Progress Report 2022

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FLAGSTAFF

PROGRESS REPORT Arizona Daily Sun |

SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2022

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JAKE BACON, ARIZONA DAILY SUN

Flagstaff still in motion CITY OF FLAGSTAFF ECONOMIC VITALITY STAFF

STATE OF FLAGSTAFF 2022

Flagstaff has always been a community of action and ability, of resilience and resolve. Inflation is skyrocketing. Global conflict persists. While many were hopeful for a 2022 that was brighter than 2021, COVID was immediately replaced by larger perils at our doors and on our horizons, leaving us with infinite ideas which may be reduced to the two options that are almost always our only two choices: paralysis or action. Paralysis comes in an infinite number of forms and patterns including gluing oneself to the television or your phone and immersing oneself in the anti-social media then wondering why our mental health is fried. Action is different. Mental health professionals know that eye movement can create a physiology of movement which contributes to greater peace and resilience. Action contributes to greater peace and resilience.

While the talking heads of the world are scrambling to keep your attention on the negative, the state of Flagstaff in 2022 is our time to perform action that starts with reflection upon our last 12 months which will help us to orient ourselves and our actions.

LET’S START WITH THE REVENUES

The Bed, Board and Beverage tax is a good indicator of the attractiveness of our community to others. When people Visit. Discover. Grow. their experiences in Flagstaff, they often spend the day enjoying our independent and franchise restaurants and shops. As they return to discover more about Flagstaff, they stay longer, to further contribute to the board and beverage components, and sometimes bring – thank you! As the Gateway to the Grand Canyon, the Flagstaff community enjoys high visitation rates which contribute to the metric we watch which is the BBB revenues. Comparing 2021 to

2020, we see a great jump from : $8.3 million to $9 million. Looking over time, we see between 2012 to 2021 an increase of 71.61% which speaks to the longevity of Flagstaff as a place people want to visit. Along those same lines, we can look at the number and valuation of building permits over time. Looking at 2017, there were 1,529 construction permits issued, valued at $208,766,173. Jumping to 2021, the City of Flagstaff issued 2,252 construction permits valued at $291,115,294; that’s a 47.28% increase in the number of permits and a 39.45% increase in the value of those permits. Flagstaff is a place where investments happen, whether it’s a family buying a home, someone deciding to renovate their home or a business owner deciding to build a facility to locate their business here in Flagstaff.

CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN ARIZONA BY BUILDING , TRAINING AND STRENGTHENING THE HEALTH WORKFORCE. M 1

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