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Flagstaff Housing Needs Outstrip Supply

Data from Flagstaff shows a growing need for affordable rental housing and homeownership options, which the city’s ten-year housing plan is working to address.

November 1, 2022 - KNAU NPR

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Where Floods Follow Wildfires

Neighborhoods not previously at risk of flooding face new challenges as burn scars from recent fires leave them vulnerable to floods.

September 14, 2022 - Arizona Public Radio

Developer Owned Utilities Struggle to Manage the Cost of Water in Northern Arizona

The Arizona Daily Sun details the curious case of subdivision development, private utilities, and skyrocketing utility rates that linger as an effect of the last development cycle of boom and bust.

April 7, 2015 - Arizona Daily Sun

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New State Symbol of Arizona: The Disposable Plastic Bag?

The legislature passed a bill on April 2 that bans local governments from banning single-use plastic bags as well as other disposable containers under the premise that it's bad for the state economy, though only one city in the state has such a law.

April 6, 2015 - The New York Times

The Benefits of Creating Hybrid Zoning Codes

Roger E. Eastman recounts the process and product of a recent effort by Flagstaff, Arizona to replace an outdated zoning code with an innovative hybrid of form-based and Euclidean elements.

February 12, 2012 - Planning

Five Cities Fighting Abandonment

This article from Developer looks at five cities that are dealing creatively with their foreclosure and abandonment problems.

August 23, 2008 - Developer

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