Business ownership in rural Arizona can be tough. The pool of potential customers is limited to the size of the surrounding community; and the opportunity to advertise to those outside your home market can be cost prohibitive. In many cases, those that start a business with the dream of entrepreneurship find that they have simply… Read More
Archives for January 2016
Keep Arizona Beautiful Spotlight: Bisbee
Creating a solution to a community problem takes imagination, follow through, and at least one visionary leader who refuses to take no for an answer. In Bisbee’s case, that person is Andy Haratyk, the city’s operations manager. When originally offered the task of recycling, Haratyk wasn’t sure it was doable. “I didn’t know if it… Read More
Birds of a Feather Flock to Cochise County
Willcox, AZ – Southeastern Arizona is the winter home to major migrations of hundreds of species of birds that annually move through the Sky Island region of the state. The mild climate, proximity to Mexico and diverse habitats, including 9,000-foot mountains and the San Pedro River Valley, make this area a major hot spot for rare… Read More