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VISION & FUTURE, KAYENTA

Artisans & Naturalists Nestled in Nature The Kayenta Community, in southern

sustainable growth, and an appreciation for

Utah's red rock country, is a tranquil

our magnificent natural setting. Nearby,

enclave surrounded by protected lands.

residents find adventure in the southwest's abundance of places to explore. Zion

A 2,000 acre master planned community of

National Park, Snow Canyon and Bryce

fine homes, custom building sites and

Canyon National Park are within view. While

community amenities, is located 7 miles

just beyond the horizon, adventure seekers

west of St. George, Utah. Kayenta is a

will discover places like the Grand Canyon,

unique departure from the norm, focused

Lake Powell and Las Vegas.

on moderate land use, moderate-

Photo by Charles Wood

...created in appreciation for the beauty of the land. unique homes with plenty of breathing room to enjoy the views.

Loosely modeled after

several communities in California, that were admired for planning and appreciation for their site, Kayenta started as a hybrid of beach culture and desert living with its modestly priced; lowprofile homes with a desertsouthwest twist.

Sea Ranch in northern California and other communities such as The “idea” of Kayenta has been years in the

Rancho Santa Fe in southern California were

making – an experiment in planning,

inspiration for the land in southern Utah.

business, community and the environment.

Marten, a southern California native, also

Now, more than 30 years later, its concept of

brought a beach community vibe to the

living lightly on the earth seems more

culture and flavor of the newly settled desert

relevant than ever. Kayenta continues to

community.

evolve, improve and find its balance.

The basic plan developed years ago is still in

The brainchild of Terry Marten, Kayenta’s

place today.

basic concepts were born out of an

Kayenta, a community of like-minded

appreciation for the beauty of the land. An

individuals has gathered around these basic

architect by education and a developer by

standards for the community and still work

nature, Marten saw a value in producing

diligently to maintain these values.

Attracted to the ideals of

The heart of the Kayenta Community in Ivins, Utah, Coyote Gulch Art Village is a growing enclave of art galleries, studios, theatre, art festival, restaurant, gift and coffee shop. Its array of arts-oriented enterprises offers fine art, gifts, photography, events, pottery, classes, yoga, gourmet food and coffee. An arts center, a retail center, or just a place to relax and explore, the Coyote Gulch Art Village is open to the public and everyone is welcome.

Gallery Hours Open everyday from 10am – 5:30pm Visit the Coyote Gulch Art Village website: www.coyotegulchartvillage.com

COYOTE GULCH ART VILLAGE

Juniper Sky Fine Art Gallery Xetava Gardens Cafe Datura Gallery ZIA Pottery Studio Gallery 873 Desert Rose Labyrinth Blue Raven Art Studio Charles Wood Photography Purple Sage Studios Xetava Desert Arboretum Jeff Ham Studio Sacred Space Spa Art Festivals Elevate Retreats

Phone: 435.688.8535 Web: www.coyotegulchartvillage.com

BY AIR There are direct flights available between St. George and Salt Lake City on Delta Airlines and from Denver via United Airlines.

Travel time is approximately 1hr 30min or less.

SLC – Salt Lake City International Airport SGU – St. George Municipal Airport DEN – DENVER International Airport

BY CAR Las Vegas • 125 miles • 2 hours and 10 min Salt Lake City • 315 miles • 5 hours and 20 min Los Angeles • 400 miles • 7 hours and 30 min Phoenix • 425 miles • 8 hours and 10 min

ART VILLAGE MAP KAYENTA

LOCATION FOR NEW THEATER

TERRY MARTEN THANK YOU This

Kayenta

e-magazine is created in appreciation to Terry Marten, the Kayenta Founding Developer, for his vision and creative endeavor .

Terry Marten (right), Jeff Ham (center) and Linda Clark (left).

JEFF HAM STUDIO KAYENTA

HOME jeffhamart@gmail.com

Breakfast daily menu

Lunch daily menu

Dinner Th, F, S

nourish your spirit

Relax before the theater

indulge with the stars

Xetava Gardens Cafe

xetava@gmail.com

LYMAN WHITAKER

Contact Datura Gallery or Juniper Sky Fine Art for detailed information about Lyman's magical wind sculptures.

STUDIO KAYENTA These three large-scale and majestic sculptures dance with the desert winds creating dynamic, meditative interactions and designs.

