Economic Development Week 2022 is upon us! The week of May 9-13 is a time to celebrate the efforts of many community members and partners that work to enhance economic prosperity for individuals and businesses alike; and who doesn’t like a celebration? Perhaps you wonder what economic development is … [Read more...] about Celebrating Positive Economic Activity
Tourism
Fans, Tourism Officials, Stadium Organizers Spring into Spring Training
For some, the arrival of spring is marked by budding trees, blooming flowers, singing birds and peeping peepers. For others, springtime means perfectly manicured carpets of grass, the aroma of hot dogs on the grill and the crack of a bat as it strikes a 5-ounce sphere covered in cowhide. For these … [Read more...] about Fans, Tourism Officials, Stadium Organizers Spring into Spring Training
Mother Road Archive Ale Benefiting NAU Special Collections
Like many great stories, this one began over beer. As Mother Road Brewing Company Storyteller Billy Miller tells it, brewery founder Michael Marquess was having a beer with Northern Arizona University Cline Library Special Collections Archivist Sean Evans. Afterward, Evans invited Marquess to visit … [Read more...] about Mother Road Archive Ale Benefiting NAU Special Collections
Mountain Line Pilot Program Offering Airport Transportation
Mountain Line is launching a grant-funded microtransit pilot program offering on-demand transportation between Flagstaff Pulliam Airport and any destination in the Flagstaff city limits for $2 a ride. Mountain Line GO! Airport began service on March 1, using Mountain Line’s smaller paratransit … [Read more...] about Mountain Line Pilot Program Offering Airport Transportation
AutoCamp Proposing Boutique Airstream Campground Near Williams
If you love to spend your days and nights in the great outdoors but don’t love to shake out the sleeping bags from your last wildland adventure and pack up the camper, the mountain bikes, the kayaks and all the other gear you’ll want to use, plus set up your campsite and try to find all the poles … [Read more...] about AutoCamp Proposing Boutique Airstream Campground Near Williams
Reducing Health Risks While Flying
Booking flights out of smaller airports where there are fewer people is one way I reduce health risks while flying. Further, small aircraft typically service airports like Prescott Regional Airport and Flagstaff Pulliam Airport. With fewer people aboard these regional jets, I believe someone with … [Read more...] about Reducing Health Risks While Flying
Verde Valley Wines Receive ‘American Viticultural Area’ Status
After six years of study, The U.S. Treasury Department has named Arizona’s Verde Valley an American Viticultural Area (AVA), elevating the Valley’s $56 million wine industry to the same status as Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley and other well-known wine-producing regions. According to the Treasury … [Read more...] about Verde Valley Wines Receive ‘American Viticultural Area’ Status
Route 66 Icon Changes Hands
When Albert (Al) Chatinsky drove his son, Steve, up to Flagstaff in the spring of 1976 from their home in Tucson, he was in search of a four-season town to start a new outdoor recreational business. Originally from a suburb of Minneapolis, the Chatinsky family had moved to Tucson when Steve was … [Read more...] about Route 66 Icon Changes Hands
Navigating with Purpose
Lava Falls Rapid is white-water fierce. It is, by far, the most famous and daunting rapid on the mighty Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. It comes up after a nice calm stretch of laid-back, almost complacent, floating. Most wouldn’t even notice the distant spray and subtle splashing up ahead. But … [Read more...] about Navigating with Purpose
Saying ‘I Do’ to Micro-Weddings
Event planners are busier than ever and, not surprisingly, smaller weddings have taken the lead, especially in Northern Arizona. “We’ve had a lot of micro-weddings of 50 people or less since March this year,” said Nancy Bewley, owner of Prescott-based Luella House Weddings and the soon-to-open … [Read more...] about Saying ‘I Do’ to Micro-Weddings
