Tlaquepaque gets a churro and ice cream shop
Dulce opens at Tlaquepaque, the Pocket Fire's cost lands, and the manhole work wraps Friday.
Tlaquepaque has a new sweet counter. Dulce opened in the arts and shopping village, and the Greater Sedona Chamber held the ribbon cutting from 4 to 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 6. The shop sells handcrafted ice cream, fresh churros, and candies from around the world. That is three different cravings covered under one roof, which is more than most new shops attempt. Tlaquepaque has never lacked for browsing. What it gets now is a place built for the part of the visit where everyone is hot, tired, and negotiating about what happens next.
The Pocket Fire cost $64.1 million to put out
The Pocket Fire is out. The final number is not small. The U.S. Forest Service put suppression costs at an estimated $64.1 million and announced 100% containment on the morning of Thursday, July 30. The East Pocket Lookout reported the fire on June 19 at 5:01 p.m. The Forest Service believes it was a holdover, a fire that smoldered quietly after lightning and then found conditions it liked. That detail is the one to hold onto. A storm can pass through, leave something behind, and give no sign of it for weeks.
Manhole work on three streets ends Friday
The city's manhole project ends Friday. The city scheduled the work for July 20 through Aug. 14, a four-week run. AMKA Services, LLC has been working with the city, adding protective liners to manholes across several Sedona neighborhoods. Willow Way, Birch Boulevard, and Oak Creek Boulevard are all on the schedule, with four to six manholes each. The method is trenchless, so crews are not tearing out the road. They coat the inside walls with polyurea instead, which seals the structure and extends its useful life. The result is a leak-proof barrier and a road that never had to come apart.
Sedona Police are putting together a golf fundraiser
Sedona Police are hosting a golf fundraiser for Special Olympics. It is a modest event on paper. It is also a few hours with officers and residents standing on the same grass, which does not happen often outside of a bad day.
Sedona Air Tours is chasing the big group bookings
Sedona Air Tours issued a press release promoting flight experiences for large parties. The company is going after group bookings. Group bookings are part of the company's target market, and those flights affect what the air above the rocks sounds like on busy days. For a reader planning a large-party outing, the useful fact is that the operator is actively marketing group flights.