Taylor Community Facilities

The community offers a wide range of community facilities including a library, one golf course, museums, 10 roping arenas, two rodeo arenas, an indoor Olympic-size swimming pool, and three parks with the following facilities: four lighted tennis courts, basketball, volleyball and racquetball courts, picnic and barbecue areas, and an amphitheater (available in Snowflake and Taylor).

The traditional Fourth of July celebration offers may activities including the firing of the anvil at 4 a.m., a patriotic program, a rodeo, a barbecue, fireworks and dances. This celebration has traditionally been used for family reunions.

The Annual Sweet Corn Festival is over the Labor Day Weekend in Taylor. Youths are urged to plant plots of sweet corn and compete for prizes. In addition, there are parades, barbecues, kid's rodeos, dances and exhibits of arts and crafts and tours of the Taylor Museum. A distance run and bike-a-thon are held annually.

In addition to communication resources from the rest of the state, Taylor receives radio stations from Holbrook and Showlow, and 16 television channels via cable, four Tucson channels via antenna.

There are four public elementary, one junior high, one high school and one private school (grades 1-12) in the Snowflake/Taylor area.

Northland Pioneer College (NPC), a nationally accredited community college, has a campus in the Taylor area. Areas of study include occupational, academic, and vocational programs.

The community has two medical clinics, four physicians, three chiropractors, one optometrist (part-time), and two emergency ambulances serving Taylor and Snowflake. Complete medical facilities are available in Show Low, 19 miles south.

There are two financial institutions in the area: Norwest Bank in Snowflake and Frontier State Bank in Taylor. The Northern Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG) located in Flagstaff services this area with a Revolving Loan Program for new and existing businesses. Inquiries can be made through WMRDC, PO Box 3440, Show Low, AZ 85901. The Navajo County Industrial Development Authority handles information related to private activity bonds. Inquiries can be made through the Navajo County IDBA, 819 W. Florida, Holbrook, AZ 86025. Additionally, Navajo County businesses are eligible for assistance in financing fixed assets through the Arizona Department of Commerce Finance Division.

The Town of Taylor is governed by a mayor and six council members and protected by Taylor/Snowflake officers and Navajo County deputies. The fire department has 15 volunteers and six reserves.

Residents of Taylor have access to the Taylor Airport, which has a 7,200 foot runway.

There is one 17-acre park with utilities. Contact the Town of Taylor.

Taylor has one motel with 42 units and Snowflake has one motel with 36 units; eight trailer parks are also available. There are several meeting facilities with the largest seating 1,000.

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This page prepared from Arizona Department of Commerce profile on the City of Taylor dated June 1999 and published with the permission of White Mountain Regional Development Corporation who provided the update information to White Mountains Online for publication on our website.