Thirty thousand dollars are up for grabs to expand your business. The Business Retention and Expansion Incentive competitive grant program is open. Applications will be accepted until Aug. 31. Find the program and the application at ChooseFlagstaff.com, then submit your application to jsaltonstall@flagstaffaz.gov. The program is designed to provide businesses with additional funding that will result in an expansion of the business’s facility, market share, or employment – or all three – and … [Read more...] about Growing Your Business with City’s Retention, Expansion Incentive
John Saltonstall
Honoring Economic Development Week
The week of May 8 through May 12 is Economic Development Week, and in the Flagstaff area, it is an open invitation to the entire community to meet economic development professionals throughout Flagstaff to learn more about the dynamic work known as economic development. This effort is important because everyone participates in the economy, whether they think about it or not, and because the collection of behaviors and actions of one person has far-reaching impacts, including a local, national … [Read more...] about Honoring Economic Development Week
Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge
The Fourth Annual Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge once again invites entrepreneurs to compete for up to $30,000 in awards and cash to build their business concept that advances carbon neutrality. If you have been thinking of ways to optimize stewardship of the environment and the natural world and your idea has merit, marketability and viability, then consider participating in this year’s challenge. The challenge has been growing, with more entrepreneurs pitching ideas each … [Read more...] about Innovate Waste: The Carbon Neutrality Challenge
Applying for Funds through the Flagstaff Business Retention and Expansion Incentive
Incentives are designed to inspire behavior and action. The City of Flagstaff Business Retention and Expansion (BR&E) Incentive intends to encourage small businesses in Flagstaff to stay and grow in Flagstaff; however, there is more to it. As we head into the final days for businesses to compete for up to $30,000 as the application window closes on August 31, this piece will provide more guidance about what that “more” actually is. A quick review of the program and the scoring reveals … [Read more...] about Applying for Funds through the Flagstaff Business Retention and Expansion Incentive
Celebrating Positive Economic Activity
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 anyway; after all, doesn’t the economy take care of itself? So, let us begin by answering the questions of what economic development is and how we celebrate it. Economics are known generally to be … [Read more...] about Celebrating Positive Economic Activity
Time to Startup
This year is gearing up to be the year to start a business – whether you’re a serial entrepreneur or have been thinking about putting your ideas into action and starting a business for the first time. Why now? Flagstaff is loaded with business development resources and is tied in with a statewide startup community that networks collaboratively across Arizona. Plus, there is an even more compelling reason with entrepreneurial competitions such as the Pioneer Pitch and Innovate Waste/Carbon … [Read more...] about Time to Startup
City Offering Competitive Grant Opportunity for Growing Small Businesses
The Business Retention and Expansion Incentive is a competitive grant program brought to Flagstaff businesses by your City Council and designed to help businesses grow in Flagstaff. Originally funded at $30,000, the program could award one business $30,000 or six businesses $5,000 each, or any variety in between. However, this year, the program is even bigger. The largest possible award is still $30,000, but this year, there could be two businesses awarded at the level! This is great news for … [Read more...] about City Offering Competitive Grant Opportunity for Growing Small Businesses
Growing Businesses in Flagstaff
The Flagstaff City Council adopted a few new programs to help the businesses in Flagstaff during the summer of 2020. This is a celebration of two of the programs and the two Flagstaff businesses on their way to growing in Flagstaff, making the world a better place with a little encouragement from two new small business assistance programs from the City of Flagstaff. The programs are the Innovate Waste/Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) Challenge and the Business Retention and Expansion … [Read more...] about Growing Businesses in Flagstaff
Exploring Opportunities, Events for Business Start-Ups
Start-ups are new businesses that come from a person’s idea, drive, inspiration and courage. They are an engine for individual success, and they create new jobs and new products and services that enrich daily life. Start-ups, in many ways, embody the pioneer spirit of America. They are about stepping out into unknown territory and exploring. In honor of the courage these endeavors take, and the benefits they create, we recognize start-ups as a powerful force in the Flagstaff … [Read more...] about Exploring Opportunities, Events for Business Start-Ups
Getting to Know Your Coconino County Rapid Response Team
The Rapid Response Team (RRT) is housed in our Coconino County Career Center and works with businesses that are transitioning. This means the focus of the RRT is to assist businesses that are downsizing, struggling or simply closing. While the primary focus is to help the businesses, the RRT also works with employees who are soon-to-be, or have already been, laid off. Here is the mission of the RRT: The Rapid Response Team proactively serves the employers and employees to prevent or respond to … [Read more...] about Getting to Know Your Coconino County Rapid Response Team
