Carefree, Arizona is a peaceful and serene town located in the high Sonoran Desert -just minutes north of Scottsdale and the Phoenix metro area - amid lush desert terrain and ancient granite boulders.
It was over 50 years ago that two gentlemen, KT Palmer and Tom Darlington met in a Phoenix hotel and began their dream of creating a town called Carefree. Kt, a lawyer and owner of the largest second-hand merchandise and gun store in Arizona and Tom, VP of AiResearch in Phoenix, melded their unique skills and developed one of the most sought after cities in the Valley. Their vision was to protect and preserve the pristine indigenous desert growth while incorporating extreme mountain architecture and construction. This led to unique homes designed with interesting lines, textures and shapes which are strategically placed among the large boulders of Black Mountain.
Carefree was intended to be “your insurance against obsolete areas and crowded and frantic ways of living” as quoted from co-founders KT’s and Tom’s primary vision. Preserving the open space by developing one to five acre building sites was unusual at the time yet rapidly became sought after.
Carefree was incorporated in 1984 and today consists of nearly 4,000 individuals enjoying the peaceful lifestyle originally envisioned over a half century earlier.
