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Have you ever wondered why your Sedona neighbors and friends moved to Sedona? Sedona Curiosity Polls is put out on Social Media giving us insight to our friends and neighbors in Sedona. You can also participate here. Sedona Curiosity Poll on DonnaJoys.com Top Answers Why did you move to Sedona? 1/ /26/2023 Sedona Curiosity Poll…
Sometimes things get lost in time and the story changes. After years of hearing many different stories, I deeply studied the historical data-driven documents on the Sedona Cultural Park. One level leads the path to another level of source documentation to tell the story. While I did have a collection of records I had collected…
What is Curiosity? According to curiosity Merriam-webster.com it is the desire to know. I personally love Walt Disney’s Quote on curious and curiosity: We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. Walt Disney With everyone having a different opinion, How does…
There is a lot to learn from performance based and data driven methodology. What we have learned from the Tourism Government Models DMO Benchmark that governments use data-driven strategies to develop Tourism policies and programs in a systematic approach to analyze the data and removing any unseen biases, conflicts of interest or assumptions. A data-driven…
January is a critical time for those living in Sedona. The Sedona City Council will have their Annual City Council retreat on January 17 & 18, 2023. City Council will be setting priorities. In addition, the City Council has a joint meeting with the regional Chamber of Commerce on January 11, 2023. The Chamber and…
City Economic Development Advisory Boards Benchmark What type of policy do other Cities and Towns in Arizona for Economic Development Advisory Boards?Are there any laws in Arizona for Cities & Town Economic Development? State Law: Economic Development A.R.S. § 9-500.11 Arizona Cities or TownsExpenditures for economic development; definitions A.R.S. § 9-500.11Economic development under State Law is requires “improve…
Sometimes I come across something that sparks my curiosity which leads me to think and research it. I come from a background of highly regulated industry working with all levels of governments including international governments, countries. Each country has different requirements, each one inspected analized our products, process and facility for compliance. If we didn’t…
