MANY SEDONA VOTERS INDICATE $10 MILLION BEER BREWERY PROJECT ON VERDE CAMPUS MAY BE WRONG DIRECTION FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUGGESTING IT IS UNNECESSARY AND A WASTE OF MONEY

Jobs in brewery industry on east side of County are few and low paying; focus should be on training for  well-paid high tech CTE jobs

Sedona Mayor elect Scott Jablow

During his successful run in November for Sedona Mayor, current Vice Mayor Scott Jablow talked with prospective voters about Yavapai Community College.  According to his brief report at the November 2022 College Governing Board meeting, many Sedona  voters expressed little if any interest in seeing the College expend millions of dollars on a brewery on the east side of the County.

Jablow said that “many of the people” he spoke to “were concerned about” what the Governing Board and College were doing “with the taxpayer money from the Yavapai side of Sedona.”  According to him, they told him that “a brewery was not necessary for our region.  That the money being spent — $10 million dollars – is unheard of when we don’t have the need from any of our brewers . . ..”  (See video clip for complete statement.)  “They feel it is a waste of money,” he said.

The preference among voters with whom he spoke was for more training in hi-tech Career and Technical Education jobs.

You may view his brief report to the Yavapai Community College District Governing Board on video  by clicking here.