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Contributing to Flagstaff’s Economic Vitality

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We make Flagstaff an Ideal Place for Business, Residents, and Visitors

What We Do

The City of Flagstaff Economic Development Offices are a part of our Community Investment Department. How do these offices fit into the grand scheme of things?

Our Community Investment Division includes Community Design and Redevelopment and Economic Development, Parking, Beautification. Here’s a summary of what they do:

  • Community Design and Redevelopment handles historic preservation, redevelopment, parking, and public art.
  • Economic Development focuses on business attraction, retention, and expansion.

All of these entities may seem unrelated, yet they are united by one common theme: Each faces the public. Quite often, they’re the first face of Flagstaff.

Uniting these offices creates a strategic advantage, because interdisciplinary teams bring out the best in all of us. No matter where we work, we share the same goal:

Make Flagstaff an ideal place for business, residents, and visitors

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Award-Winning

The City of Flagstaff received a Website Award of Merit for the redesigned Choose Flagstaff website. The project focused on overhauling the website’s structure and functionality, aesthetic, and ability to showcase new media and announcements.

Arizona Association for Economic Development

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Who We Are

David McIntire

David McIntire
Community Investment Director

David McIntire, the Community Investment Director, has worked in many areas within City government and the Flagstaff community for the past 18 years. His love of Flagstaff and the people in it drives the goal of a prosperous, vibrant, stable, unique and beautiful community.

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John Saltonstall

John Saltonstall
Business Retention and Expansion Manager

John Saltonstall is an economic development professional with close to two decades of municipal experience from GIS, to Planning, to Economic Development. John draws from a diverse background from retail, pharmaceuticals, private higher education, electronics distribution, and community planning to assist primary sector industries in Flagstaff including start-ups, innovation and technology companies, to the independent businesses that create the unique texture of Flagstaff. John is also an active presence in the local and regional workforce development efforts.

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Creag Znetko

Creag Znetko
Administrative Specialist | Community Investment

Creag is the primary City contact Flagstaff’s Incubator and Accelerator facilities and works closely with MOONSHOT to support business development. He shares the management of the Brownfield Program, supports the Economic Development team, and is directly involved in the five programs of the Community Investment office. He has been with the City of Flagstaff for eight years and is a member of the Arizona Association of Economic Development. Creag is working towards his AZED Pro certification.

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