Hispanic community in comeback - Sonoratown annexed, many are optimistic - Arizona

“While many of the Valleys oldest Latino neighborhoods were wiped out by booming development, one Latino community with roots that date back about 100 years is making an unexpected comeback in an unlikely location.

Until a recent annexation, Latino families living in Sonoratown, a formerly unincorporated county island surrounded by Gilbert and located at the southwestern corner of Gilbert and Warner roads, watched their neighborhood fade with age as the southeast Valley suburb thrived. “

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