Fourteen years ago, former Prescott Valley Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Marnie Uhl started a scholarship program to connect businesses with schools and to help local students gain skills to stay and work in the community after graduation. The program, run through the Prescott Valley Chamber Foundation, has grown each year. This year, the chamber gave $6,000 in scholarships to graduates, $1,000 each. The PV Chamber Ambassadors got behind the program and have helped to raise money each … [Read more...] about Prescott Valley Chamber Scholarships Give Local Students a Lift Toward the Future
Education
Republican Women of Prescott Awards Scholarship Funding to Five Local High School Students
The Republican Women of Prescott presented scholarships totaling $11,000 to five Yavapai County high school seniors during their meeting on May 13. Four of these students will be attending universities in Arizona, while one will pursue a trade school education to become an esthetician. RWOP initiated this scholarship program in 2015, and since then has supported 109 students with a cumulative total of $155,225 in scholarship funds. The scholarship recipients are as follows: Reese … [Read more...] about Republican Women of Prescott Awards Scholarship Funding to Five Local High School Students
The Launch Pad Prepares Prescott Teens for Real-World Success
Inside The Launch Pad in Prescott, teens are serving lattes, learning leadership and planning concerts – all while gaining skills to help them succeed beyond high school. The local nonprofit offers students ages 14 to 18 a wide range of opportunities, from job training at its in-house Moon Café to internships with community partners. Kei’Ana Nabor, public relations and marketing manager, said the goal is to create meaningful experiences rooted in real-world preparation. “This is often their … [Read more...] about The Launch Pad Prepares Prescott Teens for Real-World Success
‘A Walk in the Park’ with Bestselling Author Kevin Fedarko
Sharing stories and insights from his latest book, “A Walk in the Park,” New York Times bestselling author and outdoor adventurer Kevin Fedarko captivated the audience at the Grand Canyon Visitor Theater in late April, during an event hosted by the Grand Canyon Conservancy (GCC). “A Walk in The Park” is an authentically personal account of Fedarko’s challenging and at times brutal 750-mile hike through the Grand Canyon with award-winning photographer, filmmaker and author Peter … [Read more...] about ‘A Walk in the Park’ with Bestselling Author Kevin Fedarko
Verde Valley Sanctuary Hires New Finance Director
Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS) has announced its newest leadership team hire as Lindsay Brooks was named the new finance and administration director. Brooks spent the last several years working for the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV) before joining the agency in February. Originally from Prescott Valley, Brooks will manage all aspects of the organization’s financial and administrative operations, and most human resources duties. “We couldn’t be happier to have … [Read more...] about Verde Valley Sanctuary Hires New Finance Director
Verde Valley Business Boot Camps Teach Principles of Sustainability
Thirty-week-old Rhode Island Red Chicks will be making a short trip in mid-April from a supplier in Tucson to the U.S. Post Office in Cottonwood. These top egg producers will be traveling in a little cardboard box with holes in it and enough nutrients to feed them on their journey. When the chicks arrive, a postal worker will call Marcus and Jill Thompson, managers of ECO Farm, a nonprofit model of sustainable and regenerative farming on East Highway 89A in Cottonwood. The Thompsons said they … [Read more...] about Verde Valley Business Boot Camps Teach Principles of Sustainability
High-Tech Avian Detection System Becomes Golden Eagle Conservation Tool
Babbitt Ranches and its nonprofit research arm, Landsward Foundation, have long considered the golden eagle a sensitive species and have been monitoring the SP Crater area in particular for decades as an important golden eagle territory. In collaboration with the Arizona Game and Fish Department, they have been focused on protecting the eagles from human disturbances during the critical breeding and nesting period occurring now, from January through May. Meanwhile, Babbitt Ranches began … [Read more...] about High-Tech Avian Detection System Becomes Golden Eagle Conservation Tool
Northern Arizona Communities, School Districts Advance Sustainability Initiatives
Cities, towns and school districts across Yavapai County are making strides in sustainability, incorporating electric buses, solar energy and conservation programs into their operations. Clarkdale-Jerome School District (CJSD) Superintendent Matt Schumacher said staff and students appreciate the district’s $395,000 electric school bus, purchased about a year ago with Inflation Reduction Act funds. Now, CJSD is applying for another grant to add a second electric bus to its fleet. CJSD is the … [Read more...] about Northern Arizona Communities, School Districts Advance Sustainability Initiatives
Designing a Garden for Low Water-Use Plants
Watters Garden Center offers a large line of low use water and low maintenance plants and trees. Oregon Grape is one of the most popular in this category, but if growers are looking for something taller for more privacy, the Red Cluster Berry Cotoneaster will fill the need. Junipers are low water-use and low maintenance and will grow tall enough to block out the neighbors’ RVs. Arizona Cypress is a solid and thick evergreen. Ken Lain, who owns Watters along with his wife, Lisa, says that all … [Read more...] about Designing a Garden for Low Water-Use Plants
Stable Solution
Shocking images of people frantically leading their horses to safety through flying ash, blinding smoke and encroaching flames during the recent horrific wildfires in Southern California have sent an alert to those who care about the rescue of large animals during disasters in Yavapai County and elsewhere. Evacuating larger farm animals such as horses, ponies, mules, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, rabbits, llamas and alpacas can be particularly daunting during emergencies. One … [Read more...] about Stable Solution
