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New Sedona Chamber of Commerce president readies for challenges

Candace Carr Strauss has already met dozens of new people, sat down with local officials, gone on a few hikes and experienced first-hand the woes of the local housing market. And that was just her first two weeks on the...

Sedona lacks leadership on housing issue

Affordable housing has long been an albatross for the city of Sedona. While officials use the term “affordable,” and there is a federally defined term “low income housing,” what city officials and most residents really mean is “workforce” housing. Sedona City...

Sedona City Council presented 5-year plan to address affordable housing

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...

Yavapai County will provide free affordable homes plans

Yavapai County would like developers to build more starter homes in the county — modest single-family homes that are within reach of young families and essen­tial workers like teachers, firefighters, nurses and laborers to purchase. Soon, it’ll even hand builders...

Sedona City Council to review housing study

In recent years, lack of affordable housing has quickly moved up the Sedona City Council’s list of priorities as the issue continues to worsen. The proliferation of short-term vacation rentals, rising home prices and a lower-than-average number of multi-family dwellings...

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SOCSD needs bus drivers to shorten rides

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