ECoNA Blog
Flagstaff STEM City recently celebrated its 5th anniversary and we caught up with its new Executive Director Brigid Dineen to talk about what brought her to Flagstaff and her goals to promote science, technology, engineering and math education and careers in our region. What brought you to Flagstaff? I am originally from Wisconsin and grew […]
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On behalf of Coconino County, we have had the privilege of working closely with hundreds of residents and stakeholders in the Lake Powell region for the past year, as the area prepares for the scheduled closing of the Navajo Generating Station (NGS) in 2019. After two economic outlook conferences and dozens of focus group discussions, […]
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For Michael Penca, Flagstaff’s new superintendent of schools, the inspiration to pursue a career in education originated with the teachers who taught him back when he was a student. “I still marvel at the way my high school chemistry teacher, Mr. Fleagle, ignited a passion for learning in me with his challenging questions, discovery experiments […]
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That Flagstaff is a major hub for the arts and sciences in Northern Arizona is no secret. But the sheer size of this sector’s impact on our local economy might come as a surprise to you. Five years ago, a study by Americans for the Arts, a leading national non-profit arts organization, concluded that the […]
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According to a recently released report by the Kauffman Foundation, Arizona has become one of the nation’s hubs of entrepreneurial activity, and is one of the top five large states for starting a business. The foundation’s Kauffman Index of Startup Activity ranks Arizona number 4 of the 25 largest states compared to number 6 last […]
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