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After Sedona City Council approved a transfer of $50,000 from the Sedona Chamber of Commerce to the Sedona Trail Keepers program, leaders of several organizations gathering for a check presntation ceremony at the Girdner Trailhead on Thursday, Feb. 25. Attendees included Kevin Adams, president of the Sedona Red Rock Trail
Fund, Candace Carr Strauss, president and CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, Sedona Mayor Sandy Moriarty, and Amy Tinderholt, district ranger for the Red
Rock Ranger District in Coconino National Forest. Attendees pose with a $100,000 check presented to the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund by The Sedona Trail Keepers, a consortium of Sedona area businesses and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau. The presentation marks the conclusion of a successful five-year drive that has seen the Trail Keepers contribute $370,000 to support the SRRTF partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to maintain hundreds of miles of trails i
Feb 21, 2021
MESA, Ariz. Sandra L. Carr, 74, passed away Sunday evening, Feb. 14, 2021, at Mountain Vista Medical Center.
Sandy was born Aug. 28, 1946, to Jacob and Bertha Thomas in Lowellville and was a lifelong Youngstown resident.
As one of four siblings, she is survived by her two sisters, Elizabeth Bozic (Matt) and Shirley Ciccone, and a baby brother, Jacob “Jack” Thomas (Cathy).
She was married to Gerald Joseph Carr, her one and only lifelong love, who preceded her in death in 1996.
Sandy leaves behind their two daughters, Cynthia Carr, and her three children, Vanessa and Alex Graves and Alicia Carr of Tempe, and Candace Carr Strauss, son-in-law, Jay Strauss, and their two children, Madison and Hunter Strauss of Bozeman, Mont.; and Susanna Plascencia, a high school exchange student from Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico, who lived with the Carr family and also was like a daughter to her.
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Candace Carr Strauss
After an extensive nationwide search, the Sedona Chamber of Commerce will soon have a new president and CEO at its helm.
The chamber announced Tuesday, Dec. 8, that Candace Carr Strauss will be taking over a vacancy left this fall when Jennifer Wesselhoff accepted a position in Park City, Utah.
Strauss comes to Sedona after serving as the CEO of the Big Sky Chamber of Commerce & Visit Big Sky for the past three years in Big Sky, Mont. Her first day on the job in Sedona will be Monday, Feb. 22.
“I’m relieved and happy that the search is over,” Chamber Board President Lonnie Lillie said. “We’re excited for Candace to take over and lead the chamber into the future. It was a tough decision but she was our leading candidate during the entire process. Her history, the fact that she’s currently a CEO and the way she presented herself to the committee and the board was impressive.”