Sedona AZ (June 22, 2011)-In Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 the City of Sedona awarded grants to non-profit organizations totaling $1.575 million including $106,500 for Arts and Culture. Because of the downturn in the economy, both the former and current Sedona City Councils reduced the size of those awards by approximately ten percent (10%) for Fiscal Year 2011. Not-for-profit community service organizations... 

Sedona AZ (June 15, 2011)-On June 14, 2011, the Sedona Arizona City Council voted to adopt the following position on the Red Rock Pass Fee Program in response to the U.S. Forest Service’s request for a formal position on the Program. Support the purpose of the Program, Recognize the benefits the program has provided to the Sedona area during the time this program has been in effect, Understands... 

Kiara at last year's Art For Kids summer art camp. Kiara has been coming to camp for several years and will be back this year. Sedona AZ (June 20, 2011)-The seventh annual summer art camp to be held at the Sedona Arts Center, Art For Kids is now accepting registration for “Artistic Explorations and Kids Yoga.”  Using fused glass, encaustics, pastels, acrylic paint on canvas, low-fire... 

Sedona AZ (June 22, 2011)-July is National Parks and Recreation month, and to celebrate this occasion, your local Sedona Arizona Parks and Recreation Department is happy to provide Wet Wednesdays. For the entire month of July, all Sedona Wednesdays will be “wet at the park.” Join your friends on the multi-use field between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to run and play on the green grass with the... 

Sedona AZ (June 7, 2011) – You may have read recently that the City of Sedona is projecting about a $1 million surplus in the general operating fund of the City. At the same time, you are probably seeing more dreary stories that show continued slashing of city budgets across the country. So, you might ask, “What really happened in order to make the financial picture work?”  Since about... 

Sedona AZ (June 16. 2011)-The Sedona City Council recently appointed Roy Juda to the Sedona Parks and Recreation Commission.  He will finish an existing term that expires in December 2011 and serve an additional three-year term. Sedona commissioners serve as a communication link between citizens, the Parks and Recreation Department and the City Council.  They are responsible for supporting the... 

Sedona AZ (June 14, 2011) – The City of Sedona Arizona’s insurance carrier, Arizona Municipal Risk Retention Pool (AMRRP) has informed its members that its Board of Trustees declared a $3,000,000 property and casualty Member dividend and the City’s dividend has been tentatively calculated at $60,771. There are currently seventy five members in the Pool. As a member of the AMRRP, the... 

Sedona AZ (June 7, 2011)-The City of Sedona completed the certification of citizen signatures submitted during the SR89A Turnback petition process. The following is a quote from Sheri Graham, Chair of Let The People Vote on 89A, the citizens initiative organized in opposition to the Sedona City Council vote to go forward with the SR89A highway acquisition. The 1095 signatures certified by the citizens... 

Eddie S. Maddock, Sedona Eye Columnist Sedona Mayor Adams   Sedonan Eddie S. Maddock emailed Mayor Rob Adams on January 8, 2011 with the following comment and question:    Certainly there’s a degree of validity in the sampling approach; however, in an instance involving not only another of Sedona’s major contentious issues, the future impact of the outcome will be monumental.... 

  Mayor Adams Sedona AZ (June 8, 2011)–The City of Sedona Mayor Rob Adams will present the 2011 State of the City address on Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. in the Sedona City Hall Council Chambers, 102 Roadrunner Drive in West Sedona. The public is encouraged to attend. In his first State of the City address, Mayor Adams will share Sedona’s accomplishments this year which sets the...