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City of Sierra Vista Wins Back-to-Back Awards

Good Neighbor Alliance recently recognized its longstanding partnership with the City of Sierra Vista in serving the local homeless population by honoring the city with this year’s Good Neighbor Award.

Through the allocation of Community Development Block Grant dollars, the City of Sierra Vista helped Good Neighbor Alliance get on its feet back in 2003 and has funded significant improvements since then. These include a CDBG funded infrastructure project to change access to the facility last year, which improved safety for families and children served by the shelter.

The city’s support extends beyond allocating grant dollars for projects, though the shelter covers its own operating costs. In March, Good Neighbor Alliance celebrated the completion of a new laundry room, including a new washer and dryer that were purchased through donations raised by the Sierra Vista Police Department and Sierra Vista Fire & Medical Services. The city also waived fees associated with the addition.

“The city and Good Neighbor Alliance partner on all things homeless and we wanted to acknowledge the city’s invaluable support over the years,” says Kathy Calabrese, executive director of Good Neighbor Alliance. The shelter established the Good Neighbor Award last year and the city is the second recipient.

“Good Neighbor Alliance, along with the Fry Task Force, kickstarted the redevelopment of the Fry area,” Sierra Vista Mayor Rick Mueller says. ”Good Neighbor Alliance, partnering with the City, county, and the Industrial Development Authority, is not only responsible for helping our homeless neighbors in need, but has transformed Fry and North Seventh Street. Our citizens should be justifiably proud of this effort.”

The City was also recognized by the Association of Defense Communities to receive this year’s Community Excellence Award in recognition of its outstanding support and partnership with Fort Huachuca.

“It is an honor to see the longstanding and ongoing collaboration between the City of Sierra and Fort Huachuca recognized on the national stage,” Sierra Vista Mayor Rick Mueller says. “This close relationship has resulted in innovative partnerships at the airport, in our library, with other municipal services, and in efforts to conserve and recharge our local water supply. The fort remains an integral part of our community.”

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City of Sierra Vista celebrates the completion of community path project

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 The city of Sierra Vista celebrated the completion of the Cracchiolo Family Path to Higher Education at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday,  alongside its partner organizations that helped make the project happen.

The path connects Cochise College, University of Arizona-Sierra Vista and Buena High School with a paved, safe route between the campuses. It adds to the City’s 29-mile network of multi-use paths within Sierra Vista , to include some county connections.

Aside from the college, the University of Arizona-Sierra Vista, the Sierra Vista Unified School District and the University South Foundation also facilitated the project by offering the use of some of its land. The federal transportation enhancement grant dollars that funded over 90 percent of this project, and many other paths in Sierra Vista, have dried up but the city is exploring various methods to continue making progress on its network of popular multi-use paths moving forward.

The path is named after a family that has been dedicated to the betterment of education in Sierra Vista for decades.