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Goodyear is a city within Maricopa County, Arizona. According to a recent Census Bureau estimate, the population of the city was 47,359. Goodyear was the third fastest-growing place among all cities and towns in Arizona of any size between 1990 and 2000.
On December 21, 2006, it was announced that the Cleveland Indians of baseball's American League would move their spring training facility to Goodyear from Winter Haven, Florida, and thus re-join the Cactus League in February 2009, after a 15-year absence. Before that, the Indians held spring training for many years in Tucson, Arizona.
On April 7, 2008, Goodyear's City Council voted 6-0 to fund $32 million to bring the Cincinnati Reds to Goodyear for Spring Training. The Reds will share the 10,000-seat stadium with the Cleveland Indians but each will have their own offices, practice fields, and clubhouses. The Reds will continue in Sarasota, FL through Spring Training of 2009 and then will move to Goodyear.
In 2008, Goodyear won the All-America City Award, sponsored by the National Civic League. Only 10 cities nationwide won this year. Being named an All-America City puts Goodyear in the select company of only 500 cities out of 4,000 nationwide who have tried for this designation over the past 59 years.
Only four cities from Arizona have been winners - Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe and now Goodyear. Maricopa County and Tucson's Flowing Wells neighborhood have also won. Some cities try multiple times without winning. Goodyear is extremely proud to have won this coveted award on its first try! That says a great deal about how special the Goodyear community is, the innovative way Goodyear meets challenges and how engaged thier citizens are.
Right on the heals of being named an All-America City, Goodyear has was been named one of the five "Most Livable Cities" in America with populations fewer than 100,000 people. For the past 29 years, cities have competed for this very prestigious award, which recognizes mayoral leadership for developing and implementing programs that improve the quality of life in America's cities. Mayor Jim Cavanaugh accepted this honor at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' annual meeting on June 21st for his vision and successful and innovative recruitment efforts to bring universities to Goodyear
Nearby cities include Avondale, Litchfield Park, and Buckeye, Arizona.
City of Goodyear
190 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear, Arizona 85338
Telephone: 623-932-3910 or Toll-Free 1-800-872-1749
City of Goodyear Website
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