The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors today accepted a $500,000 Donation from Pulte Homes for development of the Buckeye Hills Shooting Park.   The 120-acre shooting park, which is 10 miles south of Buckeye and west of State Route 85, will include ranges for public use and ranges for use by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to train deputies.

The donation fulfills a commitment made more than six years ago by Pulte Homes to financially support moving the shooting range from a flood plain to its current location.  Today, more than four years after the formal agreement expired and two years after completely selling out of Sun City Grand, Pulte Homes still honored their original commitment to make the donation.

District 5 Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox says, “This Shooting Park will be a place where our Sheriff’s deputies can receive top-notch training and residents can enjoy a safe, state-of-the art facility.  Our corporate partnership with Pulte Homes has resulted in a win-win for all. 

The Board of Supervisors approved the architectural phase of the project this past January.   They approved the entire $18,450,000 project last August.

The Sheriff’s Department currently uses a shooting range located at McMicken Dam in the West Valley, north of Surprise.  That Sheriff’s range will close and they are expected to begin using the new Buckeye Hills Range January 2, 2008.