Flagstaff, Arizona

FLAGSTAFF , AR I ZONA Program. Working closely with agencies such as Moonshot at NACET, that manage the city’s business incubator and accelerator resources, along with the Coconino County Career Centre and Coconino Community College, helps to ensure that fledgling businesses and start ups have the support they need to grow and thrive here. ECoNA, the Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona also works closely with the City of Flagstaff to help attract new businesses. With a higher minimum wage than any other city in Arizona, the cost of doing business in Flagstaff is higher than average. This can be a challenge, but “the businesses that are here typically figure out how to manage our cost of living and many of them figure it out just fine – smaller businesses, bigger ones, and the start ups,” says Saltonstall, adding, “People want to be here in Flagstaff. There is just a great demand for a community like ours, where we have relative