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D4 Sunday, August 11, 2002 www.azdailysun.com BUSINESS Arizona Daily Sun PULSE from the Front Page Annan claims that state legislators know little, if anything, about authoring policy to promote renewable energy. "I never saw so many eyes glaze over in my life," he said about his efforts to push renewable energy legislation through Phoenix. The remnants of that legislation was the governor's renewable energy study commission. County and municipal governments are a "notch up," he said, because those entities deal with planning ordinances. Utility commissions have a broader understanding but the business community is on par with the Legislature, he said.

Perhaps part of the reason the business community has little understanding or interest RESORT from the Front Page late "Solly" Sollenburger, an owner and resident of the Phoenix area, managed the syndicate. Over the years, the hillside facing 89A had been transformed into a giant outdoor billboard, littered with randomly placed signs hawking everything from theatrical performances and sundry events to school advertisements and politicians running for office. The group steadfastly held onto the commercially zoned property, refusing offers by gas stations, McDonald's, Taco Bell and a plethora of other small corporate users. They were waiting for a buyer with a comprehensive and integrated plan for the property, according to the Hyatt project's designer and planner, architect John E. Sather of Swaback Partners in Scottsdale.

When Bruce Goldstein Associates of Minneapolis approached Imperial Properties in the early 1990s with the intention of building a comprehensive and integrated development that would keep the land in one piece, the owners finally agreed to sell. The city of Sedona approved the project in 1996, stipulating that the builders preserve or replace all pinons removed during construction and that designated areas be kept in their original state. But the project's groundbreaking was delayed for five years by a lack of sewer capacity that was finally corrected last year when the city's sewer system was connected to the property. Soon after the groundbreaking last summer, another delay ensued on the heels of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Construction resumed eight months later in May. The development is expected to be completed in 18 months. Two years ago the Hyatt Development Corp. of Chicago joined Bruce Goldstein Associates to form a partnership. Hyatt became managing partner of the project.

TIME-SHARES HIGH END SHOPS The multi-leveled complex will encompass 40 structures that will house 109 time-shares and 38,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space that will be integrated into the hillside, Sather explains. The walls and structures will be built of natural, dark-red-hued stone and earth-colored stucco that blends with the surrounding red rocks. Sather, a graduate of the in renewable energy IS because there are few policies to encourage participation, Annan said. Annan said lobbying lawmakers for better renewable energy policies needs to be planned and strategic, and he suggested that -metering policies throughout the Southwest should be standardized. Annan advocates more funding from federal and state governments for research and more incentives for renewable energy.

"The government needs to support energy infrastructure the same way it supports the Department of Transportation," he said. "This requires a change in the way the Department of Energy funds programs." It also requires coordination between private utility providers and incentives that are now in place. Another point Annan makes Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, located at Taliesin West, in Scottsdale and at Taliesin, describes the project's style as "Sedona's own style rooted in Southwestern contemporary architecture." He says it features deep overhangs and extensive use of shade and shadow along with angular forms that will catch the sun in different directions. A series of high-end shops and restaurants embellished with terraces tucked into the side of the knoll facing 89A are topped by deep angular overhangs that give the impression they are part of the hill behind them. The resort's main entrance runs directly from the intersection of 89A and Highway 179 up a switchback roadway to the tip of what remains of the original knoll, to a stepped back, 109-unit time-share resort that will be minimally visible from the highway below.

A recreation area located in the middle of the resort area will include a swimming pool and spa. A tennis court will be located at the rear of the resort level and two secondary entrances will lead into the resort from Forest Road. The project will also interconnect with the adjacent Post is that there needs to be a strong market structure to make any of it happen. What that means, he said, is that the Southwest should actively pursue manufacturers and developers of the technology, as well as building stronger partnerships between the industry and universities. For Flagstaff, there are signs that some of this is already happening.

Even during the fair those were clear: NAU was giving tours of its renewable energy labs. APS, the area's private electric utility, was giving tours of its solar plant. The county government continues to work on developing green-building policies, and a number of vendors and manufacturers from Flagstaff and northern Arizona gathered to display their products. Perhaps Flagstaff can lead the alternative energy charge in Arizona. RADIO from the Front Page on what part of town they are in; but primarily KUYI's signal broadcasts to the Hopi mesas and points north and east, Stark said.

"KNAU's purpose our reason for being is to provide a public service," he said. "By extending our service area, we're extending our public service." But the partnership won't just be a one-sided approach, Taylor said. "I'm not interested in making this a one-way highway where we're streaming in content from KNAU," she said. To that end, Taylor said KUYI is applying for grant funding to establish the Indian Country News Bureau, and she added that she is 'KNAU's purpose our reason for being is to provide a public service. By extending our service area, we're extending our public JOHN STARK KNAU general manager "pretty optimistic" that she will get the funding.

Indian Country News would put one seasoned reporter on the Hopi reservation as well as two producers. The bureau would report news not just on the mesas, but also in other northern Arizona tribal communities. "It will allow us to stream into the NPR news feed as well," Taylor said. Hyatt Vacation Club Entry Entry Chamber of Commerce Pedestrian Connection to Forest Rd. The Shops at Pointe Entry HWY 89A SR 179 Intersection North THE NEW COMPLEX will provide a Hillside on Highway 179.

Office, Sather says. Drivers exiting the post office's parking lot no longer will have to take -hand turns onto 89A. Instead, according to Sather, they will take a special road running east of the highway to the stoplights at the dens 1 tor tonal over operatedbu-iness ouned 25 vears. and CLEANERS 1061 S. lav 1420 E.

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This will enable visitors to the Chamber of Commerce, which is adjacent to the Hyatt on Forest Road, along with other shoppers and sightseers, to park their cars at one location and walk to and from Uptown, through the Hyatt Pinon Pointe Sedona, across the intersection, to Robert Shields and other shops located on Highway 179. From here they can easily stroll on to Tlaquepaque and Hillside across the Oak Creek bridge, he says. The project "is an asset to the community and will create an economic center that will be of ever increasing value because of the sales tax it will generate," former Sedona and Mayor Ivan Finley said. But at the post office, the grumbling continues. "There's nothing to be done from to change it now," said Dick Darley, a Sedona retiree, as he gazed up from the post office at the graders crawling across the to hillside.

"I just hope when it's will finished, it's not too high." linkage between Uptown at the foot of To ensure permanent open space the resort has been laid out in a courtyard fashion or Instead, "hill town" style set at different elevations surrounded by heavy landscaping, including the Oak Creek Canyon on Highway 89A and boxed pinions removed from the site prior to the excavation. LINKING UPTOWN AND HILLSIDE Just as all roads once led to Rome, the new complex will American Cancer Climb to Conquer Cancer August 17, 2002 Climb to conquer cancer Come join the fun. Arizona Snowbowl Ski and Summer Resort. Call 928-526-3800 Team Registration Deadline is or stop by 2724 E. Lakin July 31st for more information "Get your logos on your shirts!" Presenting Sponsor FLAGSTAFF ATHLETIC CLUB STEAKHOUSE The Colostrum Company MOUNTAIN Daily Sun azdailysun.com News.