The Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance (DBA) has voted to have a second “Take Action Tuesday” to support Riordan Mansion!!! Here’s their announcement: Help support your local community by helping participating businesses give 10% of their sales to a local Non-Profit Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 Benefiting Riordan Action Network (Friends of Riordan Mansion State Historic Park) [...]

Hi Folks! Here are two exciting publicity/fundraisers to support Arizona State Parks which are going on right now.  RAN also has a local fundraising event coming up in May! (Stay tuned for details) Hometown grocer teams up with shoppers to support Arizona State Parks This month, Bashas’ Family of Stores is championing a “Support Our [...]

RIORDAN STATUS: The Arizona Historical Society (AHS) Board met on March 26th in Yuma. Karen Washabau represented RAN at the meeting and gave a short synopsis of RAN’s history and future plans for supporting the Riordan Mansion State Historic Park (RMSHP). Renee Bahl, Director of AZ State Parks also spoke. The AHS board gave Ann Woosley, Director of AHS the authority to sign the agreement which would turn over the operation of the park to AHS for three years with options for two more three-year agreements. The agreement has to be reviewed by the AZ Attorney General’s Office. The Park will continue its present schedule (Thursday – Monday with tours on the hour) without interruption. Volunteers: Please continue to stay informed and in touch. The Park and staff will need you more than ever.

http://www.flagdba.com/take-action-tuesdays Flagstaff Downtown Business Alliance Take Action Tuesday!!! Help support your local community by helping participating businesses give 10% of their sales to a local Non-Profit Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Benefiting Riordan Action Network (Friends of Riordan Mansion State Historic Park) The AZ State Legislature has swept funds for AZ State Parks, and our beloved [...]

As you probably have been reading in the papers and hearing on the news, the financial situation for ASP worsens. However, several of the parks slated for closure have worked out partnerships to keep them open or are still in negotiations. That doesn’t mean that the state parks system is healthy or will survive. We (all of you) need to continue our efforts to try to convince legislators and the governor to act NOW to keep the state parks system alive and parks open. (See Marilyn’s personal legislative plea below.)

Hi everyone, HCR2040 is in danger of dying in the House Appropriations Committee, because Rep. Kavanagh (chair) will not schedule it for a hearing. This is the piece of legislation that would put the vehicle registration fee to support State Parks on the ballot in Nov. to allow the voters to decide. It is bipartisan [...]

At the State Parks Volunteer Venture event in Camp Verde yesterday, Director Renee Bahl announced that AZ State Parks (ASP) administration will be recommending to the ASP Board on March 17th that the Riordan Mansion stay open for the next year under lease from the Arizona Historical Society (AHS) with the assistance of RAN and the volunteers in partnership with No. AZ Pioneer Historical Society (NAPHS). The lease is still being worked on and will have to be approved by the ASP Board on March 17th and the AHS Board on March 22nd. It is not a done deal but is far enough along that Director Bahl feels comfortable including the recommendation in the packet going to the ASP Board this week.

John Kavanagh, Chair of the House Appropriations Committee has decided to hold HCR2040 hostage and not allow it to be heard in committee. If he does not place it on the agenda, it will die. This is the proposed referendum that would allow the voters in Nov. to decide upon a vehicle registration renewal fee [...]

Flagapalooza is now an official benefit concert to help save Riordan Mansion! March 20, 2010 @ The Green Room
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When you purchase your tix online at www.flagapalooza.com you can add a donation ($3 increments) to help preserve this important part of Flagstaff history!

In these days of immense challenges and stress, a couple of bits of good news. Yesterday late afternoon, HCR 2040, the vehicle license tag/park access fee proposal took its first steps on its path through the legislature by passing out of House Natural Resources.  The Referral has been amended to now be a $12 fee, [...]