A New Look for the Big Park Council’s 25th Anniversary: Since incorporation in 1997, the Council has provided the Big Park Region, including the Village of Oak Creek, with a structured, representational organization to serve the community’s interests.
The Council is pleased to introduce its new president for 2023, Dr. John Wichert. John brings a rich background in medical practice, academics and leadership.
In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus is the god who represents the first month of the new year. He holds the key to metaphorical doors or gateways between what was and what is to come — representing the transition from the old to the new.
A crowd gathered at the Sedona Vista Village in the heart of the Village of Oak Creek as Yavapai County District 3 Supervisor Donna Michaels and the Arizona Rangers commenced the first ceremonial tree lighting Friday.
The Forest Service has the double challenge of conserving a sensitive and unique ecosystem, while providing National Forest access for nearly 3 million trail users annually.
The Rotary Club of Sedona Village awarded funds to the Sedona Public Library and Project Fill the Need from their September Golf Extravaganza event.
National Fire Protection Association encourages homeowners to change their smoke detector batteries when adjusting their clocks to daylight savings time. With Arizona not observing the DST (with the exception of the Navajo Nation), that important task might escape us. And it might (or might not) cost us life.
The Internal Revenue Service has released new limits for the coming year. After months of high inflation and financial uncertainty, some of these cost-of-living-based adjustments have reached near-record levels.
The ball has dropped, and we welcome 2023 with hope and promise. As we all do in the New Year, the Library is beginning some new things. It’s also a great time to review what we have been offering to the Village and Big Park Community for over a year now.
After a beautiful and welcome winter storm, our garden is covered with a blanket of snow. Some call snow “a poor man’s mulch,” and in our arid landscape it is a blessing.
Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at 5 p.m.
I grew up on a farm in Illinois and moved west when I was in my early 20s. Holidays, special occasions, and Sundays always centered around good, homemade from scratch food.
The plans for Verde Valley School are back on the agenda for the Yavapai County Planning & Zoning Commission after residents of the Village of Oak Creek were able to get a postponement of the discussion earlier this fall.
Sedona Village Partnership, together with its partners John and Nikki Ramagli and Jack and Camilla Ross, have organized a series of holiday events for the seasonal enjoyment of Big Park Villagers. All events will take place at John and Nikki Ramagli’s soon-to-be inaugurated Village Chophouse in the Collective, Village of Oak Creek.
It’s with a grateful heart that I offer you my final thoughts as Big Park Council president.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and on behalf of our partners — especially those in the VOC — we wish you a happy holiday season.
Unfinished Business: Carolyn Fisher, on behalf of the Nominating Committee, introduced the 2023 nominees for president and vice president, Renald Stettler and Colleen Hinds, requesting each to say a few words about themselves. She then thanked Patty Reski and Mary Pope for agreeing to serve another term as treasurer and secretary respectively.
Founded in 2012, with a membership of 67 individual, organization and business partners, Sedona Village Partnership initiates, sponsors and co-sponsors community forums, events, and fundraising efforts.
There are 525,600 minutes in a year. How do I know this? It’s certainly not from Google.
The Sedona Railroaders will have their annual holiday train show this year Dec. 9-23.
Visiting a lovingly old time train display that was assembled With beautifully set up multiple tabled displays
As we discussed last month, the Red Rock Ranger District (RRRD) contains more than 400 miles of non-motorized trails with over 300 of those miles in close proximity to the city of Sedona and the Village of Oak Creek.
Chef Hector Vazquez has developed a wonderful menu befitting the magical patio of Shadow Rock Tap and Table.
Bare soil starves for plants. That is why disturbed or bare soil invites weeds. Weeds! These unappreciated guests do the important work of restoring and nourishing the earth.
Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) celebrated 50 years of environmental stewardship in Sedona and the Verde Valley with a formal reception at the Mary D. Fisher Theater on Oct. 19.
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- Rock slide shuts down 89A for the night
- Flooding anticipated in Cornville, Rimrock as thunderstorm rolls in
- UPDATE: Areas of Lake Montezuma evacuated as creek rises
- Locals in Verde Valley deal with flooding aftermath
- On- and off-road injuries mar weekend across region
- Keepers of ‘Old Mexican Cemetery’ say city still encroaching on, selling their plots
- Family rescued from vehicle in high water
- Arizona Republican legislators announce formal opposition to ranked choice voting
- High water puts Sedona areas on GO status
- Verde River surging after creeks flood neighborhoods
- Rock slide shuts down 89A for the night
- Police tase woman during eviction dispute
- Flooding anticipated in Cornville, Rimrock as thunderstorm rolls in
- Multiple highway closures due to winter weather
- 5 taken to hospital after Clarkdale house fire
- Obituary: Jamee Marie Reddell
- UPDATE: Areas of Lake Montezuma evacuated as creek rises
- Locals in Verde Valley deal with flooding aftermath
- Cops seek suspects in theft of $1,800 in liquor
