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<p>New page: Unlike other company towns of the period that grew haphazardly, Clarkdale was designed and built from a unified master plan. The main town site was located on a ridge overlooking the indus...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Unlike other company towns of the period that grew haphazardly, Clarkdale was designed and built from a unified master plan. The main town site was located on a ridge overlooking the industrial smelter complex and was developed with residential homes, including upper and lower-income housing, a commercial area and administrative center, schools, recreational and cultural facilities and parks. They intended to include all the parts typically found in a small town within a comprehensive planned design. Today, the original town site of Clarkdale is recognized as an Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.<br /> <br /> Clarkdale remains a model of good urban planning today. The estimated population in 2005 was 3,680. The original rail line that served the smelter is now host to a scenic excursion train, the Verde Canyon Railroad, which allows travelers a four-hour round trip to view the protected ecosystem of the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Area and Verde River firsthand. In addition to the excursion branch, the Arizona Central Railroad (the parent company of the Verde Canyon Railroad) ships materials by rail to Salt River Materials Group, a local cement manufacturer. Clarkdale’s historic Downtown Business District boasts many treasured historic assets, and is the center of Clarkdale’s government, cultural, and historic core. <br /> <br /> The town and the business owners in the downtown area have invested heavily to keep the town core thriving. Approximately $1.5 million in streetscape improvements in the Downtown Business District were completed in March, 2005. The Downtown Business District provides a little of everything from a business perspective: a restaurant, taverns,coffee house, service station, light manufacturing, a Laundromat, and several internet based businesses. Two museums and the Clarkdale Chamber of Commerce information center will also open in the downtown district in 2005. The Verde Valley Theatre perform community theatre in the Clark Memorial Clubhouse.<br /> <br /> ==Location==<br /> 34.767674° -112.047247°<br /> <br /> ----<br /> <br /> &lt;googlemap lat=&quot;34.767674&quot; lon=&quot;-112.047247&quot; zoom=&quot;10&quot; width=&#039;800&#039; controls=&quot;small&quot;&gt;<br /> 34.767674,-112.047247, Clarkdale, AZ<br /> &lt;/googlemap&gt;</div>

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