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FLAGSTAFF — The City of Flagstaff Sustainability Office is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Flagstaff Sustainability Grant cycle. The Flagstaff Sustainability Grant is a competitive grant program that funds up to $7,500 for community projects related to food, community health and climate resilience, energy, transportation, and waste.
“We can’t wait to see these community-led projects come to life each year! We want to applaud these awardees for their vision for a more sustainable Flagstaff,” said Mayor Becky Daggett.
The 2025 grant recipients and their projects are as follows:
- The Community Assistance Teams of Flagstaff (CATs) will continue their work ensuring access to safe, reliable, and sustainable transportation for the unsheltered homeless community.
- The Salvation Army will expand access and education in sustainable transportation for underserved residents of Flagstaff.
- The UPCYCLE program will fabricate bicycle accessories to improve the functionality of bicycles that are given to the low-income and homeless people of Flagstaff.
- The NAU Sustainable Communities Program will restore the rainwater collection system at McAllister Ranch in collaboration with the garden reopening in 2026.
- Evergreen Academy Preschool will create a more accessible and safe garden area with a wheelchair-accessible path.
- United Natives will continue their partnership with local land clearing and excavation companies to divert waste wood from Flagstaff landfills. The wood collected through this process is distributed to families in need.
- The Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) will commission an Indigenous artist from Coconino County to create a public artwork using materials that would otherwise end up in landfills.
- Willow Bend Environmental Education Center will host a workshop series called Seeds & Skills: Hands-On Community Food Workshops.
- Friends of Flagstaff’s Future will remove nonnative plants, reseed with native plants, and educate the community about which plants are native, nonnative, and most invasive along the Linda Vista Corridor.
- Lily of the Field will host the 2026 Gardner’s Market where local growers, farmers and garden-related vendors will be selling garden starts, greenhouse kits, perennial native and heirloom plants, etc.
- Threaded Together will establish their 9-week Learn and Earn a Sewing Machine program.
- Indigenous Bible College will reduce the amount of waste produced on their campus, especially in single-use plastics through access to reusable products and reducing food waste through a composting program.
- Liberation Earth will improve the greenhouse at the Freedom Garden, a publicly visible, tech-enabled community greenhouse designed to grow fresh food year-round and serve as a hub for public education, cultural events, and wellness activities.
- Cedar Closet of Flagstaff will improve energy usage as they continue their work repurposing clothing and household goods, and supporting unsheltered women, children, and veterans of Flagstaff.
Grant applications are due annually on September 30. The program is open to local businesses, community groups, non-profit organizations, schools, and individuals with project ideas within Flagstaff. To date, over 90 projects have been funded through the Flagstaff Sustainability Grant program. To learn more about this annual grant opportunity, please visit flagstaff.az.gov/3200/Flagstaff-Sustainability-Grants.
For any related questions, please contact Diane Bridger, City of Flagstaff Sustainability Specialist, at (928) 666-0988 or diane.bridger@flagstaffaz.gov.