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    Sedona Chamber Works with Private Sector to Fund Trails

    August 9, 20161 Comment2 Mins Read
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    logo_sedonachamberSedona AZ (August 9, 2016) – The Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau recently announced the creation of Sedona Trail Keepers — a program that allows business sponsors to financially commit to the preservation, maintenance and creation of trails for generations to come.

    The goal is to have 25 business sponsors commit $1,000 per year, for five years. The SCC&TB will match the private-sector investment, generating $250,000 for the US Forest Service by 2021.

    In conjunction with the City of Sedona and the USFS, this investment will be used to sustain existing trails, and design and construct new ones.

    “The annual investment from the Trail Keepers program will be instrumental in sustaining the Red Rock Ranger District trail system,” said Adam Barnett, Recreation Program Manager, Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Ranger District.

    “By sharing the responsibility with the local business community and residents, we will all have a role in protecting and maintaining the 300-plus miles of trails for future generations to enjoy.”

    Benefits for sponsors include:

    • Business name listed on three signs at USFS designated trailheads. (A limit of five businesses will be listed on each sign).
    • Listing in USFS Recreation Guide (150,000 printed annually).
    • Listing on VisitSedona.com. (1.7 million unique visitors annually).
    • Recognition in the Experience Sedona Visitors Guide (275,000 printed annually).
    • Use of program logo.
    • Gratification of knowing that you are helping to preserve Sedona’s natural landscape.

    “We understand the value of our public lands and we want to take a leadership role in protecting and sustaining our stunning landscape for generations to come,” said Jennifer Wesselhoff, Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau president/CEO.

    “We are excited to develop and execute this program in conjunction with the city and the USFS and know that a $250,000 investment to our public lands will enhance the visitor experience and contribute to the core values of our local residents and enhance our quality of life.”

    If your business would like to become a sponsor or if you have questions about the program, please contact Jennifer Wesselhoff at 928-204-1123 Ext. 111, or email jwess@sedonachamber.com.

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    1. Joan Shannon on August 15, 2016 1:28 pm

      No explanation as to how the money would be spent maintaining trails. So much money being spent in Sedona by our local government such as nearly one million dollars to purchase land to expand City Hall. Now the Chamber wants business owners to pay for the work of the National Forest Service. All this money and yet Sedona was a nicer town before incorporation. All that matters now is how many more tourists can we bring to town. So now the aim is to preserve the trails for future generations. Perhaps it is more like trails for more tourists to destroy with trash and rock stacking which is detrimental to the environment and small creatures and off trail ATVs. The number of tourists has reached a point to where the quality of life is being degraded all because certain special interest organizations are successful lobbyists to the City Council and City Staff. Just read the latest article in the “Red Rock News” about the disgusting trashing of Slide Rock Park and other sites in the Canyon and yet our Chamber and City Council wants more of these people to visit and destroy our treasure. I have lived here for 36 years so I can testify to how much nicer Sedona was before we had a Chamber of Commerce that is given $1.5 million of taxes a year inviting day trippers and a very activist City Council and City Staff looking for more ways to increase the number of destructive visitors.

      Joan Shannon

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    The moment is upon us. The time for a united effort to shift the focus back to our community is now.

    The ability to thrive in our community, our environment, our workforce, and the tourist industry, is entirely possible because we have all the resources needed for success.

    Still, we need a council that isn’t afraid to ask the hard questions, that makes decisions based on data and facts, and through discussion, rather than moving and voting in group unison as they so regularly do.

    This is my home. I have been a part of the Sedona community for 28 years. I witnessed the road debacle, the lack of planning, the city circumventing the local businesses ability to thrive, while making choices to expand the local government and be in direct competition with private industry.

    I am a unique candidate because unlike the incumbents, I don’t believe the government should expand in size, nor in operations, nor would I attempt to micromanage every aspect of our community.

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    The discord between the decision making process and the desires of the community have never been more clear. It has been nearly a decade in the making.

    It is time for a new era of energy to take charge. An energy that is reflective in the ability to succeed rather than be trapped in out of date consciousness.

    It has been a great honor meeting with each of you. I hear your concerns over the insane and out of control spending and I echo them. A budget of $105,000,000 in a town of 9700 residents is completely unacceptable. A parking structure (that looks like a shoe box) originally slated to cost 11 million, now projected to cost 18 million, is incomprehensible. Especially, considering there is no intention of charging for parking.

    For those who are concerned that I lack the political experience within our established system- that is precisely what Sedona needs… Not another politician, but instead a person who understands people, who listens to the voices within the community, and who will act in service on their behalf with accountability, for the highest good of Sedona. What I am not, will prove to be an asset as I navigate the entrenched bureaucracy with a fresh perspective. Business as usual, is over.

    Creative solutions require new energy.

    Every decision that is made by our local government, must contemplate Sedona first.

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    • Does this decision benefit the local businesses?
    • Does this decision actually help the environment?
    • Will this decision sustain benefit in the future, or will it bring more problems?

    What we have now is a city government that expands to 165 employees for 9700 residents. Palm Desert has 53,000 residents and 119 city employees. Majority of our city department heads are not even in town. I find this problematic.

    Efforts towards championing in and courting new solutions for our medical needs are imperative. We are losing our doctors. We must encourage competition with other facilities rather than be held hostage by NAH, who clearly have their own set of dysfunctions.

    We must remember that so many move to Sedona for its beauty, hiking, and small town charm. Bigger, faster, and more concrete does not, in broad strokes, fit the ethos of Sedona.

    The old world must remain strong here in balance, as that is what visitors want to experience. Too many have noted that Sedona has lost its edge and charm.

    As Mayor I will preserve the rural charm of our community, and push back against the urbanization that is planned for Sedona.

    As mayor I will make it a priority to create opportunities to support our youth.  After school healthy, enriching programs should be created for our kids, and available to the Sedona workforce regardless of residency and regardless of school they belong to.

    As Mayor, I will create an agenda to deliberately embody the consciousness of our collective needs here, allowing private industry to meet the needs of our community rather than bigger government.

    I hope to have your vote on Aug 2nd. I am excited and have the energy to take on this leadership role with new eyes, community perspective, and the thoughtful consciousness that reflects all ages of the human spectrum.

    Thank you deeply for your consideration.

    Sincerely,

    Samaire Armstrong

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