Nestled in xeriscaping at Xetava Garden’s diners at the cafe can enjoy a connection to the beautiful natural desert environment. http://www.whitakerstudio.com/artist.html

ART GALLERIES KAYENTA

Juniper Sky Fine Art Gallery Juniper Sky Gallery caters to fine arts including paintings and sculpture, as well as other unique w o r k s . I t s professional staff assists many customers in art selection for homes and businesses in the area. This 3000 sf gallery accommodates relatively large pieces of wood, glass, sculpture and paintings from artists such as Doug

Adams, Royden Card, Joyce Baron, Gloria Miller Allen, Aaron Coleman and Ginny Northcott.

Work by noted regional artists such as the wind sculptures of Lyman Whitaker, and the glass work of Cheryl Collins, hold a prized place in the display area of this gallery. Visitors come back time and again to enjoy the variety and the quality of this exhibit space and the art that adorns it.

Contact Juniper Sky Gallery at 435-674-2306 to purchase your selection over the phone. Shipping is available at an extra charge.

Open 10am-5:30pm

STUDIO MOJAVE EDWARD HLAVKA

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EARTH & LIGHT GALLERY

www.cdwood.zenfolio.com.

Southern Utah

STUDIO/GALLERY KAYENTA

Original art at affordable prices

Open Most Afternoons or by Appointment Phone Linda 303-859-3815

Come in and experience the vitality and exuberance found in the colorful art of two of Kayenta's fine artists. Purple Sage is a working studio that features the paintings and mosaic art of Andrew Kramer and Linda Lehmer Callison.

Visitors are invited to browse and watch Andrew and Linda create vibrant paintings in a variety of styles and color palettes. :akramer@infowest.com :lindasue@infowest.com

ART CLASSES Classes are for Beginners on Up. ALL of the materials are at the studio waiting for you, along with an Apron to help keep you clean.

Class fee is $35.00 per Kathy 669-8701 or gkasslady53@msn.com Caroll 632-6463 or abcshreeve@yahoo.com

KAYENTA LOCAL POTTERY Zia Pottery Studio & Shop Open 10-4pm Zia is a cooperative guild, offering an environment for members to come together to explore opportunities in both wheel and handbuilding while expanding their creativity.

Pottery Classes Contact:

Zia Pottery

435 688-8300

ARTS IN THE COMMUNITY

: kayentaartsfoundation@gmail.com.

DESERT ROSE LABYRINTH

Dedicated and opened during the fall of 2004, the Desert Rose Labyrinth is a product of the vision and labor of many community members from Kayenta. An elevencircuit labyrinth and adjoining sculpture garden provide an oasis of

Visitors are welcome to walk the labyrinth and learn the many things it has to teach us. It can be a path of prayer, a walking meditation, and a calm comfort in chaotic times.

Enjoy the wonderful sculpture that was donated by several prominent

quiet for contemplation and reflection, as well as pleasure and enjoyment for everyone who visits.

local artists including Lyman Whitaker, Cheryl Collins, Matt Clark, and Gary Collins.

Open Dawn to Dusk

Massage Facials Books Tea

http://kayentaspa.com/

PHONE: 435.632.1381 CONTACT US: Click here Education, motivation and inspiration are the key components of the ELEVATE retreat. The week is full of information with expertly crafted and delivered lectures, classes and clinics by top-notch health, wellness and fitness pros.

The group dynamic will be small and intimate with a maximum of 20 guests, and will focus on individualized attention as well as the powerful element of support and camaraderie.

What to expect

For the past 3 decades, John has been inspiring, motivating & educating people with his can-do attitude. Having worked at top-notch health and fitness resorts, including holding positions as former Head Trainer at The Biggest Loser Resort in Malibu, CA and Personal Trainer/Group Exercise Instructor at Red Mountain Resort in Ivins, UT., John has also been a Certified Fitness Professional/Group Exercise Instructor at Gold’s Gym, Equinox & 24 Hr. Fitness in Los Angeles, as well as catering to clients in their homes.

Kayenta Community Workout

Meet John Yohman

HEALTH, FITNESS & WELLNESS The Rec Room at Crescent Moon Inn is Kayenta’s NEW health, fitness and well-being center.

Phys Ed Classes Include: Combination -strength, cardio, balance & core Fusion Classes Stretch and Relaxation Yoga/Meditation Cardo Disco Personal Trainer Personal Fitness Training/ Coaching

Visitors Retreat Packages

Monthly Lectures: Nutrition and Wellness Fitness & Exercise Cooking Demo’s Life Coaching Rates/Fees Members, Non-Member & Drop-In Fees johnyohmanfitnessretreats.com/ The Rec Room is available for rental: Meeting Space or Intimate Conferences Seats approx. 50 Please contact The Crescent Moon Inn for details and fees.

