Flagstaff bids $11.6M to acquire 2,251 acres atop Observatory Mesa

From left are McKenzie Jones, sustainability specialist for the city; Jerry Nabours, mayor; Nat White, retired Lowell Observatory scientist; Jeff Hall, director of Lowell Observatory; Art Babbott, county supervisor; Celia Barotz, city councilmember; Mark Woodson, city councilmember; Jim Cronk, outgoing city planning director; Mandy Metzger, county supervisor; Rick Miller, open spaces commissioner; Nicole Woodman, manager of the city’s sustainability department; and David McIntire, city housing program. The numbers on the telescopes represent the bid of $11.6 million to purchase Observatory Mesa from the state land department. / Taylor Mahoney/Arizona Daily Sun
From left are McKenzie Jones, sustainability specialist for the city; Jerry Nabours, mayor; Nat White, retired Lowell Observatory scientist; Jeff Hall, director of Lowell Observatory; Art Babbott, county supervisor; Celia Barotz, city councilmember; Mark Woodson, city councilmember; Jim Cronk, outgoing city planning director; Mandy Metzger, county supervisor; Rick Miller, open spaces commissioner; Nicole Woodman, manager of the city’s sustainability department; and David McIntire, city housing program. The numbers on the telescopes represent the bid of $11.6 million to purchase Observatory Mesa from the state land department. / Taylor Mahoney/Arizona Daily Sun

 

By Larry Hendricks | Arizona Daily Sun

It took the city of Flagstaff nearly a decade to acquire 2,251 acres of state trust land on Observatory Mesa.

First, there were bond elections for the money.

Then there was getting the land set aside for conservation purposes.

A matching grant had to be applied for and secured.

And finally, on Friday, the city put in the only bid of $11.6 million to officially buy the land.

“This is something the city has been working on for a long time,” said McKenzie Jones, sustainability specialist for the city who manages the Open Space project. “It preserves our iconic open space and defines this area, to make it a place we want to live.”

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