by Marjon Rostami - Nov. 11, 2008 06:10 PM
The Arizona Republic
A riparian preserve, skate park, affordability and school performance landed Gilbert as the best place in Arizona to raise kids, according to Business Week magazine.
The roundup, conducted with OnBoard Informatics, a New York-based provider of real estate analysis, set the criterion at towns with at least 50,000 residents and a median family income from $40,000 to $100,000.
School performance and safety were most heavily weighted, according to the magazine.
Councilman Don Skousen, who has lived in Gilbert since 1971 when Gilbert Public Schools had only three schools, said he raised four children in the town.
"It's a good place and has been for years," Skousen said. "Survey after survey we've found that most people moved here because of the schools and the open areas."
Runners-up included Phoenix and Scottsdale.
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