The first meeting for the city of Sedona to take public input on the future of the Sedona Cultural Park will be held at the Hub at Posse Grounds Park on Thursday, Oct. 24. The meeting will consist of two identical sessions to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.
The city’s contract with consultant Dig Studio of Phoenix, awarded on July 9, required that the consultant hold two meetings to take public input on concepts for the revised master plan for the Cultural Park, plus a third meeting to inform the public of its conclusions, in addition to at least 35 meetings with city staff and “stakeholders.”
The city’s 2022 budget survey included a question on residents’ preferred future uses for the Cultural Park. At the time, respondents ranked preserving the park as open space as their highest priority; open space preservation scored almost twice as high as any proposed housing use. Of the 185 written comments submitted in response to the “other” option on the questionnaire, 62, or 33%, called for the restoration of the park as a performing arts and music venue, which was excluded from the survey options provided by city staff.
