the AED Annexation
what you need to know
about the ARIZONA ECO DEVELOPMENT annexation
In July 2021, over five years of community conservation efforts to save the Granite Dells came to fruition when Arizona Eco Development's (AED) Development and Annexation Agreement was passed with a unanimous vote by the Prescott City Council.
Hundreds of calls, letters, emails, rally attendees, and public comments reinforced the community's support for Save the Dells' demand: an equitable, future-minded deal that championed the conservation of the heart of the Granite Dells through the preservation of its core acreage in the Point of Rocks area.
In accordance with the Development and Annexation Agreement terms, in August 2021, 474 acres of prime Granite Dells land was transferred into public ownership as natural open space.
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unrestrained growth is the
major threat to
the granite dells
Growth is inevitable, and it supports our standard of living.
But it need not compromise the decades-long vision to protect the Dells and other adjacent lands as part of a a preserve system.
We believe as more homes are built--and hundreds are already approved--there is a way forward to provide access to wild lands and to support their ecological services, such as aquifer recharge, wildlife habitat, carbon sequestration, temperature moderation, and more.