Heads up Sedona, January is a critical time

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 their members will present to the City Council their perspective; have city councils undivided attention in a 103 page presentation again while the residents aren’t on the menu.

People are confused. They believe the City is supposed to market Sedona and the city needs to pay to market businesses throughout the region in all industries. They claim the City doesn’t do enough for tourism, that the city owes the chamber & affinity lodging-council public funding for the chamber’s members!  

Here is what the Chamber and their members don’t want you know:

• Your voice matters! The Residents, Sedona Area Communities, Small Businesses and City need your support &, knowledge. What happens in Sedona doesn’t stay in Sedona.
  
  Check out the Research Trackers that hyperlinks to the source documents!
  Check the Fact Checker. Visit www.DonnaJoys.com
  
• Learn from Four Arizona governments how they managed Tourism: https://donnajoys.com/tourism-government-models-dmo-benchmark
• Understand more about Tourism City Taxes & usage  https://donnajoys.com/understanding-tourism-dollars/
• Review how AOT & Scottsdale use Data Driven Performance Metrics  in https://donnajoys.com/tourism-data-stats-resources/
• Connect the Dots and see the law on why the Sedona Chamber isn’t a Tourism Authority and can never be one.   https://donnajoys.com/az-sports-tourism-authority-program-tracker/
• How the State markets Sedona https://donnajoys.com/arizona-office-of-tourism/
• The Sedona Chamber members benefit from the agreement. $18,529,327 of pubic money from the city, plus other enrichments branded as Sedona Chamber, assets from agreement are owned by the chamber.

There is a simple effective & efficient solution:

• Gather the City Data from Data-Experts and connect them with City Financial reports.
• Account for all the city services the city already provides for Tourism.
• Analyze the .5% restricted city bed tax.
• Review where the city is at and decide what is needed for the city.

 It’s time we all speak up.

 Write City Hall –

sjablow@sedonaaz.gov

hploog@sedonaaz.gov

mdunn@sedonaz.gov

bfultz@sedonaaz.gov

pfurman@sedonaaz.gov

kkinsella@sedonaaz.gov

jwilliamson@sedonaaz.gov

KOsburn@sedonaaz.gov

Have a question? Call me 928-282-4635   Email donna@donnajoys.com

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