Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 3, Issue 3

69 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 3 an airport, which is a priority for expansion. As Barkley describes, “To facilitate the expansion of commerce at our airport, the city has also applied for a Federal RAISE grant, proposing to build an approximately nine-mile-long industrial access road to facilitate direct access to the Winslow Lindbergh Regional Airport from the 1-40 interchange. We have also applied for and received over $4 million over the past two years for airport runway improvements.” With an abundance of land available for development, Winslow is continuing to attract new industry to the area, reporting 50 new commercial projects over the last year. Offering a variety of incentives for development, the city has hosted a series of small business start up and expansion seminars, aimed at educating business owners about the many resources available to rural communities. These seminars bring experts from such organizations as the Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona, WINSLOW, AR I ZONA Una Wirkebau, Economic Development Director