Despite the difficulties of promoting Flagstaff during the pandemic to potential visitors and businesses looking to relocate, Discover Flagstaff officials and economic vitality leaders had many successes to report during their Annual Marketing Meeting on Thursday, Oct. 21. City of Flagstaff Economic Vitality Director Heidi Hansen stressed the fact that during the pandemic the Flagstaff Airport never shut down. “This was no easy task. There were several other smaller airports that lost … [Read more...] about New Routes, Whiskey Turned Hand Sanitizer, Quality of Life
Trace Ward
If You Like Hugging Trees, You Might Want to Hug a Visitor
Did you know that Flagstaff welcomes nearly five million visitors annually? And, those five million visitors have an economic impact of nearly $600,000,000 on our local economy. Every time you and your family play in a city park, walk past a colorful mural in downtown or enjoy a new local restaurant, you are benefiting from dollars spent by visitors to our community. In fact, 2.3 million annual tax dollars collected directly from tourism is spent keeping our outdoor spaces and recreation … [Read more...] about If You Like Hugging Trees, You Might Want to Hug a Visitor
Happy Ninetieth Anniversary to the Mother Road
Flagstaff has a long history of celebrating travelers heading west seeking new adventures and fortunes. Beginning with Edward Beale surveying a route in the late 1850s to reach California during the gold rush era, to settlers passing through in 1876 stripping a pine and raising a flag honoring the nation’s centennial (which is where the name Flagstaff derives). The railway reached Flagstaff in 1882, which brought industry to the region. However, it wasn’t until the late 1920s when auto travel … [Read more...] about Happy Ninetieth Anniversary to the Mother Road
