The City of Tempe is an historically rich city located within the Valley of
the Sun.  Once known as Hayden's Ferry, Tempe is now the focus of many new
development projects.  Of particular note is Mill Avenue, named after the
famous Hayden Flower Mill.  Mill Avenue offers many shopping, dining and
entertainment amenities worth experienecing.  The newly opened Tempe Town
Lake, located just north of the Mill Avenue Business Districts, offers a
number of recreational activities such as boating, canoeing and fishing.  The
future will continue to bring new developments along the banks of the Town
Lake as well as along Mill Avenue. These will include a new office park,
apartments and other recreational ammenities.

Tempe's newly created urban lake in the once active channel of the Salt River.  The lake is constrained by inflatable dams which can be quickly lowered and raised during floods.

The City of Tempe is home to the main campus of Arizona State University
(ASU).  It is one of the largest universities in the United States in term of
students enrolled, with approximately 50,000 undergraduates and graduates.
We encourage visitors to tour the campus and discover the academic diversity
that ASU offers to its students.  For more information about ASU, please view
this link.

The entrance to Hayden Library, one of the many unique architectural structures on the Arizona State University Campus
 

Tempe is a "landlocked" suburb located within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area,
one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the country.  With a current
population of approximately 2.6 million and growing, the metro area has been
the focus of many issues relevant to growth management, ecological
preservation and resource conservation.  In fact, The November 7 voting
ballot will include two propositions which may define the future of growth in
Arizona.

Image of downtown Tempe and Arizona State University from the top of a remnant desert mountain.