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Shelley Smithson

Start-Up Leading Revolution in Solar Technology

December 18, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

A Flagstaff company is at the forefront of a new idea that could make solar technology more accessible and affordable. Three local entrepreneurs recently launched Plug and Play Solar Kits of Arizona. It is one of a handful of companies nationwide that are selling solar panels that don’t need to be installed by a professional solar company or electrician. The idea is similar to plug-and-play electronics products. Consumers can simply pull the solar panel out of the box, attach it to a … [Read more...] about Start-Up Leading Revolution in Solar Technology

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Leading, Revolution, solar, solar technology, Start, technology

Green Incubator Helping Navajo Startups

November 14, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

On a sunny fall day, Brett Isaac and his team of workers screw solar panels onto a large array at the Tolani Lake Enterprises building on the Navajo Nation. Isaac is the project manager for the Shonto Economic Development Corporation, a solar company on the Navajo Nation. He also is part of a team of business experts that is launching a Navajo business incubator project at the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology in Flagstaff. The team will mentor Navajo … [Read more...] about Green Incubator Helping Navajo Startups

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Green, incubator, Navajo, Startups

Proposed Grand Canyon Airport Expansion

August 6, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

The Arizona Department of Transportation is evaluating the environmental impact of a plan to build a 41,000-square-foot terminal at the Grand Canyon airport. ADOT officials say a new $13 million building will bring the terminal up to date with federal security regulations and present visitors with a better impression of the state of Arizona than the current aging building. It will also accommodate more passengers from commercial jets; the state’s goal is to contract with a commercial carrier … [Read more...] about Proposed Grand Canyon Airport Expansion

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: airport expansion, grand canyon, grand canyon airport

New Law Affecting Local Patents

June 18, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

Flight nurse Ryan Heck recalls an all-too-familiar story. It was Memorial Day weekend and a man on the Hopi reservation had suffered a heart attack and needed a helicopter to transport him to the nearest hospital with cardiac facilities. “Flagstaff Medical Center was full,” Heck remembered. “So the next call [the doctors] made was to a hospital that was 85 miles away. There were 35 hospitals that were closer that were not called or screened because it’s such a cumbersome process.” That … [Read more...] about New Law Affecting Local Patents

Filed Under: Local News Tagged With: Affecting, law, Local, New, new law, Patents

Navajos Considering Grand Canyon for Economic Development

May 15, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

The Navajo Nation is negotiating with a Scottsdale developer to build a luxury resort and aerial tramway near the confluence of the Little Colorado and Colorado rivers. The site of the proposed development – north and west of Tuba City, Ariz., –  is a majestic piece of the Grand Canyon’s East Rim that few have seen. That could change if the proposal to build restaurants, hotels, an RV park, a tram to the canyon floor and a half-mile river walk inside the Grand Canyon goes … [Read more...] about Navajos Considering Grand Canyon for Economic Development

Filed Under: Tourism Tagged With: aerial tramway, Canyon, east rim, Grand, Hopi Tribe, infrastructure funds, park, Scottsdale, Tome, tuba city ariz

Navajo Nation Implementing 4G Network

April 18, 2012 By Shelley Smithson

On a weekday morning, 32-year-old Nelson Cody types on his laptop at the chapter house in Leupp, Arizona.   A chapter house is a community meeting hall on the Navajo Nation. It's also where many Navajos living on the reservation must go to get online.   "I come here two to ten times a week,” says Cody, a student at Northern Arizona University. “I come here for social reasons, Facebook, email, and for school reasons.” When the dirt roads are muddy or snowy, it can take Cody … [Read more...] about Navajo Nation Implementing 4G Network

Filed Under: Business Tagged With: leupp arizona, microwave links, navajo tribal utility, navajo tribal utility authority, northern arizona university

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