Sedona Red Rock News
As part of the draft Uptown Community Focus Area, the city of Sedona is looking into the possibility of making Smith and Wilson roads one-way, as Van Deren Street is currently. The city is also considering eliminating on-street
parking on those three streets to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
Being that Uptown is often the busiest part of Sedona, it only makes sense that there are more moving parts when looking at making improvements in the future.
The Sedona Planning and Zoning Commission spent two and a half hours discussing the draft Uptown Community Focus Area on Tuesday, April 6.
Sedona Red Rock News
For the better part of five months the Sedona City Council conducted the vast majority of its meetings online. But beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 8, the council resumed meetings at City Hall. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
For most, 2020 is a year they’d rather forget. But now that the new year is here, there may be hope for optimism, including among those on the Sedona City Council.
Each of the seven current members of council, as well as the two who chose not to seek re-election this year, were asked to give their personal opinions on 2020 and the struggles, and in some cases accomplishments, that came with it as a council and city.
The Sedona City Council received an overview of the recently released Affordable
Housing Needs Assessment and the development of the draft five-year housing action plan. The purpose of the plan is to assess and address the ongoing housing issue in Sedona. David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
The lack of affordable or available workforce housing in Sedona has steadily gone from being a problem to becoming a crisis.
That feeling was loud and clear on Dec. 9, as the Sedona City Council was presented a draft of the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment and the development of the draft five-year housing action plan.
According to a city report, for the last several years, council has identified the need for workforce housing as one of its highest policy priorities. Sedona’s Community Plan identified housing diversity as one of six major outcomes to achieve by 2020. That outcome specifically called for housing types that “provide options for all ages and income levels by using innova