Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 3, Issue 3

68 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 providing high-quality homes. According to Wirkebau, “This national manufacturer of homes is looking at Winslow right now to build a new manufacturing facility. We have let them know that our prime concern would be for workforce housing, because we don’t have any housing. And that would be one of the first things they would do – install workforce housing for themselves, as well as for the region. That would be a game changer.” Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) railway is Winslow’s largest employer, with thousands of boxcars passing through the community daily. The city’s location on I-40, one of the busiest interstates in the U.S., also makes it a popular rest stop for trucks. “We are a major stopover for trucks either to spend the night, or to stop for petrol, or to get food, because we are four hours away from any kind of major metropolis where they would have that opportunity,” Wirkebau notes. The community is also home to City Manager, John C. Barkley