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KAYENTA CRESCENT MOON

Located in the desert community of Kayenta Utah, the Crescent Moon Inn is the perfect place to get away from it all. Relax and enjoy the picturesque desert surroundings and an unobstructed view of the night sky. The Inn is just a short walk or bike ride from Kayenta’s Coyote Gulch Art Village, where locally-owned art galleries, the Sacred Space Day Spa and the Xetava Garden Cafe add to your unique experience. Beautiful surroundings, a relaxing massage and some great food are all waiting for you.

Book your stay at the Crescent Moon Inn - today. http://thecrescentmooninn.com

BUILD YOUR DREAM Design and Planning Concepts Kayenta Homes & Properties Real Estate Experts will help

• Low profile structures to

you discover the perfect home or lot for your specific

protect the views

needs. With our office located in the center of our

• Color and materials

community, our agents keep a pulse on the changing

that blend into the

climate of the market and are the most knowledgeable

natural setting

about homes for sale, lots for sale and exceptional values when it comes to your real estate purchase.

KAYENTA HOMES & PROPERTIES Real Estate Office: 435.628.7234 kayentahomes.com

• Focused lighting to protect the Night Sky • Preservation of the natural desert landscape

With its soaring red cliffs and sage covered open range, this is the wildwest in all its grandeur. In this setting, the thought of suburban sprawl or tightly packed high-rises offends our human senses. Today, it is difficult to imagine anything other than Kayenta, resting quietly in this pristine setting.

For years, like-minded people from all walks of life have been attracted to these basic concepts for development in Kayenta. From this seed has grown a flourishing community. Like the terrain, residents of Kayenta are a diverse group. Not only are artists attracted to this place but scientists, engineers, educators, medical professionals, truck drivers, caregivers, actors, musicians and entrepreneurs make Kayenta their home.

THE STORY KAYENTA A few of us got together back in 1975 and purchased a 1,300-acre ranch west of St. George out by Shivwits with the wild, hair-brained idea of making something of it… building a community. At the time, St. George city was about 10,000 in population. Santa Clara was less than 1,000 and there was nothing much in between the two.

The ranch was big, open and untouched except for some fences, and the absence of the junipers sacrificed to build them. A random broken stand of cottonwoods lined an open irrigation ditch which wandered east across the land, through the gorge in a pipe known as the “invert”, and then south to the ponds and fields near the settlement of Ivins. In those days, the land was home to coyotes, jack rabbits and a few of Joy Peterson’s cows, since the Gubler Homestead was moved into town (Ivins) 50 years earlier… but everyone around knew Californians were crazy. “Didn’t anyone tell ‘em the place didn’t have as much as one share of irrigation on the ditch.”

While we were working out the details of how to develop a water source, bring power and telephone three or four miles, and oh, yes… keep up the mortgage payment and taxes, we jotted down ideas and sketched plans of what might be in store for the ranch… in the hopefully near future. The “Kayenta Concept”, as it came to be known, written in 1979, consisted of a crude master plan map identifying major roads, areas of open space and the identification of development areas which located hundreds of soon-to-beconstructed beautiful desert dwellings. As fate would have it our efforts were about a decade premature. We did, however unwittingly make some observations and establish goals and guidelines which did eventually gave this development a strong philosophy from which to grow.

Two decades later we survey the products of our labor, the manifestation of our passion in the community which we call home. We are proud of our successes. Generous open space elements have retained the uncrowded feeling of our pristine site. The development of an architecture hewn into the site with massing and materials to blend with the landscape has preserved that which was here before. Offensive lighting has been avoided, and we continued refinement of the landscape guidelines which assure that domestic landscape does not obscure the elegant simplicity of the desert flora.

- Terry Marten, Kayenta Developer

HEALTH, FITNESS & WELLNESS HEALTH, FITNESS & WELLNESS The Rec Room at Crescent Moon Inn is Kayenta’s health, fitness and well-being center.

Phys Ed Classes include: • Combination -strength, cardio, balance & core • Fusion Classes • Stretch and Relaxation • Yoga/Meditation • Cardo Disco Personal Trainer • Personal Fitness Training/Coaching Retreat Packages Monthly Lectures: Nutrition and Wellness, Fitness, Exercise Cooking Demo’s Life Coaching Rates/Fees: Members Non-Member rates Drop-In

PHONE: 435.632.1381 CONTACT US: Click here johnyohmanfitnessretreats.com/

SPORTS KAYENTA

SWIMMING POOL Kayenta residents enjoy access to our Swimming Pools, Tennis Courts, Meditation and Walking Labyrinth, Swimming Pools, Hiking Trails, Natural Parks and much more.

