This year Kiplinger says it’s all about jobs when choosing the 10 Best Cities. They were looking for safe havens during the current recession. University and government jobs are a part of that environment.
Here’s the list of top 10:
Huntsville, Alabama
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Washington D.C.
Charlottsville, Virginia
Athens, Georgia
Olympia, Washington
Madison, Wisconsin
Austin, Texas
Flagstaff, Arizona
Raleigh, North Carolina
Looks like quite a diverse [...]
August 19, 2009 | Posted in
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“Since breaking ground on the Discovery Channel Telescope in 2003, construction of DCT has pumped over $14 million in direct spending into the state of Arizona; about 72% of this in Flagstaff. Arizona’s DCT contractors have provided highly skilled workers and technical services including design and construction of the DCT facility and dome, fabrication of [...]
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Visitors to the Grand Canyon South Rim this summer may see a few traffic delays, but in the end, we’ll all benefit from more parking and easier movement around the park.
“The National Park Service (NPS) will begin implementing the first phase of the South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan at Grand Canyon National Park this spring. [...]
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Northern Arizona Book FestivalApril 24-26, 2009
My personal pick of Festival events is:
Indefatigable Influence: An Exploration of the Grand Canyons’ Influence on the Visual and Literary Artists and Writers Past & Present on Saturday, at 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., April 25, 2009.
Regionalist, Rod Parnell will moderate a discussion panel examining the ways in which environment [...]
August 18, 2009 | Posted in
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National Train Day is May 9, 2009. Marking 140 years of connecting travelers from coast to coast, National Train Day commemorates the day the first transcontinental railroad was created.
Read about the final spike ceremony on May 10, 1869, at Golden Spike National Historic Site and 140th anniversary–Golden Spike and Transcontinetal Railroad at Promontory Summit.
“Train travel [...]
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As a part of the Ranger Lecture Series in Flagstaff, called Conversations on the Edge, the Grand Canyon Association and Cline Library at Northern Arizona University will host Science on the Edge: Preserving Grand Canyon National Park’s Natural and Cultural Resources. Martha Hahn, Chief of Science and Resource Management, Grand Canyon National Park, will highlight [...]
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Just in from Arizona Travel News:
Residents and tourists will celebrate one hundred years of 4th of July parades this July 4 in Williams, Arizona. A vintage photo shot from the second floor of the historic Grand Canyon Hotel, serving guests since 1891, captured the Main Street parade in 1909 and the community will [...]
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The free shuttle service to and from Tusayan and the Canyon View Information Plaza will be offered again this year. This relieves a bit of the traffic congestion at the Park Entrance and within the South Rim area.
“The National Park Service (NPS) will offer a pilot shuttle bus program between Grand Canyon National Park and [...]
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Flagstaff is located close to lots of national parks. Day trips to Grand Canyon National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Tuzigoot National Monument are easy.
Of course, even closer are the three Flagstaff Area National Monuments, Walnut Canyon National Monument, Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument and Wupatki National Monuments.
This summer, the difficult [...]
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After its send-off in Los Angeles, the Grand Canyon Railway Depot in Williams, Arizona, will be the first stop for the cross-country train tour promoting “Disney’s A Christmas Carol,” new 3-D film from Robert Zemeckis, starring Jim Carey.
A sneak peek preview of the movie in Disney Digital 3-D will be featured in an inflatable theater, [...]
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