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Northern Arizona Healthcare announces Flagstaff Medical Center listening sessions as hospital relocation planning continues
Summary
Northern Arizona Healthcare invited county supervisors and residents to two public listening sessions about possible relocation of Flagstaff Medical Center; speakers said no relocation decision or site is finalized and community input will inform future planning.
A Northern Arizona Healthcare representative used the board’s public‑comment period to announce two listening sessions about the future use of the Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) campus if the system ultimately moves the hospital to a new site.
Colleen Maring, chief people officer at Northern Arizona Healthcare, told the board the organization is continuing a 2030 strategic planning process and said it intends to make a recommendation to its board of directors by year‑end regarding potential relocation. "We do not have a new site. We do not have a date we're moving," Maring said at the Oct. 21 meeting. She said the health system will hold forums Oct. 29 (noon) and Oct. 30 (6 p.m.) at McGee Auditorium, Flagstaff Medical Center, to solicit community input about what the community would like to see happen with the FMC campus if and when the health system relocates.
Why it matters: Hospital campus reuse has been a politically sensitive topic in the region; Maring said Northern Arizona Healthcare is reversing an earlier approach and will gather public input before recommending how to proceed with campus disposition. The listening sessions will present options and solicit community ideas about reuse, preservation and public‑use possibilities.
What Northern Arizona Healthcare said: Maring said system leaders heard community concerns after a prior 2013 effort and want to avoid proposing decisions before listening to residents. She encouraged supervisors and constituents to attend the sessions and participate in planning conversations.
Board response: Chair Patrice Horstman thanked the speaker and said county staff would get the word out about the listening sessions. No board action was requested or taken; the item was delivered as public comment.
Ending: Organizers requested public participation and publicized dates and times; details and any further outreach materials will be posted by the health system and by county communications channels.
