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Downtown Parking Management

Downtown Parking Management Plan
Downtown Parking Forum Presentation - November 15, 2006
Downtown Parking Presentation - March 16, 2007

4th Street and Route 66

Fourth Street RFQ
Fourth Street Crossing Presentation - April 27, 2006
Fourth Street Final Report - May 9, 2006
Rendered Site Plan - Aerial (video)
Rendered Site Plan (video)

Aspen Place at the Sawmill

Westcor Village/Flagstaff Mall Expansion

Flagstaff Innovation Park Campus

The City of Flagstaff currently owns the land and many of the buildings on the United States Geological Survey Campus (USGS).  The City of Flagstaff, GSA, and the USGS, in cooperation with outside consultants, have developed a new Campus Master Plan.  This plan includes the eventual demolition of much of the existing campus and the creation of an interconnected USGS facility along with a private Science and Technology Park that would allow for technology transfer between USGS and the private sector.

The City of Flagstaff in cooperation with the Northern Arizona Council of Governments has been awarded an Economic Development Administration grant to construct a 10,000 square foot incubator. The building will be called the Northern Arizona Science, Technology and Clean Energy Incubator and will include fully fitted out lab space along with a state-of-the-art multimedia conference room, offices and support space. Construction will begin on the building in August 2007 and it will open in August 2008. Adjacent to the Incubator on the Campus is the Science and Technology Park being developed by Plaza/Higgins. The area will include up to 200,000 square feet of research and manufacturing space for science and technology companies. The site is located on one of the most scenic spots in Flagstaff yet is only one block from the Regional Medical Facility and minutes from Northern Arizona University. The Innovation Campus will allow for technology transfer between the Incubator, Northern Arizona University and the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

United States Geological Survey Campus History

The USGS campus was built over a number of years on one of the most visible and special locations in the City of Flagstaff.  The City has developed and owns some of the structures and private developers currently hold others with leases expiring over the next several years. 

The development of the campus has created a site dominated by parking lots with buildings that do not reflect the character of the Flagstaff community or reflect how visible and important the location is in the community.  The City held a yearlong process developing land use concepts for McMillan Mesa that included the replacement and enlargement of the USGS Campus while preserving as much open space as possible on the entire Mesa.  Building Six, the newest building on the northern end of the campus, was opened in July 2002.

The SmithGroup has completed a Master Plan that will create a world-class campus over the next several years.  City voters approved a $62 million bond package in May 2004 to support the redevelopment of the Campus.

The Flagstaff Field Center was established in 1963 to provide geologic information about the Moon and to help train astronauts scheduled for flights to the Moon.  Flagstaff was chosen because it has excellent atmospheric conditions for observing the Moon telescopically.  Another factor was Flagstaff’s location in the midst of well-exposed volcanic craters that provide a natural laboratory for field studies of terrains analogous to the surface of the Moon.

Starting in 1963, the Astrogeology Research Program played an important role in training astronauts destined for exploration of the lunar surface.  USGS and NASA geoscientists gave lectures and field trips during the 1960’s and early 1970’s to teach astronauts the basics of lunar geology.  Field trips included excursions into the Grand Canyon to explore the development of geologic structure over time.  Meteor Crater and Sunset Crater cinder cone and lava flows were used as training areas.  "Grover", built at the Flagstaff facility, was used for earth surface training.