With its dirt surface and its neighborhood apple tree, Hope Street in the southwestern corner of town retains an aura of old-time Prescott.
A final decision is not expected until about March 2020, but the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors took several more steps this week toward a $70-million-or-so bond issue to pay for a new jail in Prescott.
For the second time in his seven years on the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors, District 4 Supervisor Craig Brown will be at the helm of the board. In a vote during their Wednesday, Dec. 4 meeting, the supervisors selected Brown to serve as chairman for the coming year.
Prescott’s newly appointed Water Issues Committee met Tuesday morning, Dec. 3 — a week after a failed attempt by new Prescott Councilwoman Cathey Rusing to get fellow Council Member Phil Goode on the key city committee.
The last time the Prescott City Council considered a Granite Dells development-related action, about 1,000 people turned out at City Hall for the meeting.
When it comes to the main event on Thanksgiving Day, things haven’t changed much in Prescott over the last century and a half.
For drivers passing by at 65 miles per hour, the piles of dirt and rows of metal pipe are barely distinguishable from any other construction site.
Two decades or more into Prescott’s push for a new airport terminal, the details all came together this week.
The $10 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant that the city was notified of last week is expected to get official city acceptance at a special Prescott City Council meeting today, Tuesday, Nov. 26.
Prescott’s upscale housing development tends to contribute to a lack of affordable housing, which leads to more cars on the road, which, in turn, heightens the need for public transit.
