On Thursday December 19 at 9:00 AM, the Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a hearing on the proposed rezoning of the Spring Creek Ranch property from RCU-2A (Residential; Rural) to PAD (Planned Area Development).  The hearing will take place at 10 S 6th Street in Cottonwood. CLICK HERE for a map. Keep Sedona Beautiful urges concerned citizens to attend this … [Read more...]

Two separate LLCs are requesting rezoning from Yavapai County to allow them to develop huge planned communities just north of Cornville. Each of these separate developments would straddle Spring Creek, a key riparian resource for our area that is home to a number of endangered and threatened species. The developers of Spring Creek Ranch plan 3,100 housing units/pads: 1,900 … [Read more...]

KSB Speaker Series on November 13 to Feature NOAA Meteorologist on Climate Change Please join Keep Sedona Beautiful at its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 for a presentation by Darren McCollum which will address climate change and its impacts on the southwest. Free to members, residents and visitors - all are welcome to join KSB at … [Read more...]

Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its Annual Meeting for KSB members on Thursday, November 21, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at the Pushmataha Center, 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. We encourage all current or renewing members to attend.  At the meeting, you will learn more about KSB's accomplishments over the past year and vote on trustees.  A regular meeting of the KSB Board of Trustees will … [Read more...]

KSB Speaker Series on October 9 to Feature “Fossil Creek – Management and Opportunities” Please join Keep Sedona Beautiful at its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Wednesday, October 9, 2019 for a presentation about Fossil Creek by Marcos Roybal, Fossil Creek Project Coordinator, Coconino National Forest, Red Rock Ranger District. Free to members, residents … [Read more...]

The fall quarterly Preserving the Wonder™ newsletter is now available.  It's full of interesting articles: President's Message KSB and Sustainable Tourism Conserving Water October Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series Plastics: Let's Use Less Seeking Nominations for KSB Awards of Excellence Litter Lifters Report - September 2019 Dark Skies- … [Read more...]

“Dark Skies, New Research and New Outreach:  All the News from Lowell Observatory” As Keep Sedona Beautiful resumes its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series from summer break, on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, the nonprofit organization will present Jeff Hall, Director of Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory. Free to members, residents and visitors - all are welcome to join KSB … [Read more...]

Awards of Excellence Ceremony to be Held January 29, 2020 Print Nomination Form KSB honors businesses, organizations and individuals in the Greater Sedona Area who have helped to fulfill our mission. Over the past 47 years, we have given out more than 500 awards in various categories including landscaping, architecture, signage, dark sky lighting, education environmental … [Read more...]

To: Encourage less consumption of single use plastics Advocate that development of private/public lands is in alignment with sustainability goals Encourage grandfathered businesses and residents to implement dark sky-compliant lighting The mission statement of Keep Sedona Beautiful proclaims that "acting through the stewardship of [our] members and volunteers, [KSB] is … [Read more...]

Smithsonian’s Water|Ways Comes to the Verde Valley Keep Sedona Beautiful is pleased to inform our members of an exciting exhibit that will be hosted here in the Verde Valley.  Many thanks to Friends of the Verde River for partnering with The Camp Verde Community Library to bring the Arizona Humanities Smithsonian Water|Ways Exhibit to us. The Smithsonian’s Water|Ways exhibit … [Read more...]