The first publicly accessible electric vehicle charging station in Prescott is now available in the parking lot of SpringHill Suites by Marriott, located at 200 East Sheldon in downtown Prescott. The unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony took place on Thursday, July 30, 2015 led by the Prescott Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Pro-tem Chris Kuknyo, hotel management staff and Rudy Garcia of Verdek, representing ChargePoint. The ChargePoint charging station is a dual port system and will be capable of charging two vehicles simultaneously. In addition a Tesla charging station was also installed. The station will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for anyone to use and will be free of charge through the end of August. After that, there will be a nominal fee for the general public and overnight guests at SpringHill Suites will receive free charging included with their overnight stay.
“This project has been in the works for six months so it is very exciting to see its successful completion and offer this service to our out of town visitors as well as local residents”, says Margo Christensen, Vice President of Marketing and Public Relations. “Prescott is positioned perfectly, geographically between Phoenix and Flagstaff, so that electric vehicle drivers will have confidence they can plan a trip to Prescott and not get stranded”.
Holli Maurer, Vice President of Operations for the Prescott Marriott Hotels states, “we do get calls to our front desks asking for this service and until now we haven’t been able to offer them what they need to come here. Now travelers can reroute off of the traditional I-17 route and visit Prescott. With our marketing efforts and as word spreads we will be able to tap into this unique audience fairly quickly”.
The SpringHill Suites location will be listed on the Chargepoint website and will also be listed on all electric vehicles navigation system so that drivers can easily find the Prescott location. Other websites such as the Arizona Office of Tourism and Marrriott.com will be adding the Prescott location.
SpringHill Suites is one of five Northern Arizona hotels operated by Ponderosa Hotel Management Services, LLC whose headquarter offices are in Prescott. Ponderosa also manages Residence Inn and Quality Inn in Prescott and in Flagstaff, Comfort Inn and Sleep Inn.
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