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Town manager: attracting grocers, retailers a priority; incentive offered for North Prescott Valley
Summary
Gilbert Davidson said Prescott Valley is pursuing grocery and retail development—Aldi is under construction—and is offering incentives such as a construction-sales-tax rebate to attract grocers to underserved areas like North Prescott Valley and Quillwood; the town also highlighted regional collaboration on wildlife corridors.
Prescott Valley officials said attracting new grocery options and retail amenities is a priority to retain sales-tax revenue and expand local services.
"If you look at Prescott Valley versus Prescott, Prescott has two Fry's stores, two Safeways, two Walmarts and a Costco," Town Manager Gilbert Davidson said, describing how nearby retail concentration can draw shoppers away. He said Prescott Valley has fewer full-line grocers but noted Aldi is under construction and the town continues to recruit other grocers.
To encourage grocery development in underserved areas—particularly North Prescott Valley and Quillwood—Davidson said the town has an incentive that can rebate the construction sales tax for public-infrastructure costs to reduce developer expense. "We put an incentive in place a few years ago...so we could get a grocery store in North Prescott Valley," he said.
Davidson also tied economic development to land-use planning and open-space protection: the town is working with regional partners, including Yavapai County and Y-Plan (formerly CIMPO), the City of Prescott and Chino Valley on a wildlife conservation plan to protect connectivity across grasslands as development occurs.
No specific grocery project names (besides Aldi) or final financial terms for incentives were provided.
