Nourishing Sedona for 40 Years: A Legacy That Still Delivers: THE STORY OF SEDONA’S COMMUNity Center

The Sedona Community Center — officially known as the Adult Community Center of Sedona — has been a cornerstone of care and connection for more than 40 years. Its story began in the mid-1980s when local resident Margaret Flynn recognized a simple but powerful need: ensuring that Sedona’s seniors had access to healthy, home-cooked meals.

With determination and heart, she launched a small meal preparation and delivery effort under the “Meals on Wheels” program. What started with just 23 seniors receiving nutritious meals soon grew into a thriving community service that continues to this day.

Now, four decades later, the Center provides around 100 meals every weekday, reaching not only seniors but also anyone temporarily limited by illness, surgery, or physical challenges. It’s a place where good food and good company come together — and where a caring community continues to look after its own.

The Center found its permanent home on Melody Lane in 1986, thanks to the generosity of the Harmony Hills Homeowners Association. Harmony Hills, a nearby neighborhood of mostly manufactured homes, had become a haven for retirees, and the partnership was a natural fit. With its new facility — and access to the community swimming pool — the Sedona Community Center expanded its programs and services, enriching the lives of local seniors in ways Margaret Flynn could only have imagined.

These stories capture a remarkable era when Sedona residents, guided by compassion and a sense of shared purpose, built something that still nourishes both body and spirit today.