The Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET) is launching a new initiative that is redefining the Flagstaff-based organization, moving it from an entity focused on incubating new businesses to a recruiter of next-generation entrepreneurs pursuing imaginative, ambitious and even radical new commercial ideas. Called “Moonshot,” the program is busy screening entrepreneurs who have the intention of profoundly changing lives, as opposed to tweaking existing products, … [Read more...] about NACET Encouraging Tomorrow’s Entrepreneurs to Shoot for the Stars
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Campus Coffee Bean Offering Curbside Service
For more than two decades, residents and visitors, including students hovering over books and cramming for exams, have sipped cups of steaming coffee and tea, spooned hot soup and crunched into sandwiches at Campus Coffee Bean. This local hangout with its hipster vibe has just become mainstream modern with the launch of mobile ordering and curbside pick-up service using a new mobile application through FlyBuy Technologies, a Seattle-based startup based in Pioneer Square. Pick-up service at … [Read more...] about Campus Coffee Bean Offering Curbside Service
On the Grid – Flagstaff Business Incubator
Flagstaff Business Incubator https://soundcloud.com/user-559986867/on-the-grid-podcast-volume-5 On the Grid with Flagstaff Business News is a monthly podcast delving into timely topics and interviews with guests who help shape the local economy. CEO and President of NACET Scott Hathcock joins FBN Editor and Host Bonnie Stevens to discuss Moonshot at NACET, a new initiative being launched by the Northern Arizona Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (NACET) focused on recruiting … [Read more...] about On the Grid – Flagstaff Business Incubator
Carmels Serving Simple Food, Out of this World Atmosphere
Flagstaff’s Southside renaissance continues with a new restaurant that offers no frills, simple food while paying homage to Flagstaff’s space training heritage. Owner Patrick Flanigan opened Carmels in June after hearing what the community wants in terms of food and atmosphere. “I didn’t want Scottsdale in Flagstaff. I’ve got an old building in a historic place and wanted everything to look like it belonged here,” he said. The result is an eatery touched with elements of nostalgia. The … [Read more...] about Carmels Serving Simple Food, Out of this World Atmosphere
New Pizzeria Wants Your Pie to be Healthy
The personality of pizza has changed over the years… and much for the good of our health. The legendary and oh-so-popular flat bread has morphed into a hearty all-inclusive meal, which Your Pie Flagstaff is set to serve when it opens March 2018. Owners Pete and Lisa Muscarella plan to be dishing up a clean, high-quality, healthy menu that will include custom handcrafted, build-your-own pizzas and paninis baked in a brick oven. Chopped salads, sorbets and rich gelato will follow, along with wine … [Read more...] about New Pizzeria Wants Your Pie to be Healthy
Escaping to Indoor Adventure
What do you do if your family is too active to sit around and play board games? According to Vanessa Roer, you spend a lot of time outdoors and then you open Flagstaff Escape Rooms with your husband. She and Jacob opened the business six weeks ago and things are picking up steadily. “We’ve had really good reviews and players have been happy and have had a good time,” she said. She says that the Escape Room concept started in Japan, was then launched online across Europe, and then more … [Read more...] about Escaping to Indoor Adventure
Room to Grow
Perhaps it was a forecast of their future in the travel industry when Monika and Yves Leuenberger met 40 years ago. Monika was only 10 years old. Both of their families were vacationing at separate homes in Brusino, a municipality in the canton of Ticino on Lake Lugano in Southern Switzerland, about a mile from the Italian border. “Our families vacationed together year after year and all of us became close friends,” Monika recalled. The Leuenbergers are both Swiss natives, Monika from a … [Read more...] about Room to Grow
Serving History with a Helping of SLO Restaurant Concepts
Restauranteur Paul Moir is integrating his passion for sustainable, local and organic food with the new Grand Canyon Café. The Route 66 landmark has been serving locals since the 1940s, and on Saturday, Sept. 23, the diner will officially celebrate its renovation and new ownership. Moir, who owns Brix, Criollo Latin Kitchen and Proper Meats and Provisions, says the Grand Canyon Café remodel maintains the flavor of the iconic Route 66 diner. The menu does, as well, by continuing to offer … [Read more...] about Serving History with a Helping of SLO Restaurant Concepts
Timberline Firearms & Training Breaking Ground
Construction is underway for the 11,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art Timberline Firearms & Training facility at the corner of Highway 89 and Copeland Lane. Law enforcement officials, shooting sports competitors, business leaders and local officials celebrated the official groundbreaking on Aug. 1. The Flagstaff area’s first indoor shooting range will feature 12 shooting lanes divided into two bays, programmable target carriers that will move up and down automatically to challenge and … [Read more...] about Timberline Firearms & Training Breaking Ground
Colorado Family Continuing Community Focus at VOC Supermarket
After opening the business more than three decades ago, Jake Weber has sold the Village of Oak Creek’s sole supermarket, Weber’s IGA, to the Aspen-based Clark’s Market chain in June. The store will change from being a part of the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) to becoming the first Clark’s Market in Arizona and will be tied to the Associated Food Stores distribution network, which reports serving more than 400 retailers in eight intermountain states. The Clark family owns six stores along … [Read more...] about Colorado Family Continuing Community Focus at VOC Supermarket