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Sedona fires housing official ahead of November vote on future of Safe Place to Park program
The city of Sedona has fired its housing manager just before an important election to determine the city’s housing plan for the future. Shannon Boone was hired in late September 2021 as Sedona’s housing manager Sedona and was contracted out to nearby Cottonwood. The city's communications director Lauren...
Council declines development agreement for affordable housing
The Sedona City Council declined to enter into a development agreement with BCT Sedona Multifamily LLC, a housing project set up by philanthropist Basil Maher, to build a 54-unit affordable housing project at 60 Goodrow Lane during its July 9 meeting. Council members expressed that Maher’s proposed 10-year restriction on...
Sedona election fundraising tops $90,000
The latest campaign finance reports for the April-to-July fundraising period from the candidates for Sedona City Council and mayor are in. Candidates and committees raised a total of $57,265.10 during the reporting period, bringing their total for the year to $90,374.59. Mayor. Incumbent Mayor Scott Jablow, seeking reelection, raised $12,760...
Work continues on AWC water tank
Arizona Water Company anticipates that its East Sedona Water Storage Facility, located at the intersection of State Route 179 and West Mallard Drive, will begin pumping water by the end of the year. AWC Division Manager John Snickers said that the project is intended to address peak water supply demands...
New director at International Hummingbird Society
After dedicating 20 years to Sedona Charter School as an administrator until she retired in 2020, following a previous career in corporate communications, Alice Madar took over the International Hummingbird Society from Beth Kingsley Hawkins when Hawkins retired on Sept. 1. Hawkins’ late husband, H. Ross Hawkins, Ph.D., [1939-2020] founded...
Sedona Arts Center paints over historic art
The city and community of Sedona lost four significant pieces of public art last month when the Sedona Arts Center tasked a group of high school students working with a SAC summer program to paint over a set of murals that had been on display at SAC since 1999. The...
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