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I recently took some items to the “Fix It Clinic,” an event sponsored by the City’s Sustainability Section and staffed by community volunteers. Residents can bring items such as small electronics, toys, lamps, vacuum cleaners, bikes, and clothing while handy and creative volunteers will do their best to fix them for free. I struck up a conversation with Ward Davis, a long-time community volunteer involved with many great projects around town. Ward was working with two young men to disassemble items that couldn’t be fixed, but that contained parts that could either be repurposed or recycled. The entire event got me thinking about consumption and solid waste so I went back to the video of a presentation City Council received about the Cinder Hills Landfill…

Jim Babbitt honored at the 2022 Viola Awards.

Will eventually transition to provide permanent supportive housing.

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Thank you to my fellow Councilmembers for supporting my campaign for Mayor!

A few months ago I was told that students at Haven Montessori wanted to talk about the problem of dog waste left in a nearby park and on the sidewalks outside their school. We discussed ways they could let the residents of Flagstaff know that this is a serious problem in their neighborhood and many other neighborhoods throughout Flagstaff. They came up with many creative ways to raise awareness about this unpleasant issue, including asking the Arizona Department of Transportation to change their highway signs to an anti-dog poop message! After meeting with these students, I approached Flagstaff Water Services and they reached out to Parks & Recreation and after a brainstorming session and a couple of organizing meetings, the “Poo in the Park” campaign…