacant lots littering the city everywhere. There are entire shopping plaza’s complete and vacant with “For Lease” signs all over the windows. You can actually go down some streets and stare at these things and feel almost as if you are in a Ghost Town, where there are literally dozens of homes with no residents, dozens of commercial buildings with no tenants or stores. All of ... Read Full Story