Summit Spas & Billiards is the reincarnation of a couple of old-time hot tub stores. First, there was Mountain Home and High Country Styles. Jeff Waldheim, owner of Summit, got his basic training in spas at Mountain Home. “Basically, Mountain Home was a hot tub and game room shop,” Waldheim said. “The location was really well-known. The old shop was at the train underpass. I began working at Mountain Home as a technician working on pool tables and hot tubs. After many years I went from … [Read more...] about Summit Spas Creating an Escape at Home
Keri Nicole Chartrand
Flagstaff artist Kari Nicole Pollard is beginning a new venture as an independent art curator. She founded the Naked Arts Collective and is currently booking art exhibits for two local Flagstaff venues. Keri is looking for more businesses that are in need of an experienced coordinator to book their monthly arts shows, while boosting their First Friday attendance and directly supporting the local arts community. For information on how to join the collective, or to have Keri curate art exhibits … [Read more...] about Keri Nicole Chartrand
Hoa Truong Shares His Dream
For Hoa Truong, a former computer engineer, following his heart and his passion was one of the scariest – yet rewarding – things he has ever done. Just a few months ago, Truong left his job as an engineer at Hewlett-Packard in Houston. Now, you can find him cooking up a storm in downtown Flagstaff at his restaurant, Street Side Saigon. “I worked as a computer engineer at Hewlett-Packard in Houston, but after 10-plus years of that, I decided it just wasn’t really for me,” Truong explained. … [Read more...] about Hoa Truong Shares His Dream
Sedona Broadening Dark-Sky Efforts
Long before Percival Lowell decided Northern Arizona's dark skies were worth his infusion of Eastern investment dollars, the region's star-filled, Milky Way-laden clear evenings awed gazers, be they Native peoples, Spanish conquistadors, or pioneer settlers. When larger settlements rose, awareness of natural resources including the valuable nighttime opaqueness gained momentum, led by the region's world-class professional observatories, Lowell Observatory and the U.S. Naval Observatory, … [Read more...] about Sedona Broadening Dark-Sky Efforts
Navajo Language App Released
Last month, over 1.82K downloads of the Diné Bizaad app were made within the first 11 days of the application’s release on iTunes. The app, which functions like a Navajo language dictionary, was developed by Native Innovations, a Northern Arizona company. The company, headquartered in Flagstaff, collaborated with Navajo speakers across Arizona and New Mexico to develop the technology, collect vocabulary words and record the words and phrases. “I never thought I’d do apps,” said Jerome Tsosie, … [Read more...] about Navajo Language App Released
Available Commercial Properties in Flagstaff
There is a lot of commercial space available in Flagstaff; one might even call it a glut. That commercial real estate inventory includes both office space and potential retail locations. Simply by drawing a long rectangle on a Flagstaff map – with approximate boundaries starting downtown with North San Francisco Street, up to Columbus Avenue, down Humphreys Street to Route 66 – there are many office spaces and multiple retail spaces available for lease. This fall, Flagstaff Business News set out … [Read more...] about Available Commercial Properties in Flagstaff
