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Sedona RoadRunner dodges
death-by-budgetby Cyndy Hardy
Sedona, AZ – May 29, 2008 – City Councilman
Rob Adams launched a bomb at the Sedona RoadRunner
transit system during the council’s budget hearing
May 27. Some who attended the meeting said Mr. Adams
seemed to be setting a course to eliminate the
city’s transit program.
“My concern isn’t the concept [of the RoadRunner],
but how it is operated,” Mr. Adams said. [more] |
$11.8
million Chapel sewer project moves ahead
by Cyndy Hardy
SEDONA, AZ – July 23, 2008 – Emotional pleas from Chapel-area
residents drew some compassionate words from the Sedona City
Council, but not enough to flush away plans to sewer the
subdivision, located on the east side of Hwy. 179.
A $10,131,143 contract with Tiffany Construction Inc. passed with a
4-2 vote Tuesday.
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Sedona Housing Commission engages community on
affordable housing
SEDONA, AZ - June 25, 2008 - The Sedona Housing
Commission conducted two community affordable housing forums on June
25, 2008 and have two more slated for
July 9, 2008
and July 29, 2008 as part of its
public campaign to engage Sedona residents in an open and productive
dialogue about a proposed Community Plan text amendment to increase affordable workforce housing in
Sedona while minimizing its impact on homeowners. Since this
proposal is in the draft stage, now is the opportunity for Sedona
residents to attend these forums and offer their input.
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From light back to dark on 89A
by Carl Jackson
Sedona, AZ - June 24, 2008 - At the Sedona City Council
meeting this evening, the council voted on a request by Councilman
Dan Surber to reconsider its June 10th vote on pedestrian safety
recommendations for 89A in West Sedona.
In a unanimous 7-0 vote, the council reversed its prior 5-2 decision
to move forward with a package of short and long term recommendations. What changed? [more]
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National market woes may dilute Sedona
housing benefit News
analysis
Story and photo by Cyndy
Hardy
Sedona, AZ - May 25, 2008 –
Unforeseen complications surfacing in at
least one local development project may
throw a wrench in the wheels of the city’s
efforts to conjure affordable housing.
National and local market factors may
significantly reduce measurable benefits of
the project. [more]
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Less is more (more or less)
Sedona P&Z trades density for affordable housing
and other benefits
by Cyndy Hardy
SEDONA, AZ – July 2, 2008 – David Goldman is one of several
Sedona residents who say six proposed affordable condominiums do not
justify keeping density that is supposed to be reduced when the Oak
Creek Mobile Lodge on Hwy. 179 is redeveloped.
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Drama unfolds as Sedona City Council preps to add a member
by Cyndy Hardy
SEDONA, AZ – July 23, 2008 – The drama surrounding the
current Sedona City Council continues to play out like the bad guy
in a horror flick that just won’t stay dead.
First came the nail-biting 2008 mayoral race between incumbent Pud
Colquitt and Rob Adams – who was appointed to replace Ms. Colquitt
on the council when she stepped down to run for mayor in 2006.
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Sedona schools get three phase make-over
Sedona, AZ - June 23, 2008 - In 2007, voters approved a
$73.4 million bond issue for improvements to all Sedona-Oak Creek
school district facilities, including Sedona Red Rock High School,
West Sedona School, Big Park School and the Brewer Road
administrative facility. Construction is to occur in three phases over a 42-month period
and has already commenced at the high school and West Sedona School.
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Latest Sedona Cultural Park plan: conceptual or chimerical?
by Cyndy Hardy
SEDONA, AZ – July 3, 2008 – Monty Fitch of Fitch Industries
rolled out a revised conceptual plan for the Sedona Cultural Park at
Tuesday’s Sedona Planning and Zoning Commission that had some
residents wondering if the city is going too far to bend age-old
community resistance to commercial use.
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SR179 road widening impacts
Sedona home A video is included at
the end of this article
By Carl Jackson
Sedona, AZ - At a public forum held in early
December 2007 to update residents
on the the SR 179 highway construction
project as it makes its way into Sedona,
Mayor Pud
Colquitt said, "[The SR179
construction] is going to be stressful.
There are going to be good days, bad days, and horrible days."
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