Relax poolside or dive in for your daily laps. Our pool features two lap lanes, a free swim area for cooling off and a wading pool to relax in. A covered ramada offers a spot in the shade.

TENNIS & PICKLE BALL COURTS Enjoy a game of tennis under sunny blue skies. This state of the art court is beautifully set into the pristine desert landscape.

KAYENTA SPORTS

MOUNTAIN BIKING Beautiful weather and outdoor living go hand-inhand in Kayenta. Whether you choose to enjoy the art galleries and shopping, grab a cup of joe at the local coffee shop, or bask in the sun you can do it in style.

Kayenta residents enjoy access to our Swimming Pools, Tennis Courts, Meditation and Walking Labyrinth, Swimming Pools, Hiking Trails, Natural Parks and much more. It’s a great place to meet up with your favorite locals or enjoy a dip in the pool.

Kayenta Development has created many dirt roads that provide access and firebreaks to our hundreds of acres of wildlife. These roads are made accessible to anyone interested in exploring the land on foot or by bike. No motorized vehicles. Please stay on the dirt roads in order to protect the fragile natural landscape for everyone to enjoy.

CYCLING The paved roads throughout Kayenta provide a favorite ride with a mix of easy to moderate grades. Both public and private roads are accessible. Rules of the Road are a must and cyclists who abide by the rules of the road are welcome to enjoy the fresh air.

HIKING KAYENTA Walking Trails Walking is a preferred form of daily exercise for many residents in Kayenta. Often quiet streets serve as the path of travel, however, many of the newer areas of Kayenta offer paved walking paths for ease and safety.

Take your pet, a stroller, or a friend and enjoy a nice long walk.

Hiking & Trail Running Kayenta Development has created many dirt roads that provide access and firebreaks to our hundreds of acres of wildlife. These roads are made accessible to anyone interested in exploring the land. Good Land Stewardship practices are all we ask: Pack it in, pack it out and leave no trace.

Hiking Trails & Natural Parks • • • • •

Elephant Rock Rock Park Hell Hole Canyon 3 Mile Wash Crescent Moon Reservoir

KAYENTA MUSTANGS Ride our scenic mosaic of rock canyons in the Kayenta gulch •

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M.E.E.T. The Mustangs Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 1:30 to 3:30pm Call for reservations, donations required Voluntary Apprentice Program Trainings offered October through February This is a wonderful opportunity to experience horses Horsemanship Programs Everything from groundwork to riding lessons Overnight Boarding Offered to Kayenta residents, family and friends

We offer unique experiences for horse lovers of all ages and all skill levels. Our programs range from personal enrichment to advanced horsemanship.

The Korrals are the southern location for Windhorse Relations, Inc., a not-for-profit corportaion dedicated to the American Mustang. The korrals promise an experience you won’t soon forget. Come meet expert horsewoman, Mary Lee Brighton, and her majestic Windhorse herd.

For more information, visit the Windhorse website at www.windhorserelations.org

IN OUR BACKYARD

The American Southwest is famous for incredible scenery, red rock pinnacles and formations, brilliant sunsets, and deep canyons.

It is uncommon land, for an uncommon experience, and it’s all within a stone’s throw of southern Utah.

Kayenta is your gateway to the Grand Circle of National Parks – Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, Lake Powell (Glen Canyon National Recreation Area). Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park and Snow Canyon State Park are practically in our back yard!

The Biggest Loser Resort at Fitness Ridge provides the most affordable calorie-controlled, structured program in the weight loss industry.

Huntsman World Senior Games challenge yourself, challenge the world.

Ivins City - Nestled at the base of the majestic cliffs of towering vermilion sandstone, lies the community of Ivins.

Red Mountain Spa - This nationally acclaimed resort features an array of health and fitness programs from adventure hikes to aerobics and meditation to massage.

St. George Marathon rated "one of four marathons to build a vacation around" in the world" by Runner's World in 2005, encourages all to come be involved is this spectacular event.

Snow Canyon State Park is located 11 miles northwest of St. George, Utah. The red sandstone and contrasting black lava rock makes this park a favorite place for photography, hiking and biking.

Tuacahn Amphitheater and center for the arts has become one of the most popular theatrical and entertainment venues in Utah.

Utah Shakespearean Festival presents lifeaffirming classic and contemporary plays in repertory, with Shakespeare as our cornerstone.

Zion National Park is a dramatic landscape of sculptured canyons and soaring cliffs. http://www.kayentautah.com/about/local-perks/

Images by Charles Wood www.cdwood.zenfolio.com.

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