ARIZONA

Rural Arizona communities face challenges following COVID boom

Rural Arizona communities like Bisbee have faced a new set of challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic, including getting people to stay in town.
Rural Arizona communities like Bisbee have faced a new set of challenges following the COVID-19 pandemic, including getting people to stay in town.
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Patagonia is turning to one of the area’s largest employers, mine company South32, to increase training opportunities to entice people to stay.
Patagonia is turning to one of the area’s largest employers, mine company South32, to increase training opportunities to entice people to stay.
Sarah Lapidus
Globe is trying to bring in more federal and state funding to improve its aging infrastructure in the hopes that people will want to build in the small city 85 miles east of Phoenix.
Globe is trying to bring in more federal and state funding to improve its aging infrastructure in the hopes that people will want to build in the small city 85 miles east of Phoenix.
Sarah Lapidus
With a population of 7,400 people, Page is banking on its access to famous attractions like Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam.
With a population of 7,400 people, Page is banking on its access to famous attractions like Lake Powell and the Glen Canyon Dam.
Lacey Latch/The Republic
Winslow is looking to move toward a potential future as a bedroom community for Flagstaff, about 58 miles away. But to do so, the city needs to boost its housing stock as quickly as possible.
Winslow is looking to move toward a potential future as a bedroom community for Flagstaff, about 58 miles away. But to do so, the city needs to boost its housing stock as quickly as possible.   
Lacey Latch/The Republic