Rio Vista Village ("river view") is the fifteenth designated
urban village
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of
Phoenix,
Arizona
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, located in the northern part of the city. The village consists primarily of largely undeveloped land, and is located near the
unincorporated master-planned community of
Anthem
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. Developed areas include the Anthem Commerce Park,
Anthem Outlets, and the Anthem West single-family home community. Much of the undeveloped land is owned by the
Arizona State Land Department
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Mission statement
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.
Rio Vista Village is bounded Table Mesa Road the north,
Interstate 17
Interstate 17 (I-17) is a north–south Interstate Highway located entirely within the US state of Arizona. I-17's southern terminus lies in Phoenix, at I-10/US 60 and its northern terminus is in Flagstaff, at I-40.
Most of I-17 is kn ...
on the east, an irregular area on the south bounded by Desert Hills Drive, Pyramid Peak Parkway, and Carefree Highway, and New River Road and 75th Avenue on the west.
References
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Urban villages of Phoenix, Arizona