Someday, a new civic space similar to Flagstaff’s Heritage Square will be coming to the Downtown Connection Center on Phoenix Avenue located just south of the railroad tracks. And when that space is complete, it will resemble the early design that the Flagstaff City Council endorsed on Tuesday, June 17.
It’ll just have to wait until the long-anticipated is finished.
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