Current Issues 2011

Final Draft of the New City Zoning Code Now On Line

Over the past few weeks (City) staff has worked to incorporate all of the Planning and Zoning Commission’s recommendations and the amendments approved by the City Council into a Final Draft of the new Zoning Code. This work is now complete, and the Final Draft is available for review on the Zoning Code webpage –

Chamber Board Lobbies on Redistricting

After several months of research on existing state legislative districts, the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors decided to take a general approach to redistricting advocacy. “Competitiveness” and “communities of interest” are two of the more valued constitutional requirements the IRC must take into account when drawing new lines, and will be the key

New Zoning Code

The City of Flagstaff is undergoing a complete re-write of its existing Land Development Code (LDC).  The Chamber of Commerce is reviewing the “New Zoning Code,”  and participating in the public debate before the Mayor and City Council.  One improvement of the new code over the old LDC would be to allow for a concept

2011 Proposed AHCCCS Cuts

The State of Arizona currently faces a $700 million budget deficit in the last four months of the state’s FY11 budget ending June 30.  As Governor Jan Brewer and state legislators look to solve the existing budget deficit, they also face a $1.1 billion budget deficit in the new fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011.   In

Federal Immigration Reform

The Flagstaff Chamber has lobbied Congress for several years to achieve federal immigration reform.   In January 2011, Arizona Chamber Executives attended a “D.C. Fly-in” – a two-day blitz of Congressional offices on Capitol Hill.   More than twenty Chamber representatives from throughout Arizona, including Flagstaff, carried our message of “we need federal reform now,”