HEALTHCARE
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- Mesa boasts world-class specialty and general hospitals with nearly 2,000 beds combined.
- Banner Simulation Medical Center is the largest simulation training center in the southwest.
- The number of Arizona healthcare and bioscience jobs has grown by 45% over the last 10 years, compared to 18% nationally.
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EDUCATION
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- More than 30,000 students are enrolled in Mesa higher education.
- The East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) is considered a model for career and technical education.
- Mesa Public Schools is the largest school district in Arizona and is recognized nationally for its superb education programs and student achievements.
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AEROSPACE / DEFENSE
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- Arizona is ranked #1 for Aerospace Manufacturing Attractiveness. - PwC, 2016.
- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is among the fastest growing airports in the United States.
- More than 100 businesses are adjacent to the Falcon Field and Phoenix Gateway airports, employing more than 10,000 employees in aerospace/ aviation, high-tech, manufacturing and software industry clusters.
- Boeing manufactures the top-rated Apache attack helicopter as well as the Hummingbird Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in Mesa.
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TECHNOLOGY
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- Mesa is home to major technology firms such as Boeing, Bridgestone, FUJIFILM, Mitel, Infineon, Ulthera, Guided Therapy Systems, PCT International, Telonics, LaunchPoint: Mesa's Technology Accelerator, and the Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI).
- ASU has ranked as the nation's most innovative school for the last 3 years, ahead of Stanford and MIT, by U.S. News & World Report.
- ASU is ranked #1 in the nation in undergraduate enrollment for engineering.
- The Elliot Road Technology Corridor boasts power, telecom, water, and gas infrastructure; zoning overlay for quick development processes; nearby commercial and air cargo service at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport; quick interstate freeway access; Foreign Trade Zone access; and thousands of acres of developable land.
- Mesa is home to Apple's new $2 billion Global Command Center.
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TOURISM
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- The Mesa Arts Center (MAC) is the largest arts center in Arizona offering comprehensive professional performing arts, visual arts and arts education programming on one state-of-the-art campus.
- Mesa is the spring training home to Major League Baseball's Chicago Cubs (the biggest draw in the Cactus League) and the Oakland Athletics.
- 176 Nonstop/Direct flights between Canada and Arizona increases each week.
- 43.9 million people visited Arizona in 2017 and collectively spend $22.7 billion in the state.
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